604 Burlingame Ave
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3
Beds
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2
Baths
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1,240 sq ft
Home Size
per county records
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5,000 sq ft
Lot Size
per county records
Overview
Picture Perfect circa 1936 Tudor cottage
Originally built in 1936, this meticulously maintained and thoughtfully updated Tudor cottage combines Old World sophistication with modern comfort and convenience. Less than one-half mile from the upscale amenities of downtown Burlingame, the home is picture perfect with its classic Tudor lines framed by flowering gardens. Inside, refinished original hardwood flooring, plaster walls, true divided light windows and stained glass panels recall the home’s early heritage while a remodeled kitchen and bathrooms add stylish elegance and modern functionality. The 3-bedroom, 2-bath floor plan is thoughtfully arranged with a center hallway that allows optimum natural light and garden views from every room. Two heat-efficient gas fireplaces, heated floors in the remodeled master bath, surround sound wiring in the living room, and abundant storage are just some of the added amenities for today’s luxury living. Outside, the private rear yard with flowering gardens is perfect for entertaining with a spacious deck and patio, bar seating, and wiring for sound speakers. All of this, plus an excellent location minutes to Caltrain and commuter routes to San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
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Built in
1936
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Listed
9 years ago
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Neighborhood
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Schools
Washington Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate School, Burlingame High School
Amenities
- Picture perfect circa 1936 Tudor cottage with many updates, all done with complete respect for the home’s original character
- One level with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths
- Approximately 1240 square feet of living space
- Classic exterior façade with traditional wood-shingled roof in a staggered artistic pattern, copper gutters, and copper chimney cap
- Manicured gardens frame the home including a prolific display of bougainvillea that drapes the crimson red front door with inlaid one-way viewing window; a period style pull-down door chime serves as notification of arriving guests
- Interior design elements include refinished original oak hardwood floors and plaster walls in most of the home
- The living room has raked and textured plaster walls, a window seat with storage, and heat-efficient gas fireplace outlined in tile; a true divided light window and French door opens to overlook the rear gardens
- Wainscot paneling defines the formal dining room, which has a ceiling medallion and wood-paneled chandelier, sconce lighting, and French doors to the rear yard
- Remodeled kitchen has custom cabinetry with appliance garage, under-cabinet lighting, glass accents, and large pantry; granite countertops are accented with tiled backsplashes and decorative accent tiles; high-end stainless steel appliances by Miele and Thermador with a new Kohler faucet
- A tiled hallway, lined with interior and exterior windows, leads to the bedroom wing; a stained glass panel from an English pub in Vancouver accents one end and a French door opens to the rear yard
- Bedroom 1 has a center light, closet, and windows that look through the hallway to the gardens
- Serving the main living areas and bedroom 1, a full bath with stained glass panel on the entrance door has pedestal sink, refinished tub with overhead shower plus beadboard wainscot and black-and-white tiled flooring
- The master bedroom suite has a double wide closet with sliding doors and French doors to the rear gardens; remodeled bathroom in heated tumbled marble floor has pedestal sink with new fixtures and a limestone shower with frameless glass door
- Bedroom 3 has direct access from the master bedroom and is ideal for an office or nursery; features include new hand-scraped bamboo flooring and a heat-efficient gas fireplace on a wall of faux bricks
- Laundry room with outside entrance
- Detached 1-car garage with carriage style door and attic space; additional attic storage with pull-down ladder access in bedroom3
- Beautifully landscaped rear yard has a large Brazilian hardwood deck with wood plugs to hide screws, flagstone patio with Silestone bar counter, wiring for sound speakers, level lawn, and roses
- Other features include wiring for DirecTV/cable throughout, wiring for surround sound in the living room, hidden pull-down screens on many windows, automatic landscape lighting and sprinkler system, and stamped concrete driveway
- Excellent local schools: Washington Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, and Burlingame High (buyer to confirm enrollment)
- Lot size of approximately 5,000 square feet
- Convenient location with easy access to Caltrain and less than one-half mile to shopping and dining on Burlingame Avenue
Burlingame
Burlingables
Burlingables homes sold in 2024 ranged in price from $1.9 million to $4 million, with an average sale price of $2.58 million, leaving it significantly off the pace of its 2023 performance, when the average home sold for $2.74 million; with seven total sales, Burlingables lost 36% of its sales volume last year. These figures are, however, in line with the neighborhood’s 2022 data ($2.58 million average value, five total sales) and do reveal two upsides: first, that homes took only eight days to sell in Burlingables, down from 20 in 2023 (and 17 in 2022), and that homes sold for 108.8% of their asking price, up from 97.6% in 2023 and consistent with 2022’s 109.1%.
To view a detailed google map of the Burlingables neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 463.
Favorable
Arguably Burlingame's hottest neighborhood; less than one home per month on average comes up for sale
Quintessential tree-lined streets with classic Burlingame homes
Super close and easily walkable to Downtown Burlingame and Burlingame Avenue, Washington Park, and Caltrain
Adverse
Lot sizes are on average 5,000 s/f compared to the 6,000 s/f average for Burlingame, however, most homes have attached garages with full-sized yards, and many homes on 6,000 s/f lots elsewhere in Burlingame have detached garages with the garage in the rear of the property
Homes within one or two blocks of the freeway may have freeway noise
High price per square foot, but worth it for those who choose to buy in the neighborhood
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.
- Timeless elegance
- Renowned small town, community feel
- Top schools
- Top rated schools
- 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.
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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