Free Hang Glider included with this Palo Alto Eichler
Today’s home is courtesy of Burbed reader Petsmart Groomer. Thanks very much for finding perfection in Palo Alto!
742 LOMA VERDE Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94303
$1,495,000
BEDS: 4
BATHS: 2.5
SQ. FT.: 2,008
$/SQ. FT.: $745
LOT SIZE: 6,996 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STYLE: Modern/High Tech, Contemporary
STORIES: 1
VIEW: Neighborhood
YEAR BUILT: 1974
COMMUNITY: South Palo Alto
COUNTY: Santa Clara
MLS#: 81205952
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 5 daysSophisticated and contemporary atrium model Eichler in Midtown neighborhood. Bright and open 4/2.5 floor plan of over 2k square feet features slate and bamboo floors and walls of windows. Contemporary kitchen showcasing stainless counters and appliances, dramatic baths, and large lot with spa, and attached 2-car garage make this the perfect home. Award winning Palo Alto Schools.
![120221-lomaverde-redfin[4]](http://www.burbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/120221-lomaverde-redfin4.jpg "120221-lomaverde-redfin[4]")
Here’s why PG thought you’d love this house:
Perfect for Yahoo! employee
I can’t imagine why Petsmart Groomer would say that. Yahoo! isn’t even in Palo Alto.
Check out what the sellers left in the atrium, though. Just wrestle this puppy out over the roof, and you’ll have a much easier commute all the way to Santa Clara!
And if the wind is blowing the wrong way, you’re perfectly equipped to hold the meeting at home.
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:01 am
Another day, another article failing to publish on schedule. Grrr.
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:56 am
They seriously want 1.5 million and wouldn’t spring for a 5k paint job to actually GET the place sold? Derp!
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:57 am
Jeez, is this Jerry Yang’s old house or what? I guess he got bounced from Yahoo!, so he wants to leave those memories behind.
It is a cool house, but the color scheme is nauseating.
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:00 am
Also, that’s not a hang glider. That’s a sun shade to keep their patio furniture from combusting when the sun beating down on their giant upside down fish bowl of a house reminds them of little boys frying ants with a magnifying glass, and they’re the ants.
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
#4 – don’t confuse the potential buyer with facts – it’s the idea of home-ownership, and the possibility of hang-gliding out of your livingroom, that makes now the best time to buy! Only magical thinking justifies these prices.
So much ordinariness and such horrible paint colors for $745/sqft.
Think what you could do in life with $1.5M instead of this house…
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:48 am
What kind of floor plan is this? From the satellite view, it looks like two mobile homes with an atrium in the middle. I’m not even sure how one gets from one mobile home to the other. Pull your car in the garage, and then what’s the path to the right-hand side?
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:20 pm
The purple+mirror+counter+door bathroom(?) shot *really* had me confused for a moment. It’s like a window into what you’d see inside one of Gordon Ramsay’s *literal* Kitchen Nightmares. (Was Tim Burton involved in decorating the place?) I guess I’m still just still not getting that whole “It’s a mixing bowl… no, it’s a SINK!” basin-on-the-counter fad. It looks goofy *and* it makes it extra inconvenient to clean the counter. Win-win!
On the other hand the Starfleet font house numbers are pretty awesome. Totally worth at least a million just by themselves.
February 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 pm
I like the street view picture. It has an intriguing pile of sticks (shredded 2x4s?) piled up against the front door area. It also shows what the landscaping was like before they pulled out nearly everything living in the front yard.
February 23rd, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Madhaus, next time you make it to sonoma county for a free drunk at the wineries give me a call. I’ll show you what $1.5MM will get you in Sonoma County. And introduce you as one of the most famous writers about Bay Area real estate ever!
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Perfect for a Yahoo employee, or a die-hard Minnesota Vikings fan.
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:45 pm
#9, sounds like a burbed meetup!!!
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:06 pm
#9, I can’t possibly be more famous than that well-known Socialist, Greg Fielding. But I say yes to a Burbed drinkup.
February 23rd, 2012 at 8:06 pm
I think they meant, “If you think the Yahoo! buildings look cool….”
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:33 pm
a busy street, and terrible interior colors, but I’d expect it to be in contract by next week
February 24th, 2012 at 9:29 am
off-market already?
February 24th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Article about this house:
Hiding In Plain Sight
February 25th, 2012 at 7:15 am
pralay, thanks. good research.
Michael, apparently so. per redfin:
Feb 24, 2012 – Pending (Pending (Do Not Show))
burbed “curse”
anyone want the under on a $1.6M final price, or have I set the line too low?
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:03 am
What does “Pending (Pending (Do Not Show))” mean?
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:15 pm
#18- From Redfin, “This listing is in escrow and all contingencies have been fulfilled. “With Release” means that there’s a release clause with the offer stating that the buyer is trying to sell his current home before closing. A release clause lets the seller back out of the deal if the buyers can’t sell their home within a set time frame.”
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:35 pm
I think bmwman was asking what the “Do Not Show” part meant, and I assume it is a request to agents: Do not show this house anymore because it’s now pending.
Then again, maybe instead the question was why it said Pending twice, and all the parentheses, in which case I will assume the agent used to be an APL programmer.
March 25th, 2012 at 12:05 am
sold for 1.705.
March 25th, 2012 at 7:40 am
renter4eva, thanks for the update. I should have set the line at 1.7.