Located on a beautiful street in west Los Gatos, 247 Prince Street is a tastefully remodeled home which is sure to please, inside and out.  The front and back yards have been landscaped like something out of a designer magazine!  Inside will not disappoint!  With remodeled kitchen and baths, dual pane windows and plantation shutters, fans, hardwood floors, air conditioning and so much more, this is not just a house but a very comfortable home.

I invite you to have a look at the slideshow introduction, below.  If you are interested, read more with the MLS information on this lovely home posted below it. (The MLS information will be removed once the house is under contract with no contingencies.)   Silicon Valley home buyers, call your Realtor to set up a private showing! (No open houses planned.) Pre-approved buyers only, please.

247 Prince Street, Los Gatos, CA

For more information, please continue reading the MLS information, below!

247 Prince St, Los Gatos, CA 95032 (MLS # 81219289)

(all data current as of 5/24/2012)

Price	$935,000
Beds	3
Baths	2 full
Home size	1,456 sq ft
Lot Size	8,316 sq ft

Fabulously remodeled home & yard on beautiful street! Kitchen with maple & granite, Viking range & oven, GE Profile fridge. Entire house features dual pane windows, plantation shutters & hardwood floors (except baths).Central A/C. Gorgeous baths! Yard are extensively remodeled & upgraded with incredible hardscape: fire pit, built in seating, water fountain, more. Beautiful driveway & landscaping!

Property Type(s): Residential, Detached Single Family

Last Updated	5/22/2012	Tract	n/a
Year Built	1961	Community	Los Gatos/Monte Sereno
Garage Spaces	n/a	County	n/a
Total Parking	n/a	Walk Score ®	42

Additional Details

Baths Half	0	Zoning	R18
Baths Full	2

Features

Additional Info	Not Applicable
Amenities	220 Volts in Laundry Area, Cable TV Available, Ceiling Fan(s), Gas Hookup in Kitchen, Gas Water Heater
Bedroom Description	1 Master Bedroom Suite
Cooling	Central Air Conditioning
Exterior Features	Brick Exterior, Stucco Exterior, Wood Exterior
Family Room	Dining Area in Family Room, Separate Family Room
Fire Place_Details	Wood Burning Fireplace
Fireplace Location	Fireplace in Living Room
Floor Covering	Hardwood, Tile
Formal Dining Room	No Formal Dining Area
Foundation	Concrete Perimeter
Garage Parking	2 Car Garage, Attached
Has Fireplaces	Fireplace
Has Pool	No Pool
Heating	Central Forced Air Heat
Horse Property	No
In Formal Dining Room	Breakfast Nook
Levels	1 Story
Listing Status	Active
Listing Status_Code	Active
Listing Type	Exclusive Right to Sell(ER)
Lot Description	Lot Sloped Up from Street
Lot Size Range	000+ Sq Ft to .25 Acre, Lot: 8
Other Areas	Laundry Area - Garage
Property Style	Ranch
Property Type	Detached Single Family
Property_Hot Tub	Spa or Hot Tub
Property_Inclusions	1 Dishwasher, 1 Refrigerator, Built-In Oven/Range Combo, Window Coverings
Roof	Shake Roof
Sewer Septic	Sewer in & Connected
Shower	1 Stall Shower
Shower Tub	1 Shower over Tub
Tub	1 Tub
View	Neighborhood View
Warranty Info	Home Warranty Provided by Seller
Water	City/Public Water
Yard Grounds	Automatic Sprinkler(s), Fenced Yard, Patio, Patio or Deck Covered, Sprinklers - Front, Sprinklers - Rear

Location

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Listing provided by Mary Pope-Handy, Sereno Group

(view all details for MLS #81219289)

SOLD WITH MULTIPLE OFFERS IN 8 DAYS!

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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Coming Soon! On MLS Thursday, Feb 23 and Open House Saturday Feb 25 and Sunday Feb 26, 2012 2 – 4pm

870 Brevins Loop: Beautiful, Elegant Willow Glen Home for Sale!

New Listing, Please Stop By!  Open Sat/Sun, Feb 25-26, 2012 from 2-4pm

In a couple of days I will put this new Willow Glen listing of mine on the MLS and I look forward to holding it open this weekend for the first time. If you are in the area, please swing by and have a look! I always enjoy meeting the readers of my blog & this is a home you will enjoy seeing!

The house & yard are full of amenities that Silicon Valley home buyers will appreciate:
hardwood floors, built-in bookcases and media niches, slab granite, gas cooking, stainless steel appliances, lots of windows & natural light, a luxurious master sweet with 2 walk-in closets and a spacious bathroom with big soaking tub, separate shower and two separate vanities. Central air conditioning.   The lush backyard boasts two trellises, sandstone hardscape & custom lighting. The front yard is easy-care: the HOA takes care of the maintenance!

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Yesterday I got a phone call from a woman looking to find a lease option to buy property in the San Jose area.  “I’m tired of wasting money on the rent”, she explained.  Hoping to locate one, she was phoning the agents of San Jose houses for sale – maybe one of them would do a lease option?  Not likely.

Why are lease options hard to find in Silicon Valley?

It is a challenge to find a lease option in the greater San Jose area for a number of reasons, most of them related to the extra risks involved as opposed to simply renting or selling the real estate outright.

1 – Cash needed at close of escrow: An overwhelming majority of the home sellers here want their cash at close of escrow, so the buyers can be all cash or part cash and part loan (20% down, for instance).  Most real estate sellers want to take the cash from the property being sold and do something with it immediately – and the majority of the time that means putting it into another home in which to live.

2 – Don’t want to be a landlord: Doing a lease option means that not only will the owners of the property not get their cash right away, but they also have to become landlords in the meantime.  If they pay a professional property manager, that may cost 8% per month in overhead, too, so it cuts into any profit.

3 – Lease options are risky: With lease options, there is far more risk for the seller, of course, but also for the buyer!  (And by extension, real estate licensees who get involved with lease options.)

• The seller risks a default by the buyer/tenant and then having to go through the trouble of evicting him/her/them.
• Pricing risks for both seller and buyer:  the purchase price is decided upfront, but the sale isn’t finalized for a year or more.  During that time, the real estate market could appreciate like crazy (leaving the seller to feel that the house is sold for too little, less than market value) or the prices could fall (with the buyer unable to complete the sale since the property wouldn’t appraise – thus losing all of the downpayment in the process).  Either way, buyer or seller could feel unhappy and cheated. (more…)

If you’ve had your San Jose home listed for sale with a real estate professional but after several months on the market it didn’t sell, you are probably tired, discouraged, and maybe even angry.  What went wrong?

Everyone likes “easy answers”, and the most common easy answer to the question of why the house is now an expired listing is price.  Most homes that don’t sell are overpriced. This is true but an oversimplification.

Often, price isn’t the only factor, or is not even the biggest obstacle in the home’s not selling. (Sometimes it’s not a problem at all.)  Frequently, it’s a little more complicated than that.

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If you are looking for a new or newer home in Cambrian Park or Almaden Valley, look no furter!  This exquisite house features an amazing kitchen at the heart of the home.  It  has been updated with slab granite, stainless steel dishwasher & fridge, gas range, a sunny garden window & recessed lights.  It’s open to the breakfast nook and family room on one side and adjacent to the dining & living areas on the other.

You’ll love the open floorplan and the fact that there’s  1 bed and one bath downstairs. More wonderful plusses: inside laundry, AC, dual pane windows. Big master suite offers a walk in closet, soaking tub, separeate shower, big vanity and dual sinks.

Fabulous younger home in the Almaden Winery neighborhood!

• Four bedrooms, three bathrooms (one bed/bath downstairs)
• Living room features high ceilings, hardwood floors and elegant fireplace & is open to formal dining area
• Updated kitchen featuring slab granite & stainless steel
• Kitchen includes breakfast nook & is open to family room
• Family room enjoys fireplace & back yard access

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The Almaden Winery neighborhood, just off Blossom Hill Road in San Jose, has a rich and interesting past, dating back to the mid 1850s when the site was first planted with grape vines.  It was the first winery in Almaden Valley and one of the oldest in the state of California.  (It survived the prohibition period by getting licensed to make sacramental wine and by bottling grape juice.)

In this post I’ll share some photos of the neighborhood with you, explain about the three different builders/developers and show you where to find each one.

With a bit more than 300 houses, the Almaden Winery area is quite popular, with its homes selling quickly.   The community centers around a lovely park, and additionally there’s a newer library adjacent to it – the Vineland Branch of the San Jose public library system.
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