What do you expect of a home when you read that it’s fully remodeled? This phrase can mean widely different things to different people.
Fully remodeled: what’s included?
“Fully remodeled!” “Completely remodeled!” “Extensively remodeled!” “Remodeled down to the studs!” If you’ve been looking at property listings, you’ve probably run into these phrases a few times, and you might be wondering what they really mean. It might be less than you expect.
The most important thing to know is this: when a seller or contractor asserts that the home is completely redone, you’ll want to know what specifically was done, by whom, and what permits and finals were obtained, if any. Ask for a list. Better still is getting receipts. And always review the disclosures carefully!
A “fully remodeled home” suggests that there’s nothing left to be done, which is seldom the case. It’s usually just puffing. Remodeling to sell is often limited to what is visible, such as:
kitchen
bathrooms
lighting
floor coverings
windows
painting
interior doors
sometimes landscaping, driveways, patios, decks
At times, we’ll hear that a remodel is “down to the studs”. This is a more specific descriptor and typically indicates a deeper remodel and may mean that the contractor replaced these items: (more…)
1190 Crestline Dr Cupertino is tastefully expanded, remodeled, and sunny home with award winning Cupertino schools!
Quick facts 1190 Crestline Dr Cupertino:
3 bedrooms + office and bonus room / alcove
2 newly remodeled baths in 2018
1715 SF (per county)
Lot size 6007 SF (per county)
Built in 1963, expanded in 2011
No carpeting – mostly hardwood floors, some laminate, some Italian porcelain tile
Flexible layout—sewer plumbed to possibly add 3rd bathroom and one bedroom in original kitchen area
Welcome to this bright and sunny home, impeccably updated throughout! You will love the gorgeous hardwood floors, the abundant natural light, and the remodeling that has been done in every corner of this house!
Rooms include a spacious living room with wood burning fireplace and recessed lights, dining room with recessed lights, an alcove or study (original kitchen location), an open family room – kitchen, an office, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.
Island Kitchen & Family Room:
The open kitchen & family room is the center of the home and a true showpiece. They enjoy Brazilian teak hardwood flooring, a tall vaulted ceiling with 2 Velux skylights and retractable shades, recessed lighting, Casablanca fan, 8’ Anderson French door to the yard, and large Milgard windows to bring in the light. Spray foam insulation between the ceiling and the roof helps to keep the room comfortable year-round.
Slab granite counters, tumbled marble tile back splash, maple cabinets with pantry, pullouts, lazy Susan and under the cabinet lighting.
Stainless steel appliances include a French door refrigerator with ice maker (2017), GE Profile double oven, Bosch induction cooktop, Broan vent, Kitchenaid dishwasher, and microwave oven. (Fridge and microwave both stay.)
Large, open Franke stainless steel sink with Grohe faucet.
Good sized island with breakfast bar plus extra storage.
This area, plus the office, was added in 2011 with permits and finals, and represents 600 SF of the total square footage of the home.
Bathrooms – remodeled in 2018 with permits & finals:
Hall bath offers a shower over the tub, Italian porcelain tile, vanity with deep drawers, and a sun tunnel
Master bathroom features a stall shower, Italian porcelain tile, and a vanity with deep drawers.
More features:
Dual zoned heat and air conditioning (2 AC units)
Dual pane windows
New front door & interior doors
Copper water supply lines in the home
Fresh interior paint
Original hardwood floors just refinished (June 2018)
New baseboards in living room, dining room, hallway, bedrooms
Hot water heater replaced in 2016
New outdoor wall lights
New motion detector light on front of garage
Attached 2 car garage with new Liftmaster garage door opener
1190 Crestline Drive Public Schools: Regnart Elementary, Kennedy Middle & Monta Vista High
Ideally located near schools, Three Oaks Park and Jollyman Park. Close to Apple campus and many high-tech companies. Easy access to 85, 280 Freeways and Lawrence Expressway for convenient commute!
OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE for 1190 Crestline Drive:
Thurs., 7-19-2018 9:30am to 12:30pm (broker tour AND public open house) Sat., 7-21-2018 2pm to 4pm Sun., 7-22-2018 2pm to 4pm
1190 Crestline Drive – DISCLOSURES & OFFERS
Disclosures will be available on or by Friday July 20th. The link will be in the private agent MLS comments for the buyers’ agents.
Offers will be due sometime after the open house weekend. Please check with Mary Pope-Handy for the due date. No pre-emptive offers, please
Great room with vaulted ceiling and foam insulation between roof and ceiling.
Tastefully updated & remodeled throughout! 1512 Santa Monica Ave boasts hardwood and tile floors only! This beautiful and sunny Cambrian home sits along the Willow Glen Border and enjoys an open floor plan, ideal for entertaining! And it is move-in ready!
1512 Santa Monica Ave – Virtual Tour Link: http://www.tourfactory.com/1642868
OPEN LIVING, ABUNDANT NATURAL LIGHTING!
The living room offers a wood burning fireplace, built in bookshelves, hardwood flooring, recessed lights, and access to the front porch – a welcoming, comfy place to relax in a friendly neighborhood.
The kitchen overlooks the back yard and features younger cabinets, stainless steel appliances, slab granite countertops, a sun tunnel, tile floor, and a door to the garage.
The spacious dining area is open to both the kitchen and living room, and it also provides a tile floor & view of the inviting back yard.
Outside there’s plenty of room for everything with both a spacious deck – like an outside “family room” – and a flagstone patio with an exquisite pergola, which makes for a fabulous outside dining area. A lawn, fruit trees, and planting area complete this space. (Fruit trees include apple, peach, and orange.) BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS
The bedroom wing enjoys hardwood floors, fan lights in each bedroom, and cedar floors in the closets with custom “Elfa” organizers and shelving.
The large master suite includes 2 closets, hardwood floors, and a fan light. Located at the rear of the home, it enjoys a wide view of the beautiful back yard.
The updated master bathroom provides a stall shower along with a toilet and vanity. The hall bath is also nicely updated with a pedestal sink, toilet, and shower over tub.
SCHOOLS for 1512 Santa Monica Avenue
Schallenberger Elementary Willow Glen Middle Willow Glen High
Looking for a beautifully remodeled, young-feeling home with fantastic curb appeal, an open floorplan, a stunning kitchen, and a gorgeous back yard? How about one that features a guest cottage, pool and spa and has energy efficient elements throughout? Would you love to have a neighborhood park on a quiet street just steps from your front door? It’s available now and you can view it this weekend! 13841 Ravenwood Drive in Saratoga will be open tomorrow, Saturday Jan 23, 2016, from 1:30 to 4pm and Sunday, Jan 24, 2016, also from 1:30 to 4pm. Please stop by!
This lovely property has been meticulously expanded, remodeled, and improved down to the smallest details. The stucco on the exterior of the house was redone in 2011 to match the addition, which has permits and finals. The beautiful pool is a salt water pool with solar heating. The house enjoys solar electricity and an endless hot water tank, newer insulation, and water efficient toilets. The interior features hardwood floors, coffered ceilings, recessed lights, and crown moulding and baseboard throughout. Both full baths were remodeled and include floor to ceiling tile.
The front door was custom made and the remarkable entry enjoys a limestone tile floor, tall ceilings with a barrell vault, and at the entry to the living areas you’ll see the open living spaces: living, dining, family rooms and the kitchen’s breakfast bar.
QUICK FACTS
Total living space appx 2349 (per plans), including cottage
Lot size appx 10,259 (per appraisal)
Built in 1955. Permitted & finalled expansion of kitchen and entry, addition of new bedroom, upgrades to both full baths completed in 2011
Looking for a great Silicon Valley home to purchase? Yesterday I put a great house on the MLS and it has what everyone wants: a nicely updated and remodeled home in a good area with strong public schools. Not only that, it’s offered at $950,000, making it a great opportunity all around. It’s not easy to find an turnkey home for sale in San Jose with good public schools for under a million dollars – the average sale price in Santa Clara County is sitting at about $1.25 million right now.
Please check out 4431 Esther Drive, San Jose. It is located in the pretty, one story Villa Cambrian subdivison in the Parker area, close to Union and Highway 85. Shopping is close (large Safeway on Union at Los Gatos-Almaden and large Lucky’s at Union and Camden), as are restaurants, coffee shops, and loads of other businesses. The 12.5 acre Houge Park is a couple of blocks away. Freeway access is close, but not so close as to be deafening! And the schools are top rated: Carlton Elementary, Union Middle, and Leigh High.
We’ll be open tomorrow, Wed Nov 11th, from 9:30am to 12:30pm, and also Saturday / Sunday Nov 14 & 15, 2015, from 1-4pm. Please stop by!
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You’re browsing through the online list of Silicon Valley homes for sale and only want a turnkey home. How can you tell, from the description, what the home’s true condition is? (Photos are often the biggest help, but some agents don’t post enough of them, or the quality is poor.)
Often it’s not what the Silicon Valley real estate agent says, it’s what he or she doesn’t say.
For example, when a home’s been remodeled, normally the agent will try very hard to convey this in the allowed words in the public remarks section. If anything has been replaced or updated, it will be in the remarks unless the agent is really not good at marketing the home. The comments should say “remodeled kitchen and baths” if that’s the case. If the kitchen and baths aren’t mentioned at all, normally that means that either they are original or are otherwise in need of remodeling now. (more…)
Yesterday I put a wonderful Cupertino condo on the market. My seller has worked hard so that the buyers won’t have to! The kitchen is newly remodeled and is just about one month old. The home boasts new carpet and wood laminate floors, new blinds, new light fixtures and on and on. Best of all, it enjoys an oversized patio which must be seen to be fully appreciated! Located in the best area of the complex with easy access on foot to a myriad of shops, restaurants and two coffee houses at Foothill Center. Check out all the details and photos below!
Fabulous opportunity in west San Jose – a beautifully remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath house with top Cupertino schools and exquisite English country garden is now for sale, offered at $1,099,000 at 1486 Larkin Avenue, San Jose CA 95129. This is not just any ranch style home in Silicon Valley, but a lovingly and impeccably updated, remodeled and maintained home on a scenic, tree lined street. A visit will convince you that this house has been cared for and upgraded with a tremendous level of detail and sophistication.
Top Cupertino schools, all with API scores well over 900!
Schools are a major driver of real estate desirability in Santa Clara County, and nowhere is that more true than in Cupertino and the parts of San Jose which enjoy its schools. All three educational levels of school enjoy extremely high Academic Performance Index or API scores.
The grammar or elementary school for this property is John Muir Elementary School (API 944). The middle or junior high school is Joaquin Miller Middle School (API 981) and the secondary or high school is Lynbrook High School (API 943). All three of these schools are very highly regarded, and in fact prestigious.
Not just a school district – this is a marvelous West San Jose home and yard!
Lest we treat this as though buyers were only interested in schools, let’s talk about this wonderful house too.
The kitchen is an absolute showpiece with a professional grade Viking range, Vent-a-hood, granite counters, ultra hard maple cabinets (painted white), dramatic vaulted ceilings with 2 large, electronically operated skylights, and much more! Throughout the home you’ll find high quality elements, including dual pane windows, hardwood floors (some under carpeting), remodeled baths, and on and on. I invite you to have a look at the virtual tour, embedded below, and to read the description on each page. There’s even more information immediately below that with the MLS information added too.
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The St Martin of Tours School’s annual tour of beautiful homes in San Jose’s Rose Garden district is happening this weekend. It’s a fabulous opportunity to see gracious homes, attractively decorated and remodeled, and to support the school.
If you’re new to Silicon Valley and are unfamiliar with the area, the school (and Church) are close to O’Connor Hospital (which is close to Valley Fair Mall). The Rose Garden District is close by, surrounding the San Jose municipal park bearing the name of Municipal Rose Garden. It’s considered part of “central San Jose” and has the zip code 95126. This area, along with nearby Shasta-Hanchett, has some gorgeous older homes. Many of the streets are wide and tree lined. This neighborhood is convenient to both major nearby freeways (280 and 880) so is a great commute location. It’s an area with enduring popularity.
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Tastefully updated & remodeled throughout! 1512 Santa Monica Ave boasts hardwood and tile floors only! This beautiful and sunny Cambrian home sits along the Willow Glen Border and enjoys an open floor plan, ideal for entertaining! And it is move-in ready!
