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Remodeled California Bungalow 2 Blocks From Broadway

Just two blocks from Broadway in sought-after Burlingame Terrace, this home combines circa 1927 architectural character with updated modern luxury. Beginning with lushly planted front gardens and wide paver stone driveway, this welcoming home features an elevated covered front porch that exemplifies the California bungalow style. Inside, fine hardwood floors, stained-glass accents, and detailed ceilings with period-style lighting recall the home’s early heritage. Luxurious amenities for today comprise a fabulous gourmet kitchen, remodeled baths, including heated floors in the master suite, plus a tucked-away office off the detached garage. The garage is oversized with room for 2 cars, built-in storage, work bench and work area. Behind the scenes, wiring for sound, cat 5 wired networking, plus a Nest thermostat enhance modern-day living.

The one-level floor plan begins with traditional public rooms sized for entertaining on a large scale. A spacious living room features a gas fireplace to enhance the ambiance, plus a formal dining room, and each with plantation shutters on the dual-paned energy efficient windows. The remodeled kitchen offers breakfast/wine bar seating plus top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances and easy access to the rear yard for indoor/outdoor entertaining. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 beautifully remodeled baths, highlighted by the elegant master bath in contrasting hues of marble with a shower for two, and each bath has a heated floor for added comfort.

Outside, the rear yard is spacious and private, ideal for play with its fenced paver stone driveway and flagstone patio space with arbors and fountain. With its end-of-the-street location and sidewalks for added walkability, this family-friendly neighborhood is also less than one mile to Burlingame Avenue for upscale shopping and dining. Welcome home!

Facts and Figures

Offered at $2,095,000
Sold for $2,310,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
1,635 sq. ft. home, per paid vendor
8,000 sq. ft. lot, per county records
Built in 1927
McKinley Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame High School (buyer to verify)
Listed on October 9th, 2019

Listed by Raziel Ungar

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Amenities

Beautifully remodeled circa 1927 California bungalow in Burlingame Terrace
3 bedrooms and 2 baths
Energy efficient Loewen Dual-paned aluminum-clad wooden windows and doors
Approximately 1,635 square feet of living, plus 125 s/f for bonus office.
Enchanting curb appeal with wide paver stone driveway, lushly planted gardens and flowering magnolia, and flagstone steps up to a covered porch
Traditional foyer introduces hardwood floors that continue into the public rooms and master suite
A wide arched opening defines the entrance to the living room with two lights in the tray ceiling and plantation shutters on the front window; a gas-log fireplace outlined in limestone and an oak mantelpiece is flanked by stained-glass window accents
Formal dining room, open to the living room, has a tray ceiling with pendant light and expansive window with plantation shutters
Remodeled chef’s kitchen has cherry cabinetry, some with leaded and stained-glass fronts, topped in granite slab with limestone backsplashes; vaulted ceiling with skylight and breakfast bar seating beneath two blue pendant lights
Stainless steel appliances include: Thermador 6-burner gas cooktop; 2 Thermador ovens; GE microwave; Thermador dishwasher; Jenn-Air refrigerator
Master bedroom suite has a vaulted ceiling, entire wall of recessed closets and built-in drawers, and French doors to the rear yard; beautifully remodeled en suite bath with heated porcelain tile floor, furniture-style dual-sink vanity topped in crema marfil marble with contrasting mosaic marble backsplash, and marble shower for two with frameless glass enclosure and contrasting marble feature strip
Carpeted bedroom, currently customized on all sides with cabinetry including a Murphy bed, plus a walk-in closet
Additional bedroom with carpet, chair rail moldings, ceiling light, closet, and windows with plantation shutters
Designer bath has a furniture-style vanity topped in Carrara marble, honeycomb marble tile floor, skylight, and spa tub with overhead shower surrounded in subway-set white tile with partial frameless glass enclosure
Laundry room with washer, dryer, granite folding counter, closet, and keyless entry door to the driveway
Oversized detached 2-car garage with rear drive-through access, storage, work bench and adjoining finished office with private outside entrance, sink, and built-in cabinetry on all sides
Spacious rear yard with flagstone patio and deep rear yard in a very private setting
Other features include: wiring for sound speakers in living room, kitchen, and master suite; cat 5 wired networking; Nest thermostat; large shed for storage
Lot size of approximately 8,000 square feet
Desirable Burlingame Terrace neighborhood with outstanding walkability just 2 blocks to Broadway Avenue and just under one mile to Burlingame Avenue
Burlingame schools: McKinley Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame High (buyers are encouraged to verify enrollment eligibility with the school district)

About the Burlingame Terrace Neighborhood

Located adjacent to Broadway and within walking distance of Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame Terrace recorded a trio of $3 million-plus sales in 2020, topped by one home that sold for $4 million. At the end of 2020, the neighborhood average was $2.54 million with a median price of $2.4 million, an increase of 32% from 2019. The inclusion of these three sales changed the character of Burlingame Terrace’s 2020 market, which coupled these increases in value with decreases in average price per square foot and sale-to-list-price ratio.

To view a detailed google map of the Burlingame Terrace neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 465.

Favorable

Perfectly situated between Burlingame Ave and Broadway
Older homes with character

Adverse

Lower tree density than Burlingables or Easton Addition, but still gorgeous

Schools

The elementary school for the neighborhood is McKinley Elementary, the home of the Burlingame School District Dual Spanish Immersion Program. McKinley Elementary School is in the heart of the neighborhood at Oak Grove and El Camino. It is within no more than a 10-15 walk from anywhere in the neighborhood, or a 5 minute drive.

There is one public middle school, Burlingame Intermediate School, which is located in the Ray Park neighborhood. It’s about a 7 minute drive up El Camino Burlingame Terrace.

There is one public high school, Burlingame High, which is just east of the neighborhood at Oak Grove and Carolan and is within easy walking distance.

Learn More About Burlingame Terrace

Burlingame Terrace is arguably Burlingame’s most convenient neighborhood.

Burlingame Terrace is one of Burlingame’s most convenient neighborhoods — it’s centrally located right in the middle of Broadway and Burlingame Avenue, and any home in this area is usually less than a half-mile (if not a couple of blocks) to most of the restaurants and boutiques in town. It’s also a few minutes walk to Burlingame High School and the Aquatic Center, tennis courts, track, sports fields, and the Parks & Rec Center.