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3931 Wilshire Avenue
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3
Beds
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3
Baths
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1,940 sq ft
Home Size
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5,200 sq ft
Lot Size
Overview
A Dream Home for Entertaining
Perfectly located in the hills above San Mateo, 3931 Wilshire Avenue’s luxuries are immediately apparent — from its fine hardwood floors to the iron scrolled stair railings, graceful arched room openings, and gourmet kitchen. Vaulted ceilings and expansive windows and glass doors, some with plantation shutters, enhance the bright and light floor plan, which boasts a sought-after open-concept design. There are 3 bedrooms and 3 baths arranged over two levels, including a spacious main-level master suite. This is a dream home for entertaining, complete with 5 television screens indoors and out — the ultimate for sports viewing with family and friends. The lower-level includes a bath and is currently used for recreation/media needs with surround sound speakers and a full bar with built-in beer keg service. There are two television screens here plus one in the master suite, living room, and on the outside patio. Sound speakers are located throughout with individual room controls. Outdoor living spaces are plentiful, private, and low maintenance, including an upper-level deck and connecting patios across the entire rear yard — the ideal place for enjoying San Mateo’s wonderful climate. Situated mid-way on the Peninsula, it is also convenient to major commute routes for easy access to Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and all of the Bay Area.
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Built in
1951
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Listed
5 years ago
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Neighborhood
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Schools
Laurel Elementary, Abbott Middle School, Hillsdale High School
Amenities
Beautifully appointed in the San Mateo hills, just one mile from Hillsdale Shopping Center
3 bedrooms and 3 full baths
Approximately 1,940 square feet of living space
Picture-perfect curb appeal with paver stone driveway and walkway, citrus trees, and colorful bougainvillea
A tall portico shelters the front door and sidelight, each with leaded glass inset panel
An open foyer introduces fine hardwood floors with an inlaid feature strip and a staircase to the lower level outlined with custom scrolled iron railings
Living and dining room combination spans the rear of the home showcasing windows with plantation shutters on each side of sliding glass doors beneath an arched transom, all opening to a large deck; a cathedral ceiling dotted with recessed lights and sound speakers expands the room’s dimensions
A wood-burning fireplace outlined in brick with elevated hearth is adjacent to a wall-mounted television screen; breakfast/wine bar seating connects to the gourmet kitchen
Fully remodeled kitchen has fine maple cabinetry, some with rain glass fronts, all topped in granite slab
Stainless steel appliances include a Thermador gas range with warming shelves, Bosch dishwasher, and Amana refrigerator
Master bedroom suite has a cathedral ceiling with sound speakers, wall-mounted television screen, and closet with mirrored sliding doors; the en suite marble bath has a single-sink vanity next to a glass-paned door to the rear deck plus a separate room with frameless glass-enclosed air jet tub and overhead shower
Two additional bedrooms, one requiring an armoire for wardrobe storage and one with mirrored bifold doors on the closet; each has carpet, a vaulted ceiling, and expansive front window with blinds
Full bath has limestone floor, a dual-sink marble vanity, and tub with glass-enclosed overhead shower surrounded in marble
Lower-level recreation/media room has laminate wood flooring with an inlaid feature strip and sliding glass doors to the rear patio. Two wall-mounted television screens and surround sound speakers. A full bar with counter seating includes a Beverage-Air keg refrigerator with 2 taps, a sink, granite counters, and wall-mounted television
Full bath on the lower level has limestone finishes including a glass-enclosed tub with overhead shower
Attached 2-car garage with finished flooring, laundry area with Kenmore washer and dryer, entire wall of floor-to-ceiling custom cabinetry, plus wall-mounted television screen and speakers
Wonderful outdoor living spaces include the upper deck with steps down to a large paver stone patio with wall-mounted television screen and connecting patio space that continues across the entire rear yard with perimeter garden space
Just one mile to Hillsdale Shopping Center, currently undergoing a major renovation and expansion
Lot size of approximately 5,200 square feet
Easy access to Highway 101 to San Francisco or Silicon Valley tech centers
Excellent San Mateo schools
San Mateo
San Mateo Knolls
San Mateo Knolls/Laurel Creek Farms real estate is attractive to those seeking a bit of remove from the downtown din. Homes located far from Alameda de las Pulgas have large lots – often 10,000 square feet or more – and boast more than 2,000 square feet of interior living space, with three or four bedrooms, two-car garages and open, mid-century-inspired floorplans. Many have views, some of San Francisco Bay. Mixed in among them are even larger, two-story homes of the same 1960s vintage. These properties are at the high end of San Mateo Knolls and have been known of late to command as much as $2 to $2.3 million on the open market, though most settle into the $1.5 to $1.9 million range.
Houses located near the Alameda resemble David Bohannon’s Hillsdale tracts, boxy three-bedroom, single-story homes on smaller lots, older by a decade than their western neighbors. Neighborhoods are neatly-maintained. San Mateo Knolls homes for sale in this part of the neighborhood can be had for prices beginning at or around $1.2 or $1.3 million, while larger homes to the west range from the $1.4 to $1.7 million, with a few topping out at $2 million.
To view a detailed google map of the San Mateo Knolls neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 429.
San Mateo has it all: a diversity of neighborhoods, great parks, easy access, a plethora of shopping, and home to many businesses and an anchor for employment on the peninsula. With a rich heritage, dating back to the turn of the century with its most famous resident being A.P. Giannini, the founder of the Bank of Italy and later Bank of America, San Mateo offers a delightful spread of activity for all. The downtown area is studded with delicious restaurants and a variety of retail stores, and also boasts a 12 screen movie theatre and one of the largest wine cellars in the country, at Draeger’s Grocery Store. Shopping abounds at Hillsdale and Bridgepointe as well as the many neighborhood shopping centers.
Perhaps the most well known natural area is Coyote Point, a rock outcropped peninsula that juts into San Francisco Bay and home to a natural history museum, the Peninsula Humane Society, windsurfing, a private marina, and large picnic areas with uplifting vistas. Within walking distance of downtown, Central Park has something for everyone: ride the toy train, pick up a game of tennis, take a serene walk through the Japanese Garden, have a picnic while listening to Thursday evening’s Jazz in the Park, or enjoy the playgrounds.
San Mateo attracts a variety of homeowners, from those seeking their first home in the upcoming neighborhoods of the Village, Parkside, or Shoreview, to those looking for more a little more space in Hillsdale or the Meadows, to larger families seeking the spaciousness offered by San Mateo Park, Baywood, and Aragon.
- Small town feel
- Big-city downtown amenities with a small town residential neighborhood feel
- Diverse housing
- Very diverse housing opportunities ranging from downtown condos to suburban ranches and secluded San Mateo Park mansions
- Top schools
- Baywood schools ranked among the state’s best
Early San Mateo was a place of large estates and boldface names familiar to anyone who’s driven the town’s streets. Parrott, Hayward, Borel—these were the wealthy pioneers who sowed the seeds that eventually grew into today’s modern city of 100,000 residents. San Mateo was borne from their needs and later from their subdivided land, all around a stagecoach stop established in 1849 by Nicolas de Peyster on former Ohlone tribal land.
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