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February 27, 2020
By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times Feb 13, 2020, 11:01am EST Peek inside the Wine Country estate that TV writer and producer Steven Bochco and his widow made as their escape from Hollywood. If you were a rich and famous Hollywood writer and producer, where would you buy a second home to get away from Tinseltown? Steven Bochco, who developed a number of hit ...more
February 25, 2020
Retreat in Oakville features a main house, a guest house, a pool and an olive grove An Oakville mansion owned by late TV writer and producer Steven Bochco is listed for $8.5 million. Click here if viewing from a mobile device. Bochco helped develop such popular series as “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “NYPD Blue.” The retreat features a three-bedroom, four-bathroom ...more
February 25, 2020
Written by Tracey Velt Feb 24, 2020 4:00:00 AM By making home staging a priority for every one of her listings, this Compass team leader gets top dollar for all of her sellers. The fact that Dana Green came into real estate through the “back door” set her up for a successful dual career. Leader of The Dana Green Team at Compass in Lafayette, Calif., she ...more
February 21, 2020
By Claudine Zap | Feb 18, 2020 Although Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018, his real estate legacy is strong. The tech billionaire’s estate in Atherton, CA, recently sold for a hefty $35.25 million. According to real estate records, the deal closed on Feb. 11. Billed as “one of Atherton’s finest estates,” the property came on the market last October with a price tag of $41.5 million. While the final price came in ...more
February 14, 2020
BY DAVID CARACCIO FEBRUARY 13, 2020 07:46 AM The Napa Valley estate of Steven Bochco—creator of the iconic television shows “L.A. Law,” “Hillstreet Blues” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.”—served as a private getaway offering expansive views of the wine country. The European-style mansion hit the market Wednesday, listed at $8.5 million. The late television writer/producer and his wife Dayna liked to come up to the Northern California ...more
February 14, 2020
It’s located across the street from Grace CathedralBy Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Feb 13, 2020, 3:37pm PST Photos by Open Homes Photography, courtesy of Compass Although the outside of this Nob Hill says midcentury—it was, after all, built in 1962—the inside of this co-op shouts contemporary care of a major remodel by noted interior designer Orlando Diaz-Azcuy. And it lands on the market for a cool $2.98 million. Featuring ...more
February 13, 2020
By MARK DAVID Location: near Oakville, Napa Valley, Calif. Price: $8.5 millionSize: (approx.) 4,600 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, plus 2-bed/2-bath guesthouse After first being offered as an off-market whisper listing, the achingly scenic, northern California wine country estate of late and vaunted television producer Steven Bochco has been listed on the open market by his wife, Dayna Bochco, at $8.5 million. Bochco passed away in April 2018 after a ...more
February 13, 2020
This week, Kat Carroll of the reSolve Group in Palo Alto balances the needs of her tech-savvy clientele with the obligations of co-leading a 1-year-old real estate business Kat Carroll Ted Irvine / Inman BY INMAN | Today 1:00 A.M. Inman Diaries is a weekly feature tracking the day-to-day activities of America’s leading real estate agents — in their own words over the course of a seven-day week. In ...more
February 12, 2020
By James Tarmy February 12, 2020, 2:35 AM PST Dayna Bochco, the spouse of late TV producer Steven Bochco, is selling her 47-acre weekend retreat For years, Steven Bochco, the late writer and producer of TV shows including NYPD Blue, Doogie Howser, M.D., and L.A. Law, would go on weekend trips in Napa Valley with his wife, Dayna. “My husband was from New York City,” she says. “But he just fell in ...more
February 11, 2020
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 8:22 am PST, Tuesday, February 11, 2020 In the sun-drenched hills of Northern California’s wine country, a compound that once hosted a nudist colony is listed for $11.3 million. The Sonoma property is vast and includes a 1905 farmhouse, a contemporary home and a car barn with an apartment, all set on 120 acres with views that stretch across the valley to the San Francisco ...more
