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October 25, 2019
Built for Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña’s father and located in Marin’s “village on stilts” By Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Oct 25, 2019, 10:25 am PDT on stilts” Photos courtesy of Compass Up in the tony town of Kenfield sits series of homes on the Gerenbrae Boardwalk, a private community just south of Corte Madera Creek. Here you’ll find no cars and no busy streets—only secluded homes in an ...more
September 25, 2019
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 7:38 am PDT, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 “Every square foot is designed like a yacht,” says Wakelin. “Every square foot is designed in a utilitarian way.” Perched on a hill rising above San Francisco, the so-called “Corona Compound” features two stand-alone homes, each with its own flavor and style, on a double lot with lush gardens. While 48 Mars Street is a grand historic home ...more
September 20, 2019
Author: Philip Ferrato An extraordinary renovation of a classic 1907 row house, this 1917 project by the San Francisco/Oslo based, globally-involved architecture firm Mork-Ulnes has just come on the market– a 4-bed, 2-bath condominium that’s been extensively published to much acclaim. Preserving the street front in a historic neighborhood was paramount. To create a modern home, the architects replaced the traditionally dark heart of the structure with ...more
September 18, 2019
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:36 pm PDT, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 A stunning light-filled San Francisco condo given a Scandinavian-inspired makeover is listed for $2.995 million. The home at 1985 15th St. occupies the top two floors and converted attic space of a two-unit 1908 Victorian in the Mission District. While purists may mourn the loss of original details in this remodel, anyone who appreciates the clean, simple Nordic aesthetic ...more
September 18, 2019
A home featured in the 70’s TV show “The Streets of San Francisco has hit the market for $4.25 million. (Compass) By Pueng Vongs | pvongs@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group The Telegraph Hill home has three bedrooms and three baths. It features a wrap-around deck with sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, and the San Francisco cityscape. The home also ...more
September 17, 2019
Dark blue facade hides a surprise By Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Sep 16, 2019, 11:38am PDT Take note, Victorian remodels: This top-floor Victorian pad, snapped up in 2011 for a mere $910,000, has undergone an expansive minimalist transformation—care of Mork Ulnes Architects, who has offices in San Francisco and Norway—which puts listless, antiseptic redos to shame. Occupying the top two floors of the 1907 property, 1985 15th Street starts off with a dark ...more
August 15, 2019
The main house is a 9,700-square-foot three-bedroom, a three-bath house influenced by Mediterranean-style architecture. (Paul Rollins) By Amy Dobson August 13 Retired quarterback Joe Montana and his wife, Jennifer, have re-listed their custom-built Sonoma, Calif., estate for $28.9 million after previously listing it for $49 million in 2009 and $35 million in 2012. The design for the home was inspired by the couple’s travels around Italy ...more
August 1, 2019
By Claudine Zap | Jul 30, 2019 Open Homes Photography; realtor.com If canines had the wherewithal to design homes, this fabulous San Francisco Bay Area estate might be such a result. A mansion in Alamo, CA, designed by PeopleSoft co-founder and pet lover Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl, is on the market for $28.5 million. Dana Green of Compass holds the listing. But will two-legged mammals also enjoy this luxury, 21-acre estate? We’ll bark out an emphatic ...more
July 29, 2019
Keith Flamer Senior Contributor Writer, pop culture virtuoso and luxury lunatic Villa Montana, Joe and Jennifer Montana’s secluded compound, just listed for $28.9 million. PAUL ROLLINS Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Montana threw for 40,551 yards in his legendary football career. But that pales in comparison to the 500-acre Napa Valley equestrian estate he’s tossing onto the market (after all, 40,551 yards only amounts to eight ...more
July 29, 2019
1 of 7 Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle. A 12,494-square foot home on Tuscaloosa Avenue in Atherton sold in March for $23.1 million and in June for $25 million. Atherton has had the Bay Area’s highest home prices for at least a decade, but in recent years it has surged way ahead of its peers to become the most expensive ZIP code in the ...more
