City Supports Contentious Redevelopment of Church Site, but…
As proposed by Christian Church Homes, and much to the chagrin of neighbors, the Forest Hill Christian Church and adjacent school at 250 Laguna Honda Boulevard will be leveled and…
Repainted And Flipped For $400K More
Purchased for $2,600,000 nine months ago when on the market for $2.9 million, the 4,665-square-foot Forest Hill home at 279 Castenada Avenue was “updated with current colors and style featuring refinished…
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Flipping Out: $600K More After Six Months And A Mini-Makeover?
Listed for $2,895,000 nine months ago, the Forest Hill home at 279 Castenada Avenue sold for $2,600,000 this past December. Since “updated with current colors and style featuring refinished hardwood…
Mid-Century Modern On Mendosa (And Ugly Apple Down The Street)
With a Mid-Century Modern design “attributed to Henry Hill,” and touting plans for a 750 square foot expansion of the second floor which were approved in 2007, the Forest Hill…
Maybeck’s 270 Castenada Sells For $573 Per Square Foot
Asking $3,890,000 two years ago, available for rent at $10,000 per month last August, and then back on the market for $2,199,000 this past January, the sale of the Bernard…
A 2010 Overture For The Maybeck At 270 Castenada
As we wrote ten months ago with respect to 270 Castenada: Asking $3,890,000 and briefly in contract before being withdrawn last April, listed at $2,995,000 today. Still touting “too beautiful…
Rent A Maybeck And Save A (25 Percent Bigger) Bundle
As we wrote in March with respect to 270 Castenada: Asking $3,890,000 and briefly in contract before being withdrawn last April [2008], listed at $2,995,000 today. Still touting “too beautiful…
Feel Like A Feudal Lord In Forest Hill Extension: 112 Kensington Way
The empty Forest Hill Extension lot at 112 Kensington Way above. A rendering of the “approved” plans for a 5,652 square foot “French Provincial estate” to rise on the site…
A Maybeck For Rent On Castenada (And A Related Neighborhood Sale)
As we wrote five months ago with respect to 270 Castenada: Asking $3,890,000 and briefly in contract before being withdrawn last April, listed at $2,995,000 today. Still touting “too beautiful…
A Maybeck On The Market (And Display) Once Again: 270 Castenada
If you missed seeing 270 Castenada (a.k.a. 1916 Erlanger house) a year ago, don’t let it happen again. In the words of its architect Bernard Maybeck (think Palace of Fine…