1553 Columbus Avenue

  • 3

    Beds

  • 2

    Baths

  • 1,992 sq ft

    Home Size

    per paid vendor

  • 4,680 sq ft

    Lot Size

    per county records

Sold

$2,100,000

Overview

Updated Tudor in Desirable Easton Addition Neighborhood

Perfectly located on a corner lot in Easton Addition, this beautiful Tudor residence seamlessly incorporates modern updates with circa 1928 appeal. The home is introduced by a manicured lawn, traditional half-timber detail, and a welcoming covered front porch. Inside, gleaming hardwood floors unify the spaces, while crown moldings, plantation shutters, and chandelier lighting add finishing touches. Formal living and dining rooms showcase period style and are perfect for entertaining, and a separate breakfast room with banquette seating is ideal for casual dining. A beautifully appointed kitchen stands ready for gourmet meals with a smart layout and all stainless steel appliances. The home’s three bedrooms, including one conveniently located on the main level, are generously sized and served by two updated bathrooms. Downstairs, there’s a fantastic bonus bedroom or office area that opens to the rear yard. Outside, a brick paved patio is surrounded by lush landscaping with lots of room for play and gardening. With access to acclaimed Burlingame schools and proximity to Burlingame and Broadway avenues, plus a midway location between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, this is an excellent opportunity to make this enchanting Tudor all your own!

  • Built in

    1928

  • Listed

    7 years ago

  • Neighborhood

  • Schools

    Lincoln Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame Highschool (buyer to verify)


Amenities

  • 3 bedrooms and 2 baths plus downstairs bonus room

  • Approximately 1,992 square feet of living space

  • On a corner lot with sidewalks on a tree-lined street; a patterned concrete walkway in hues of sage and grey introduces the freshly painted classic Tudor exterior with half-timbering detail

  • Welcoming covered porch has front door with leaded glass inset panes

  • Traditional foyer, crowned by a period crystal light, introduces original oak floors and crown moldings that continue throughout the home

  • Living room features cathedral ceiling outlined in rich wood moldings, a wood-burning fireplace with traditional mantelpiece, and plaster to-the-ceiling chimneypiece with inset niche; windows flank the fireplace with a row of front-facing windows on the adjacent wall; double French doors open to the dining room

  • Spacious formal dining room, with door to the kitchen, has a sparkling crystal drop chandelier and side-by-side windows on two walls

  • Updated kitchen features off-white wood cabinetry with white tile counters and backsplashes, a pantry closet, plus doors to the hallway and lower level

  • Adjacent breakfast room has banquette seating beneath a chandelier and window overlooking the rear yard, plus a built-in china cabinet with tile countertop, mirrored backsplash, and leaded glass-front cabinets

  • All stainless steel appliances include a KitchenAid 4-burner electric cooktop with griddle, KitchenAid double ovens, and Whirlpool refrigerator and dishwasher

  • Hallway to bedrooms has charming telephone alcove and period lighting

  • Main-floor bedroom has entrances from the hallway and foyer, making it ideal for an office; tall windows finished with shutters, center light, and crown moldings

  • Two upstairs bedrooms each have tall windows on two walls, crown moldings, and a wardrobe closet; the master bedroom is larger and has a period crystal drop chandelier plus customized closet

  • Hallway bathroom features honeycomb-patterned tile flooring, tile wainscoting, pedestal sink, tub, and separate shower

  • Lower-level bedroom, also ideal for a family room, has a beamed and paneled vaulted ceiling with lighted fan, laminate wood floor, and French doors to the rear yard

  • Second bathroom has wainscoting, tile finishes, and a glass-enclosed shower

  • Laundry room with sink, cabinetry, stacked LG washer/dryer, and door to the rear yard

  • Attached 2-car garage with new concrete floor finished with epoxy plus wall of floor-to-ceiling cabinetry

  • Private rear yard features a brick paved patio around lawn and garden landscaping, including a colorful array of mature roses, surrounded by a new redwood fence

  • Lot size of approximately 4,680 square feet

  • Desirable Easton Addition neighborhood, only 1 mile to shopping and dining on Broadway Avenue and 2.2 miles to Burlingame Avenue

  • Top-rated Burlingame schools


Burlingame

Easton Addition

Burlingame’s neighborhood of superlatives (most popular, most expensive), the Eastion Addition, demonstrated the power of popularity in 2023, finishing the year as one of only four local neighborhoods to show an increase in average property value (Burlingables, Burlingame Gardens and Burlingame Village were the others). For the year, Easton Addition homes sold for an average of $3.574 million, up slightly from 2022’s $3.517 million — and up 8% since 2021. Overall sales were down but still the highest in town, but average DOM increased from 19 to 32 and the sale-to-list price ratio fell by almost 5%, to 98.8%, both something to watch as the local market continues to evolve.Also notable: overall sales in Easton Addition have fallen 42% since 2021, which likely says more about the market than it does about the popularity of Easton Addition

To view a detailed google map of the Easton Addition neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 466.

Favorable

  • One of the most popular and prestigious neighborhoods in Burlingame

  • Classic Burlingame architecture with homes that have a historic, charming feel

  • Easton Addition has its own picture-perfect branch of the Burlingame Public Library

Adverse

  • One of the two most expensive neighborhoods in Burlingame along with Burlingame Park

  • Not as close to Burlingame Ave and Broadway as other areas, but parts of the neighborhood are walkable to Broadway

Explore Easton Addition

Burlingame is one of the few areas that has maintained its gracious charm and timeless elegance over the decades. A favorite among families, Burlingame’s two main shopping areas, Burlingame Avenue and Broadway, attract a wide variety of shoppers discovering its boutiques, restaurants, dessert places, and clothing stores. Home to fresh farmer’s markets every Sunday morning in the summer and fall, jazz concerts in Washington Park, and a yearly Art in the Park fair, Burlingame is a wonderful place to start a family or retire later in life, and is well equipped for both!

Its tree lined streets offer an abundance of architecture and style of homes, from quaint two bedroom bungalows to thoughtfully designed four and five bedrooms.

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Timeless elegance
Renowned small town, community feel
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Top schools
Top rated schools
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Tree lined streets
Burlingame is well known for it’s beautiful trees: each of its 15,000 trees is visited at least once every five years for care, and Burlingame has been a Tree City USA for over 30 consecutive years.
Explore Burlingame

If you’re looking to buy a home in Burlingame in a particular public elementary school district, this unique google map will help you identify the geographic boundaries for enrollment of each school. This map was assembled from data from the school district website (handy for quickly identifying what school a particular address is assigned to), and is reliable but not guaranteed.

If you have more specific questions about schools in Burlingame, please contact Raziel. To verify enrollment in the event it is impacted, contact the Burlingame School District.

All addresses in Burlingame go to Burlingame High School (In 2003, the district lines were redrawn to incorporate this change). Burlingame High is within the San Mateo Union High School District (not the Burlingame School District, which includes all five public elementary schools and BIS). To verify enrollment information, please contact the High School District.

Burlingame shares a common history with neighbors San Mateo, Millbrae and Hillsborough, but only up to a point. Like the surrounding communities, Burlingame was once the site of native Costanoan villages and then part of a Mexican land grant (Rancho Buri Buri to the north and Rancho San Mateo to the south). Burlingame’s history diverges from that of nearby Peninsula cities in the late 1800s, when Francis Newlands, son-in-law of landowner and Nevada Senator William Sharon, came up with a plan to turn this stretch of real estate into a playground for San Francisco’s wealthiest residents.

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