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1553 Columbus Avenue Easton Addition, Burlingame

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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!

Facts and Figures

Offered at $1,875,000
Sold for $2,100,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
1,992 sq. ft. home, per paid vendor
4,680 sq. ft. lot, per county records
Built in 1928
Lincoln Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame Highschool (buyer to verify)
Listed on September 14th, 2017
MLS# 81677886

Listed by Raziel Ungar

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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

About the Easton Addition Neighborhood

Traditionally the most popular neighborhood in Burlingame, Easton Addition took that title to a new level in 2020, bumping up the number of overall sales by 43%. For the year, 66 homes sold in Easton Addition (more than 30% of the city-wide total), which also pushed its average and median home values over $3 million for the first time. 40 homes sold for more than $3 million in Easton Addition last year — twice the amount that sold at that price point in 2019 and 61% of all neighborhood sales. A dozen sold for more than $4 million. Average DOM fell by half to 12. Its charming streets lined with large homes on big lots, Easton Addition was perfectly positioned to benefit from the shift in buyer priorities during COVID. It’s hard to say whether this growth will be sustained in a post-COVID world, but we can assume that Easton Addition will remain the most sought-after neighborhood in town.

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

Schools

Families living in Easton Addition have access to a pair of excellent public elementary schools: Roosevelt Elementary on Vancouver at Broadway, and Lincoln Elementary on Ray Drive (bordering Ray Park) at Balboa, plus the private Catholic K-8 school, Our Lady of Angels.

Burlingame’s single public middle school, Burlingame Intermediate School, is located just outside of Easton Addition, in the Ray Park neighborhood. Students then go onto Burlingame High School, which has a long history of being recognized as one of the state’s strongest public high schools, or a number of independent and parochial secondary schools.

History

Ansel I. and Adeline Easton’s Black Hawk horse ranch once covered 1,500 acres. The Easton estate, and the 1,500-acre estate of Mrs. Easton’s brother D.O. Mills, occupied all of what is now Burlingame north of Sanchez Creek. The Easton estate extended from Sanchez Creek north to Mills Creek (near present day Adeline Drive) and the Mills estate extended from Mills Creek to El Portal Creek (near present day Mills Avenue).

Today, The Easton Addition takes it name from the Eastons’ son Ansel Mills Easton who subdivided his parents’ ranch and developed the area west of El Camino Real in the decades before and after World War I. The area is referred to as the Easton “Addition” because it was not originally included in the city’s borders when Burlingame incorporated in 1908. We are not sure why Easton didn’t join Burlingame originally at the time of incorporation, but probably because most of the wealthy landowners were worried that they’d be taxed (Mills didn’t join and Hillsborough didn’t join either). The last remaining 25 acres of Black Hawk Ranch were sold to Charles Howard, the owner of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, in 1925.

Ansel Easton Adams, the famous photographer, is named after Ansel M. Easton; the famous photographer’s parents admired Mr. Easton, who was married to Louise Adams Easton, the photographer’s aunt. Ansel Adams (the photographer) was named after his uncle because at one time his father greatly admired his brother-in-law, but the relationship turned very sour later in life after Mr. Adams felt like Ansel didn’t do the right thing in a business deal. When the photographer found out about this he stopped using Easton on photographs (early ones say Ansel Easton Adams), then he went to Ansel E. Adams and finally dropped the E all together.

Learn More About Easton Addition

“Easton Addition is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in all of Burlingame.”

Burlingame’s Easton Addition is arguably the city’s signature neighborhood. Located within walking distance of Broadway’s low-key shops and restaurants and an easy drive to Burlingame Avenue, Easton Addition balances access to urban amenities and easy auto and CalTrain commutes with the serene seclusion of a long-established residential neighborhood. It’s streets are lined mature trees and a mixture of vintage -- turn-of-the-century bungalows, stately Victorians, Arts & Crafts-style cottages -- and contemporary homes, usually with at least three bedrooms and often as much as five. The picturesque neighborhood is near multiple parks and medical service providers and even boasts its own, elegant, Mission-style branch of the venerable Burlingame Public Library. A gem in the heart of a residential neighborhood which is particularly popular among all the young families in the area. Pop on in and make yourself at home next to the fireplace in one of several mind-blowing Craftsman leather reading chairs!