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419 14th St: Design Your Dream – Spacious & Unique Mission Dolores Condo for Sale

419 14th Street – Condo in a 4-Unit Building

Asking $1,100,000

POCKET LISTING – NOT ON THE MLS

Shown by Appointment Only.

We are super excited about our pocket-listing for sale – 419 14th Street San Francisco 94103, listed at $1,100,000- Huge Mission Dolores Condo Listing For Sale- because it’s unique, spacious, thoughtfully remodeled and ideally situated!

VISIT THE PROPERTY WEBSITE FOR THIS MISSION DOLORES CONDO.

Built in 1924, 419 14^th Street, is an incredibly spacious (2357 square feet per tax records) Edwardian condo in a 3-unit building, ideally situated in Mission Dolores /Valencia Corridor. Want to be walking distance to: Four Barrel Coffee, Mission Beach Cafe, Pauline’s Pizza, Pica Pica Kitchen, Little Star Pizza, clothing boutiques, bookstores, bars, entertainment, the Mission, Mission Dolores, the Castro, Duboce Triangle, BART, Muni, and more? There’s no need for a car in this “Rider’s Paradise” with 44 routes nearby! But don’t worry if you do need parking – leased parking is readily available.

This is an incredibly unique space so let’s take a walk-through. As you open the front door to the unit, you will find a formal entry that splits off into two sides. Through the reclaimed wood sliding door, enter the front half of the unit, which is a traditional two-bedroom, one bathroom condo. This space enjoys original, Edwardian construction detail, but has been meticulously remodeled using sustainable materials. The open “farm house-style” eat-in kitchen features the original wainscoting, bamboo cabinets and CaesarStone with lots of counter space & storage. The bathroom stuns with volcanic stone floors, sustainable sapele wood cabinets, stainless steel counters and huge shower over tub. An open living/dining floor plan is perfect for entertaining.

…Now for the “design your dream” part! The rear of the condo is approx. 1200 square feet of modern, open space, currently used as a home office. This is a blank canvas, ready for your vision – perhaps more bedrooms or a subdivision or maybe a killer master suite, you name it! This bright & airy space includes a half bath with laundry and a private deck – great for taking a break to soak up the afternoon sun!

This unit also boasts attractive softwood floors, natural light, and a shared yard sheltered with soaring Bamboo shoots. Design your dream and enjoy stylish, urban living in Mission Dolores.

 

 

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Noe Valley – Neighborhood of Choice for “Non-Suburban” Silicon Valley Professionals

“I heard that many buyers want to get in now before Facebook goes public (and spawns scores of new millionaires), which is pushing demand.” -Bernard Katzmann

Three weeks ago, a client (who works for a big pharmaceutical company in the South Bay & is looking to buy a home in San Francisco) asked me if it was true that social tech was pushing up real estate values in San Francisco and in particular, Noe Valley.

Two weeks ago, I spoke with Carolyn Said about this exact topic as she researched her upcoming article.

“We see a lot of first-time buyers from tech companies who still want to have a city lifestyle; they don’t want to live in the suburbs, but they work down south. What I notice is when people from Google, Apple, Yahoo and Genentech come in for a first meeting, we literally draw a line in the city because of the commute. Noe Valley is at the top of the list, then Bernal, Mission, Dolores, Cole Valley.” – Zephyr Agent Danielle Lazier

Last week, the Noe Valley Voice interviewed me about the role of high-tech workers in the local real estate market. I kid you not.

Want to know what I told that home buyer?

I told him that it did not really matter if it was true. What matters is that everyone is talking about how the Facebook, Zynga, LinkedIn and other IPOs are driving demand in our housing market. The role of perception and social psychology should not be underestimated when it comes to the behavior of the residential real estate market.

Read the San Francisco Chronicle Article

* Read Yes, yes, Noe Valley, say eager S.F. home buyers, all about tech home buyers and noe valley, bernal heights, mission dolores and cole valley real estate in Monday’s Chronicle with Bloomberg article by Carolyn Said.

$615,000 – 465 14th St @ Guerrero St – Mission Dolores Edwardian TIC for Sale in San Francisco!

465 14th Street- 3-Unit Building

 FIRST SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE — Sunday, September 25th, 2:00-4:00PM

Brokers’ Tour — Tuesday, September 27th, 12:00-1:30PM

We are super excited about our new listing for sale - 465 14th Street San Francisco 94103, listed at $615,000 - Mission Dolores Edwardian TIC for Sale- because it’s spacious, detailed, tastefully updated and ideally situated!

WANT PHOTOS? VISIT THE PROPERTY WEBSITE FOR THIS MISSION DOLORES EDWARDIAN FLAT.

Enter 465 14^th Street, a spacious Edwardian TIC in a 3-unit building (461-465 14th St). This TIC has entered the condo lottery 4 times and is ideally situated in uber-cool Mission Dolores / Valencia Corridor. Want to be walking distance to: Four Barrel Coffee, Mission Beach Cafe, Pauline’s Pizza, Pica Pica Kitchen, Little Star Pizza, clothing boutiques, bookstores, bars, entertainment, the Mission, Mission Dolores, the Castro, Duboce Triangle and more? There’s no need for a car in this “Rider’s Paradise” with 44 routes nearby! But don’t worry if you do need parking – this TIC comes with an enclosed, leased parking space just a block away.

Open the doors to this large flat and you will be stunned by the high, coved ceilings and Edwardian period details. This flat comes fully equipped with 3 bedrooms (all with closets – a pleasant rarity!), 1 ¼ updated bathrooms, a formal living room and formal dining room – both with gorgeous decorative fireplaces, and a gourmet updated kitchen with Quartz counters, new stainless steel appliances and custom built cabinets.

This unit also boasts attractive softwood floors, a laundry room off of the kitchen with a stacking washer & dryer and a developed bonus room down used as a fully functional office plus additional storage. Enjoy stylish, urban living in Mission Dolores.  

 

 

A NOTE FROM OUR SELLERS:

DearProspective Buyer,

This home has been a special place for us for the past 7+ years. We have put a lot of work and love into it. Just before sitting to write this note, we spent the afternoon in the backyard with our neighbors reminiscing… Here are a few things we recounted:

This house is part of a wonderful community. In the units behind us you have two sets of young, considerate and friendly folks. We’ve spent time in the garden barbequing and enjoying the warm Mission Dolores weather. The co-owners – Mark, Matt and Jennifer – are responsible and wonderful people with whom we consider ourselves
lucky to have co-owned a TIC. You hear so many stories to the contrary. We all started as strangers and now consider each other friends. There are many other neighbors on the block that we have gotten to know and who keep an eye out for each other, which makes this neighborhood feel warm, friendly and even safer than your average urban city block. When you’re in the front yard working on the tree plants or sweeping the street, people stop and thank you for adding beauty to the neighborhood.

We can’t say enough about the location, location, location! Where to begin? You are within a few steps of a culinary mecca. We go to Mission Beach Café almost every morning (the others are spent at Four Barrel Coffee) where the coffee and pastries are to die for and you feel a real sense of welcome when you’re greeted by name. The walkability of healthy grocery shopping is also key. Within four blocks you have: Rainbow Grocery, Golden Produce (a small private organic grocer by Safeway) and Bi-Rite.  Whole Foods is supposed to be going in a block and a half away. The list of restaurants we’ve enjoyed is too long to write, but Chow, Delfina, Loconda …the list really goes on and on.

This neighborhood if vibrant and full of activities; Dolores Park gives us sun, tennis, music, movies and there’s a nice little farmers market a few blocks up in the Castro on Wednesday evenings during Summer. Enjoy ‘Sunday Streets’ on Valencia and the Carnival as well.  The access to BART and Muni has made the entire city easily accessible and I’m afraid we’ve been spoiled.

 

 

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Featured Property – 360 Guerrero Street 404 Mission Dolores Top Floor Condo Listing For Sale

Brand-new Mission Dolores San Francisco, CA top-floor condo listing for sale – 360 Guerrero Street #404- Asking $539,000.

Dolores Plaza Condos is a condo complex in an uber-cool & convenient location with entrances at 360 Guerrero Street between 15th and 16th Streets and 1839 15th Street between Dolores and Guerrero. Yup, it’s an 80s building but wait, this place is modern, hip, spacious, and just totally fabulous.

Um, hello, we’re talking hardwood floors, open floor plan, remodeled kitchen and bath, wood-burning fireplace, amazing closet space, shared laundry down the hall, gym facility, courtyard, deeded garage parking and GUEST PARKING a block from Valencia Street! 98% Walkscore

Perfect for San Francisco first time home buyers! As low as 3.5% Low-down payment available. FHA-APPROVED!

The seller put a lot of work and money into remodeling the top floor condo and it shows.

NOTES ON THE REMODEL:

Kitchen:

• Counters, back splash, shelving, cabinets, appliances in kitchen
• Opened up the wall between kitchen & main living area.
• Replaced florescence light with recessed lights in kitchen & entry

Bathroom:

• Bathroom shelving, marble in shower and associated hardware
• Light fixture, mirror, and counters/cabinets in bathroom

General:

• Build-in shelves in the nook beside the fireplace
• Resurfacing the walls & ceiling (previously “orange peel” texture)
• Solid wood floor throughout the unit
• Fan/light fixture in bedroom
• Dining area light fixture

And here’s a note from the Seller…

Living here has provided a great balance! It has incredibly convenient access to all the great things nearby, but also a wonderful place to host my friends for dinner parties and quiet evenings at home. I’ve taken advantage of the location near so many great restaurants and bars to easily lure friends over this way for a night out, and savored the convenience of my getting home at the end of the night. It’s been fabulous to walk up to Tartine to get treats for a friend’s brunch; to indulge in the fantastic food and service at Delfina; or knowing that I could skip the crazy line at the Bi-Rite Creamery by getting a pint in the Bi-Rite store when I headed to hang out in Dolores Park with friends on a sunny weekend.

Remodeling my unit created a beautiful home for cooking up meals with things bought from local farmer’s markets, a cozy place to watch a movie by the fire, or simply appreciate the beauty of the view – especially during the fireworks on the 4th of July or clear days when you can see over the neighboring buildings to the East Bay hills, Potrero, and Bernal Park.

This neighborhood and Dolores Plaza has been such treat to live in.  I was incredibly lucky to have fantastic neighbors.  We’d get together for wine and I loved when they’d enthusiastically stop by & mix with my other friends when I hosted events catering to neighborhood activities like the Dolores Park movie nights or the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence’s Easter craziness.

The location was convenient when I worked downtown via Bart and on the Peninsula with the quick access to 101.  And, it was a joy to come home & always know that I had a parking space waiting for me when I came back from socializing or even just a long day at work. I will dearly miss all the perks this home has offered and hope that it provides as much happiness to the next resident. And, did you see the bedroom closet… I can still remember day dreaming about it when I was buying the unit!

For the full scoop, check out our San Francisco real estate website for first time home buyers and/or the property’s website with full photo tour and showing information for Dolores Plaza condos.

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New Listings and Recently Sold Homes in the Inner Mission San Francisco

Check out this month’s real estate activity in the Inner Mission in San Francisco, CA.

Single-Family Homes

• Number of listings: 3
• Average list price:  $736,783    

    

• Average days on market: 67
• Number of sold: 11
• Average sale price: $830,455

Condos/TIC’s

Number of listings: 38

Average list price:  $603,800    

 

Average days on market: 83

Number of sold: 55

Average sold price:  $601,734    

 

Loft Condos

Number of listings: 3

Average list price:  $619,038    

 

Average days on market: 96

Number of sold: 9

Average sold price: $600,945    

 

Check out last month’s update on Inner Mission Real Estate For Sale.

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Mission Dolores San Francisco – Yes, there is an actual Mission here.

Mission Dolores San Francisco is one of twenty-one Spanish Missions, located along California’s El Camino Real, aka. The Royal Highway. If you were reared in Cali, no doubt, you studied (and forgot?) this California history in grammar school. (We didn’t have New Jersey history when I was in elementary school and then, I missed Texas history by a year when we moved to Texas. No, “Remember the Alamo!” for me. Good thing, Texans tend to throw their history in whenever possible so I was able to absorb quite a bit of Lone Star pride, especially in retrospect. Wait, did I go off-topic? Sorry.)

Let’s take a quick jaunt down memory lane and explore the history of Mission Dolores, whose epicenter is 16th Street at Dolores Street. Courtesy of Stephanie Wright Hession and SFGate.com.

“Mission Dolores, 16th Street, S.F.: In the Mission District, an ornate basilica stands next to a simple, white adobe church at Misión San Francisco de Asís, better known as Mission Dolores. The mission was founded in 1776 by Father Francisco Palou and built by Ohlone Indians. A self-guided tour leads visitors to the elaborate altar of the church sanctuary, the stained-glass windows of the basilica, a cemetery and more.”

- Stephanie Wright Hession, 96hours@sfchronicle.com

To read the rest of the article on San Francisco’s Misión San Francisco de Asís, check out the SFGate article.

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