1812 El Verano Way, Belmont OPEN SAT & SUN 8/4 & 8/5

1812 El Verano Way, Belmont LISTED FOR $1,598,000

  • Remodeled and enhanced with contemporary finishes
  • Three generous bedrooms
  • Two full taupe-tiled baths
  • Rich Oak hardwood flooring
  • Owners ensuite with walk-in shower, dual pane windows and recessed lighting
  • Freshly updated kitchen with newer sleek modern Samsung® appliances including silent-style dishwasher, five burner gas stove, microwave, stainless basin sink—granite counters
  • Large open communal living room with gas insert fireplace, recessed lighting, and new hardwood floors
  • New electrical panel
  • New front and rear landscaping
  • Multiple outdoor dining and entertainment patio areas—grass play area
  • Two car attached garage with new modern garage door
  • Approximately ~1,220 sq. ft.
  • Substantial ~7,102 sq. ft. lot
  • Built in 1955– and updated by current owners
  • Freshly painted interior with designer colors
  • Award winning Belmont schools, near Carlmont High School
  • Sought after Central Belmont location, nearby Carlmont Village Shopping Center
  • Several blocks from Barrett Park Community Center with its many recreational activities, childcare, dog park and socializing
  • Conveniently close to San Francisco International Airport, Half Moon Bay and Coastal towns, major commute arteries, nearby parks and plenty of excellent shopping and dining options

Reports available to qualified parties

1812 El Verano Way, Belmont

HANDSOME REMODELED CALIFORNIA RANCH | COVETED BELMONT HILLS AREA | INCREDIBLE BACKYARD

Designed and constructed by famed engineer and builder, ‘Andy’ Oddstad, this rolling hills location was chosen for its idyllic surroundings and its warmer microclimate—insulated from the cooler western hills exposure–hence the name El Verano, meaning “The Summer”. This post-WWII enclave of modest homes offer spacious lots, wide streets and community friendly sidewalks—rare for Belmont’s rural surroundings.

This single level home resides upon a bluff and enjoys level topography on an oversized lot. The home has undergone extensive enhancements and has been nicely updated with contemporary finishes. New hardwood flooring is throughout the home, along with the generous use of LED recessed lighting.

The nicely updated kitchen features Maple colored soft-close style drawers, granite counters, all new Samsung®stainless appliances including a quiet style dishwasher, five burner gas stove with self-cleaning oven, and French door stainless refrigerator.

Conveniently located in the galley kitchen is a dinette area for casual meals, and the adjacent more formal dining area opens to the spacious living room, augmented by a centerpiece wood burning fireplace, and highlighted by LED recessed lighting. Access to the expansive entertainment patio and newly sodded sunny flat grassy backyard is also available from this room. The amazing rear yard is perfect for evening get-togethers and outdoor enjoyment.

The two-car garage has fresh Shield-Crete epoxy slurry flooring, and new modern roll-up garage door with sidelights and Wi-Fi compatible belt drive Lift Master opener.

It’s coveted location also benefits from its proximity to both downtown areas of Belmont, as well as convenient travel corridors. Located near the Carlmont Village Shopping Center with a variety of retailers, restaurants and popular gathering spots, such as Starbucks, Vivace and Waterdog Tavern with pet friendly outdoor dining. Other businesses include ACE Hardware, and the upscale Lunardi’s Grocery.

For shopping, Hillsdale Mall is a short drive away and is undergoing a complete renovation, with stores such as Nordstrom, Macy’s, Williams-Sonoma, Sephora and Trader Joe’s. Enjoy dining options like Paul Martin’s American Grill, The Cheesecake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, and The Counter.

Belmont is ideally located on the Peninsula between the Silicon Valley and San Francisco. It’s popular because of its close proximity to major travel arteries—Highways 101, 280, 92. Caltrain and San Francisco International Airport is also conveniently nearby.

Contact us to find out why more people are moving to the Mid-Peninsula. 650-508-1441

1918 Hillman Avenue, Belmont

1918 Hillman, BelmontCOMING SOON TO AN MLS NEAR YOU!

1918 Hillman Avenue, Belmont

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  • Three bedrooms on the main level, including an Owner’s ensuite
  • Two updated full baths upstairs
  • Updated kitchen with new stainless appliances including Frigidaire® side-by-side refrigerator, 5-burner gas stove, microwave and Bosch® dishwasher,
  • Large open living room with wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors and access to the view deck
  • Centerpiece wood burning fireplace on the upper level
  • New engineered hardwood flooring upstairs
  • Fourth bedroom, kitchen, full bath, and 2nd fireplace downstairs
  • Lower level Great Room has so much space—and potential for countless uses including a possible legal income producing ADU
  • Sliding door leads to outdoor covered patio and gentle sloping rear yard
  • Approximate ~2,135 sq. ft. (per appraisal)
  • Substantial ~6,000 sq. ft. lot (per county records)
  • Two-car attached garage—laundry inside
  • Conveniently close to San Francisco International Airport, Half Moon Bay and Coastal towns, major commute arteries, nearby parks and plenty of excellent shopping and dining options
  • Reports available to qualified parties

Situated on a ridge above the Belmont Country Club Area in Central Belmont awaits this recently refurbished home stylistically offering an open layout and capturing the allure of casual elegance. This bi-level design floorplan offers a multitude of living and entertaining options.

Enter the front porch and the owner is immediately alerted to your presence with the Ring® 1080p HD video alter doorbell with night vision. Ever forgotten your keys? With  the Schlage keyless door lock system, you can even remotely unlock the front door!

The entire main floor is thoughtfully laid out with a great room hosting a dining area adjacent the all new kitchen and eat-at bar. On this level, you will find three bedrooms, including the Owner’s ensuite, two additional bedrooms, and another full remodeled bath. The main rooms are illuminated with large windows, skylights, and a sliding door that expands the usable space to the outdoors. A capacious covered entertainment deck is ideal for you and your guests to feast on views encompassing the Belmont agrarian landscape, punctuated by vistas of glowing sunsets.

Casual hardwood flooring flows gracefully throughout much of this level with a wood-burning fireplace as the centerpiece.

The kitchen is deeply functional and yet stays true to a place for casual meals and conversations. New Frigidaire Professional® stainless appliances include a side-by-side refrigerator, built-in microwave, five-burner stainless gas stove as well as a Bosch dishwasher is at your disposal for creating impressive meals and cleaning up. Rich sheik cabinetry augments the kitchen area and crushed quartz counters adorn the surfaces. A deep roll out pantry and corner caddy makes sense of the spacious area, while the natural illumination from the kitchen’s skylight helps save on electric bills.

The expansive lower level is ideal for having some separation in living spaces with its own enormous family room, fireplace, kitchen and private patio. Enjoy access to the immense rear lot with gentle slopes and create your own backyard retreat. Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) is a single-ply reflective roofing membrane made from polyprophylene and ethylene-propylene rubber polymerized together.

Located near Central Belmont, this picturesque location, known for its warm microclimate, is also popular because of the close proximity to major travel arteries—Highway 101, 280; and Caltrain. San Francisco International Airport is conveniently nearby. Belmont is ideally located on the Peninsula between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

Best of Tour-May 5th 2015-Belmont

Best of Tour-May 5th 2015-Belmont

The Inventory of homes continues to increase as we visited 17 homes for our clients on tour Tuesday.

Best of Tour this week goes to the newly listed home on Dekoven in Belmont (we’re not allowed to give the house number since it isn’t our listing—dumb rule, I know).

It’s listed as a four bedroom two bath home (actually it has two and ½ baths). Now it needs some updating but what intrigued us was not just the lot size, (12,960 sqft.), and the size of the home, (2,830 sqft.), but the layout was very unusual—not your typical Belmont ranch home.

Think of an Eichler-esque style home with an atrium in the middle which brings in a lot of light—we imagined a Nana wall opening up this space and incorporating it as a part of the flow of the home—we’ll perhaps not this dramatic.nana wall

Open this May 9th from 1:00-5:00 (Saturday—not Mother’s Day).

As always, you can click here to find more information on this listing or any other homes on our advanced real estate site.

Disclaimer:

Drew & Christine Morgan are REALTORS/NOTARY PUBLIC in Belmont, CA. with more than 20 years’ experience in helping sellers and buyers in their community. They may be reached at (650) 508.1441 or emailed at info@morganhomes.com.

You can find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Morganhomes and also find them on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/morganhomes

The information contained in this article is educational and intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute real estate, tax or legal advice, nor does it substitute for advice specific to your situation. Always consult an appropriate professional familiar with your scenario.

Best of Tour for April 28, 2015

Selecting today’s Best of Tour home made for a difficult decision. Not because there were too many intriguing homes to choose from, or great deals to be had, but rather that there were none which offered any attributes we found remarkable or outstanding.

I don’t profess to be any sort of great hiker, and today proved why. We hiked up and down more stairs today than was portrayed in the famous lithograph Relativity by M. C. Escher in 1953.

Aside from the common denominator of “mundane” in the homes we toured today, was the abundance of cliff side homes. There are two kinds of cliff-side homes—cliff hangers—you know, the sort of homes you wonder if your kids would get out the bungee cords and leap over the edge, and what we refer to as cliff clingers—those homes which are on the up-slope with a yard better suited for a Billy Goat.

Now don’t get us wrong, many of these very homes offer spectacular views and often little yard maintenance. But when you’re out touring 20 of them in a row, one pines for just one sprawling California ranch home.

So if you are looking for an excuse to step back from the relentless open house weekend, we recommend you get away and tune in next week. Perhaps a nice hike would be in order…

Best of Tour 2.10.2015

BEST OF TOUR

Not to be confused with the Board of REALTORS “Best of Tour” award whereby agents try and coax or pressure their colleagues into signing a petition proclaiming their home the “Best of Tour”, our’s is based upon our personal impression after seeing all of the homes on tour and reporting back to you.

Today’s Best of Tour there were three stand outs:

Belmont:

Belmont’s inventory is still low but this one perked us up. A home on Belmont’s west side under $1,000,000? Ready to move in, this home is great for a first-time buyer tired of renting.

2014 Monroe Avenue , Belmont 94002   Status:  Active  Monroe

County:                San Mateo

Area:     362 – Belmont Country Club Etc. List Price:             $899,000

Beds:     2

Baths (F/P):        1

Apprx.Sqft:         1,150 SqFt (Tax)

Apprx Lot:           4,000 SqFt (Tax)

 

San Mateo:

904 Murphy Drive, San Mateo 94402       Status:  Active      Murphy Drive

County:                San Mateo                          Price:     $2,488,000           List:        02/06/2015

Class:     Res. Single Family

Beds:     5

Baths (F/P):        4 (3/1)

Apprx. Sqft:        3,910 SqFt

Apprx Lot:           11,970 SqFt

This home underscores why looks can be deceiving. From the outside it looks like just another track home but once inside it is anything but ordinary. From the open floor plan and expansive rooms to the wonderful rear yard. Truly a great find!

If that one is above your comfort zone there’s a home on the water in San Mateo which has been recently upgraded. Best part—you can water ski right from your back yard.

1765 Lake Street , San Mateo 94403         Status:  Active            Lake

County:                San Mateo          Orig Price:           $1,288,000           Original:               02/05/2015

Area:     413 – Parkside    List Price:             $1,288,000 MLS #:            ML81449598

Beds:     4

Baths (F/P):        3

Apprx.Sqft:         1,960 SqFt (Tax)

Apprx Lot:           8,280 SqFt (Tax)

 

Drew & Christine Morgan are REALTORS/NOTARY PUBLIC in Belmont, CA. with more than 20 years experience in helping sellers and buyers in their community. They may be reached at (650) 508.1441 or emailed at info@morganhomes.com.

You can find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Morganhomes and also find them on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/morganhomes

The information contained in this article is educational and intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute real estate, tax or legal advice, nor does it substitute for advice specific to your situation. Always consult an appropriate professional familiar with your scenario.

Belmont’s Best Bay Area Deals

This shiny penny home is our best of tour for today, April 16th 2013.

Since we’re privy to what homes are currently in contact for, we know this home is under-priced. Of course that begs the question–are there really any good deals today? Doesn’t seem like it when everything’s being bid up by a fact of of 15%.  Listed for about $990,000, it could easily sell for $1,200,000.

So here’s our pick of the week in Belmont: [Click on the picture for a full scale image.]

Belmont's Best Home deals

Shiny Penny Tour Day – Our Best Homes of the Week

Shiny Penny Tour Wrap

 Our Tuesday tour day produced a few shiny pennies this week. In fact, two made our list for Best Deal of the Week.

The first is a short sale on Lyon in Belmont. It’s listed for only $759,000 and to be in the west-side hills location for that price is a good buy. Of course the banks still need to sign off on the offered price but if you can hang around for awhile you may be able to get that home. FYI—most lots on Monroe and Lyon are only 4,000 square feet rather than the usually 5,000.

 Here are some details:

Beds, Baths:

4, 2|1

SqFt:

1980 (Assessor)

Lot Size:

4,000 sq ft (Assessor)

Yr Built:

1962 (Assessor)

Age:

49 years

 

 BOTlyon

 

Our next home is a favorite of mine on Eaton in San Carlos. It’s sold before, in fact my old manager used to own it. I love the feeling—it’s like you are in your own private resort with a pool and palm trees. The rear landscaping is great and it backs up to the creek for even more privacy.

 

Don’t be fooled by the two bedroom listing. This home was a three bedroom with one room being converted to a den.

  Eaton 11
Eaton Back

Beds, Baths:

2, 1|0

SqFt:

1620 (Assessor)

Lot Size:

8,476 sq ft (Assessor)

Yr Built:

1948 (Assessor)

Age:

63 years

Parcel #:

051-294-050

Zone:

R100

Tract:

White Oaks

 

Don't forget. If you would like to see one of our Best of Tour homes give us a call at (650) 508-1441

Best Home Deals March 22, 2011

We’re excited to announce three “Best of Tour” homes from our Broker’s tour on Tuesday.

These homes represent homes we think offer a good value and should get snapped up quickly.

 BELMONT

There were two in Belmont we thought we’re an excellent value. The first one was at 3484 Lodge but since it already has three offers since Sunday’s open house we may as well skip that one. It was listed at $799,000 which is an ex excellent value for the West side.

  Lodge
 

The second Belmont home at 2223 Thurm listed by Better Homes and Gardens M. Smith. It’s located right on the border of San Mateo on a pastoral 13,000 square foot lot. The four bedroom three and one-half bath home is nicely appointed and at 2,714 square feet it’s a very good value too.

  Thurm

SAN CARLOS

 

We liked 132 Arundel. Looks like a nice move-in condition home with three bedrooms, two baths with 1, 390 square feet of living space on a nice sized 8,500 square foot lot. Listed by RE/MAX D. Roberts

  Arundel

1362 Geneva in the White Oaks is a three bedroom three bath home of 1,860 square feet on a tad bit small 4,040 square foot lot but this home looks great and should fly off the shelf. Listed by Coldwell Banker R. Jabeen

  Geneva

As always, if you want us to look specifically for the best of tour home for you drop us an email or connect with us and let us know what you’re looking for. We’ll be your eyes and ears on the peninsula.