2500 Valdivia Way Front Exterior Twilight in Ray Park Area in Burlingame.

Remodeled with Lots of Work-from-Home Options

Beautifully appointed, this wonderful Upper Ray Park home presents designer elegance on an expansive lot of just over one-quarter acre. The large two-story floor plan is perfect for today’s needs where office and distance learning space are ever so important. This home has 4 large bedrooms, 2 on each level, plus an office on each level providing ideal privacy for two people working from home. Hardwood floors and fine carpet extend throughout along with recessed or ceiling lighting in most rooms. The large formal living room and formal dining room are wonderful spaces that open to the rear yard. The newly renovated chef’s kitchen is the heart of this home – a masterfully remodeled venue with counter seating at the island plus a built-in casual dining area with banquette seating. The all-white palette with Carrara marble-style quartz counters is designer perfection along with custom pendant lighting and quality stainless steel appliances.

A private wing on the main level comprises an office or family room that opens to the rear yard. Just beyond is a beautifully appointed bath with tub and overhead shower surrounded in mosaic tiles. This floor also features two bedrooms, each with direct access to a remodeled bath with mosaic tiled shower. Main level also has a separate laundry room with additional storage. Continue upstairs – past a window with views to Mount Diablo and the East Bay hills – to an office, a bedroom, plus the primary suite. This spacious retreat features a gas-log fireplace, 3 walk-in closets, and an all-marble luxury bath with jetted tub and frameless glass shower.

Outside, the extra-large rear yard offers excellent areas for recreation, socially distant entertaining, and relaxation in the spa. The newly redone garage features epoxy flooring and is currently being used as a home gym. There is also significant storage in the attic above the garage. The home’s ideal location is close to shopping conveniences in either downtown Burlingame or Millbrae, and just 1.5 miles to Caltrain and BART for future commuting around the Bay Area. Highly ranked Franklin Elementary and Burlingame Intermediate School just a short walk from the home. Located in one of the Peninsula’s most sought-after cities midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, this is truly a very special place to call home!

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Facts and Figures

Offered at $3,100,000
Sold for $3,508,000
4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms
3,095 sq. ft. home, per paid vendor
11,305 sq. ft. lot, per county records
Built in 1952
Franklin Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame High School (buyer to verify)
Listed on September 15th, 2020

Listed by Raziel Ungar

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Amenities

Traditional two-story home with 4 bedrooms, 2 offices, and 3 full baths
Approximately 3,095 square feet
Classic traditional appeal outside preceded by a wide paver-stone driveway, big front yard, and covered entrances to the garage and front door
Leaded-glass panes adorn the front door, which opens to a traditional foyer with hardwood floors
Spacious living room has hardwood floors with an inlaid dual feature strip, recessed lighting, and gas-log fireplace surrounded in mosaic tile and flanked by sliding glass doors to the rear yard
Formal dining room has a contemporary candle-style chandelier and matching sconces, recessed ceiling moldings, and sliding glass doors to the rear yard
Fully remodeled kitchen features white cabinetry topped in Carrara marble-style quartz, including an island with counter seating; a casual dining area has built-in banquette seating on two sides beneath corner front windows
Stainless steel appliances include a Wolf 6-burner gas cooktop, Sharp microwave drawer, double Wolf ovens, Miele dishwasher, U-Line wine cooler, and Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer
Step up to the main hallway with hardwood floors, which begins with a family room/den/office entered through true divided light French doors; crown moldings, recessed lighting, and sliding glass doors to the rear yard are features
A full bath serves the main living areas as well as the upstairs office and bedroom, and features limestone finishes and a tub with overhead shower surrounded in glass mosaics with a partial frameless glass enclosure
Two bedrooms, each with ceiling light, large closet, crown moldings, and direct access to a shared bath with limestone-topped vanity and mosaic tiled shower
Upstairs office with center light, hardwood floor, crown moldings, and views out to the East Bay hills
Upstairs carpeted bedroom features crown moldings, recessed lights, and a closet with double doors
Upstairs primary suite has a gas-log fireplace flanked by tall windows, 3 walk-in closets, and an all-marble luxury bath with corner jetted tub, makeup vanity with mirror wrapped in marble, a dual-sink vanity, and frameless glass shower with glass-block accents
Main-level laundry room with LG washer and dryer
Attached 2-car garage with epoxy flooring and pull-down attic storage
Other features include: Nest thermostats; security alarm
Beautiful outdoor living spaces include two separate patios, a lower deck with large spa, and expansive lawn, all in a very private setting
Over one-quarter acre lot (approximately 11,305 square feet)
Minutes to Osberg Field for future sports, Mills Canyon Park for hiking, Franklin Elementary, and Burlingame Intermediate school
Just 1.5 miles to Caltrain and BART

About the Ray Park Neighborhood

Ray Park real estate grew across the board in 2021, posting double-digit increases in sales, average and median price and price per square foot. Average DOM fell by 11% to 13, and sale price to list price ratio topped out at 110.9%, highest in all of Burlingame. For the year, homes sold for an average of $2.741 million with a median of $2.66 million. For this neighborhood, which has evolved over time to become a good Easton Addition alternative for buyers looking west of El Camino Real, 2021 was the year its market all but abandoned the sub-$2 million range, which comprised 43% of its transactions in 2020. This year, only one home sold for under $2 million. Instead, 63% of its transactions came in between $2 and $3 million and 32% at $3 million and above.

To view a detailed google map of the Ray Park neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 470.

Favorable

Tree-lined streets with more modern ranch style homes
Walking distance to Franklin Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate and Ray Park.
Very close to Trousdale for popping up to 280 and only a few minutes to Millbrae BART

Adverse

Homes don't have the same historic feel as most in Burlingame
Hard to find a large original home in the neighborhood

Schools

The elementary school for the neighborhood is Franklin Elementary, which is walkable from throughout the neighborhood.

There is one public middle school in Burlingame, Burlingame Intermediate School, which is located in the northern part of the neighborhood directly next to Franklin Elementary.

There is one public high school, Burlingame High, which is a 10 minute drive across town.

History

Ray Park is one of two neighborhoods (the other is Burlingame Village) that were developed during and immediately after World War II on the former Darius Ogden Mills Estate. The wealthy San Francisco industrialist Milton S. Ray developed Ray Park and gave the area his name. An avid ornithologist as well as an avid history buff, Mr. Ray named the streets in his development after explorers: Coronado, Marco Polo, and Quesada. Today, a clipper ship marks the entrance to Ray Drive at El Camino Real. Perhaps, the ship is a nod to the Bay Area company that Mr. Ray’s father founded in 1872: The Ray Burner Co. manufactured oil burners for ships. The area is within walking distance to the shops in Burlingame Plaza, the new Mills-Peninsula Hospital and the city’s one public intermediate school.

Learn More About Ray Park

Ray Park is a picturesque rolling neighborhood located in North Burlingame. Most of the homes are one level ranch-style homes with a great deal of curb appeal, and are “newer” than homes in most other historic neighborhoods in Burlingame. Ray Park is walking distance to both top-rated Lincoln Elementary and Franklin Elementary Schools, as well as Burlingame’s only public middle school, Burlingame Intermediate School. The neighborhood is just minutes away from the southernmost BART stop (about a half hour direct to downtown San Francisco), the Millbrae exit at 101, and just down the hill from the 280 corridor, making it a convenient jumping off point for those who commute to Silicon Valley. It is also very close to the shopping center on the corner of Trousdale and El Camino which is home to Lunardi Foods, and the brand new Mills Peninsula Hospital just across the street, which opened in 2011. The $680 million hospital is arguably the most state-of-the-art in all of California