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4
Beds
per county records
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2.5
Baths
per county records
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2,670 sq ft
Home Size
per county records
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6,000 sq ft
Lot Size
per county records
Overview
Beautifully updated and timeless, this home is located in the sought-after Baywood Knolls neighborhood on the edge of Hillsborough. Beginning with picture-perfect curb appeal, including classic ebony shutters and a matching front door, the home is framed by lushly landscaped gardens and paver stone walkways that extend from the matching driveway. A short brick staircase leads to the front door set between true divided, beveled-edge glass sidelights. Inside, freshly painted interiors are complemented by crown moldings, recessed lighting, and fine hardwood floors throughout, creating a stylish and inviting atmosphere.
A traditional foyer entrance opens to a spacious formal living room highlighted by a corner fireplace outlined to the ceiling in natural brick. The formal dining room, adorned with a wide bay window showcasing views of the rear garden, is illuminated by a candle-style chandelier. Serving it all is the well-appointed chef’s kitchen, featuring white cabinetry topped with sleek granite slab, subway-set white tiled backsplashes, and quality stainless steel appliances. A generous casual dining area, complete with corner curio cabinets and a chandelier, opens to a covered porch on the rear grounds where an alternate access to the attached garage is also found. Rounding out the public spaces is an inviting family room with fireplace and double sliding glass doors opening to the private rear yard for easy indoor/outdoor enjoyment.
Personal accommodations begin with a main-level bedroom, which could also serve as an office for today’s remote work needs. Upstairs, the primary bedroom suite is a luxurious haven with significant closet space and a compartmentalized en suite bath featuring an air jet tub and oversized shower. Two additional upstairs bedrooms are served by a recently remodeled hallway bath featuring basketweave marble floors, a pedestal sink, and a frameless-glass shower with fixed and handheld sprays. Finishing touches include a guest half-bath, upstairs air conditioning, and an attached two-car garage with a laundry area.
The expansive, very private rear yard offers a sunny patio, a lush lawn, and ample room for play and entertaining, creating an ideal outdoor oasis. Located within the highly regarded San Mateo school district, which includes Baywood Elementary and Aragon High just down the street, this home represents an exceptional place to call home in a most desirable community.
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Built in
1949
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Listed
1 day ago
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Neighborhood
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Schools
Baywood Elementary, Borel Middle, and Aragon High (buyer to verify)
Amenities
Beautifully updated timeless, traditional home in sought-after Baywood Knolls
4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths on two levels
Approximately 2,670 square feet of living space
Picture-perfect curb appeal with paver stone driveway and walkways, lushly landscaped front gardens, and classic ebony window shutters; a short brick staircase leads to the ebony front door with true divided, beveled edge glass sidelights
Freshly painted interiors with crown moldings, recessed lights, and fine hardwood floors throughout
Traditional foyer entrance with ceiling light and track-hung true divided light glass doors concealing the step-down living room
The spacious formal living room has a corner fireplace outlined to the ceiling in natural brick plus a wall of built-in cabinetry with integrated space for media
Formal dining room features a wide bay window with rear garden views and a candle-style chandelier
Well-appointed updated kitchen has white cabinetry topped in granite slab with subway-set white tiled backsplashes; a large casual dining area has corner curio cabinets, a chandelier, and glass-paned door to a covered porch with alternate access to the attached garage
Appliances include: Viking gas range with 6 burners, griddle, and 2 ovens; Bosch dishwasher; Monogram built-in refrigerator
Family room features a fireplace with fluted mantelpiece, built-in display/library shelves, and double sliding glass doors to the rear yard
Main-level bedroom, or office, with ceiling light, crown moldings, and closet
Upstairs primary bedroom suite with ceiling drum light, wall of organized closets with two sets of double doors, plus track-hung door concealing the en suite bath; the bath has a third closet with double doors, travertine tile floor with mosaic keystones, skylight, and dual-sink vanity with mosaic tiled backsplash; a French door opens to a separate room with air jet tub and large frameless-glass shower with ceiling rain and two fixed sprays
Two upstairs bedrooms, each with ceiling light, crown moldings, and double-door or walk-in closet
Remodeled hallway bath features basketweave marble floors, a pedestal sink, and frameless-glass shower with fixed and handheld sprays
Other features: half-bath with pedestal sink and wainscot paneling; upstairs air conditioning; attached 2-car garage with sink, LG washer and dryer, plus built-in cabinetry
Large, very private rear yard with sunny patio, lawn, and ample room for play and entertaining
Lot size of approximately 6,000 square feet
San Mateo schools: Baywood Elementary, Borel Middle, and Aragon High (buyer to verify)
San Mateo
Baywood
Baywood fits snugly into a corner formed by Alameda de las Pulgas, Crystal Springs Road and El Camino Real. Notre Dame Avenue separates the neighborhood from Aragon. It is within a brisk walk of downtown San Mateo and a short drive from commute routes and highways 101, 92 and 280, but what brings out the pride in Baywood residents isn’t their comfortable homes, their close-in location, their gently curving streets or the cache that comes with a Baywood address – it’s their schools.
Among San Mateo neighborhoods, Baywood real estate is surpassed only by the stately mansions of San Mateo Park. Homes in Baywood are larger than those in other neighborhoods, with three, four or five bedrooms and, as a rule, more than 2,000 square feet of living space. More often, Baywood houses have 2,500 or more square feet, ranging all the way up to 4,000 in some cases. Homes are built in a variety of classic pre-war styles: Spanish, English, Moorish, Tudor and Colonial, with only a few post-1950 homes mixed in. Lots are larger than those in Aragon or Baywood Knolls, with some rare ones up to 10,000 square feet in size.
Many homes have been updated. Even those that haven’t have amenities that were reserved only for the upper class when they were built, like en-suite baths and walk-in closets. Homes rarely come up for sale in Baywood, but when they do, they sell between $2m and $5 million. The neighborhood median home price in 2023 was $2.6 million, and the average home price was $2.9 million. However, in 2023, there were just 16 sales in the neighborhood in the whole year, so the data can be skewed depending on the mix of homes in any one year. Buyers who like Baywood also generally look for homes in Baywood Knolls, Aragon, San Mateo Park, and the Burlingame neighborhoods of Easton Addition and Burlingame Park.
Baywood is a neighborhood of style and grace. A stroll through its gently curved, wide streets reveals beautifully manicured lawns, children happily (and safely) playing and driveways full of luxury cars. It is as much an idea as a place – and it’s been that way since the days of John Parrott.
Just nearby Baywood across El Camino, the impressive San Mateo Library is state-of-the-art and tech-smart, and the 16 acre Central Park features the cherish Japanese Tea Garden with its koi pond, where the koi are fed every day at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m.
To view a detailed google map of the Baywood neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 438.
Favorable
Tons of character in the homes
Excellent schools - Baywood Elementary, Borel Middle, Aragon High
Larger lots (7-8,000 s/f) compared to similar lots in Burlingame (6,000 s/f) at the same price
Mostly walking distance to downtown San Mateo and Central Park
Adverse
One of the two most expensive neighborhoods in San Mateo along with San Mateo Park
No "starter" homes - most are at least 1,800 s/f
Homes are older than most in San Mateo but still regarded as well built
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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