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401 S Norfolk Street #206 Shoreview, San Mateo

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Remodeled, Convenient Condo Living Midway Between San Francisco & Silicon Valley

This remodeled 2-bedroom, 2-bath condominium is just right for starting out, downsizing, or as an investment property. Building amenities are many with a secure gated entrance, elevator, gated underground parking, plus a large fountain courtyard that invites play and meeting with the neighbors. The home shines with a bright open space, beautiful laminate wood floors and crown moldings, plus courtyard views.

The open-concept design for living, dining, and kitchen is ideally arranged between the two bedrooms and two baths. The kitchen is a chef’s dream with Calacatta marble-like quartz counters, including elevated breakfast/wine bar, and quality stainless steel appliances. A large dining area, defined by a modern rectangular chandelier, welcomes everyday dining as well as entertaining, and the spacious living room opens to a private balcony for fresh air enjoyment with sights and sounds of the soothing fountain. Personal accommodations include a lovely master suite with Carrara marble bath and large shower plus a second bedroom with adjacent well-appointed bath. A concealed washer/dryer behind bi-fold doors and underground deeded parking for one car plus a storage unit add the finishing touches.

Rounding out the appeal of this great condo is its ideal location for commuters with Highway 101 access just down the street and Caltrain only 1 mile away. Shops and restaurants are within blocks and The Bay Trail for miles of fitness enjoyment is just down the street along with beautiful parks. With a midway location between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, this home is a natural choice for convenient Peninsula living!

Facts and Figures

Offered at $780,000
Sold for $820,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
913 sq. ft. home, per county records
Built in 2002
Horrall Elementary; Bayside STEM Academy; Aragon High School (buyer to verify)
Listed on November 10th, 2019

Listed by Raziel Ungar

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Amenities

Light and bright remodeled condominium at Norfolk Plaza2 bedrooms and 2 baths with approximately 913 square feet of living space
Secure gated entrance to the complex with stair or elevator access to an outside hallway leading to the home’s entrance
A large garden courtyard with tiered fountain and abundant seating anchors the center of the community
Fine laminate wood floors and crown moldings span the open dining and living area
A rectangular chandelier defines the spacious dining area
Large living room showcases a sliding glass door to a private patio overlooking the courtyard and soothing sounds of the fountain
Remodeled designer kitchen has white Shaker-style cabinetry topped in Calacatta-style quartz slab with subway-set white tile backsplashes; porcelain tile finishes the floor
Appliances include an LG smooth-surface electric range and microwave, Thermador dishwasher, and Whirlpool refrigerator
Master bedroom suite has carpet, crown moldings, and fully organized closet with double bi-fold doors; the en suite bath, all finished in Carrara marble, has a single-sink vanity and large frameless glass shower with fixed and hand-held sprays
Bedroom 2 has carpet, crown moldings, and a sizable closet
Bathroom 2 is well appointed with porcelain tile floor, a single-sink vanity with quartz counter, and tub with overhead shower
GE washer and Whirlpool dryer behind bi-fold doors
Secure underground garage deeded parking for 1 car
Excellent location across from shops and restaurants and just down the street from Highway 101 access as well as The Bay Trail for miles of biking and walking and great parks; vibrant downtown San Mateo and Caltrain are just one mile away
San Mateo schools: Horrall Elementary; Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy; Aragon High (buyer to verify)

About the Shoreview Neighborhood

Shoreview’s north side offers proximity to Coyote Point, the Poplar Creek Golf Course, Highway 101 and something else: the Bay Trail. The highly popular shoreline trail cuts directly through Shoreview’s eastern border before peeling off into Foster City. South of East 3rd Avenue is South Shoreview, where the homes generally run about a decade younger than their neighbors to the north. They’re also slightly more expensive. Here you’re more likely to find Shoreview homes for sale in the $1.2 to $1.5 million range. The southern end of the neighborhood is where you’ll find Parkside Elementary School (located in a part of the neighborhood sometimes known as Parkside and built on the site of an old air field) and Bayside Middle School. North Shoreview is served by North Shoreview Elementary. South Shoreview runs along Seal Slough and ends at Highway 92, leaving the southeasternmost end of San Mateo for Los Prados and Lakeshore, two entry-level neighborhoods whose long-established streets – like those of Shoreview – serve as continuing proof that D.A. Raybould’s 1928 roll of the dice was no folly.

To view a detailed google map of the Shoreview neighborhood, click here. The MLS area for North Shoreview is 415 and for South Shoreview it is 414.

Favorable

Ranch style homes with open floorplans
Popular among first time home buyers
Excellent value compared to being west of 101

Adverse

Concern for liquefaction potential
Perhaps less green and lush as more expensive neighborhoods, however still fantastic

History

If you built it, they said, no one would come; that’s what prevailing opinion told former newspaperman D.A. Raybould in 1928. Having already played a major role in expanding San Mateo’s downtown, Raybould bought hundreds of acres of the former Howard estate during the construction of the Bayshore Highway (now the 101 freeway). The land was located east of the new highway, “no-man’s land” as far as mainstream thought was concerned. Today that massive bloc is several residential neighborhoods known en masse as Shoreview.

Success didn’t come overnight for Shoreview, which now stretches along San Mateo’s easternmost edge from the 92 freeway to Coyote Point (which was once the home of Pacific City Amusement Park, San Mateo’s answer to San Francisco’s Playland-at-the-Beach). If you drive Shoreview’s streets today you’ll find very few homes built in the 1920s and 1930s. Most development came after World War II.

Learn More About Shoreview

Arguably the most affordable single family home neighborhood in San Mateo, Shoreview real estate was always designed to appeal to San Mateo’s working class. The northern end of the neighborhood – the area north of East 3rd Avenue and J. Hart Clinton Drive — was developed first, block after block of modest, single-story two- and three-bedroom cottages ranging in size from 1,000 to approximately 1,500 square feet. There are outliers, like the small subdivision of larger, newer two-story homes on Trollman Avenue and North Quebec Street near Harbor View Park, but in this part of Shoreview, a significant percentage of homes can be had for between $1.1m and $1.5 million.