East Coast-influenced architecture in Los Altos Hills
Let’s continue our trip up and down the housing food chain. Earlier this week we had a genuine crapbox. Yesterday we had a mid-priced property in a neighborhood without a name (and it really says something for the Silicon Valley housing market that a million dollar property in an unremarkable part of San Jose is considered mid-priced at a million dollars).
Today we’re back to another Burbed favorite: the non-moving high end. Thanks very much to Burbed reader Petsmart Groomer for this lovely landscape in Los Altos Hills.
12859 NORMANDY Ln
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
$6,195,000
BEDS: 6
BATHS: 6.5
SQ. FT.: 7,333
$/SQ. FT.: $845
HOA DUES: $300/month
LOT SIZE: 1.21 Acres
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STORIES: 3
VIEW: Neighborhood
YEAR BUILT: 2005
COMMUNITY: Los Altos Hills
COUNTY: Santa Clara
MLS#: 81216432
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: ActiveON REDFIN: 90 days
This stunning custom home is a masterpiece of East Coast-influenced architecture. The main residence features, 5BR/5.5BA + wkout rm (could be 6th BR), private office, a Media rm, large recreation rm & sep wine cell. Darling 1BR/1BA gst hs. Gorgeous landscaped grounds w/ sparkling pool/spa, exceptional terrace w/ fireplace, outdoor kit. & fountain. Detached 3-car gar w/ large workrm. Close in location
Other than the mildly radioactive trees on the grounds, this housing tumor photographed nicely. There is the matter of the $300 homeowner’s association fees, not something one expects with a six million dollar property.
Wonder just what the Normandy Lane Association gives you for the privilege? Maybe they send someone over every month to spray paint the sod this exact shade of green not otherwise found even on a golf course.
And the reason PG sent it in? Location, location, location!
August 1st, 2012 at 5:56 am
How much did it sell for in 2005?
August 1st, 2012 at 8:23 am
Wow! 6 million to be right on 280. I don’t get that. I would rather live in a 1M dollar crapbox and enjoy the sound of bird chirping then to pay 6M and hear the sounds of cars whizzing by day and night.
August 1st, 2012 at 9:08 am
Both the East San Jose crapbox and the Nameless Neighborhood but it ain’t Willow Glen bigger house might not offer the amenities this place does. But you are a lot more likely to hear the birds chirping at those places, as they’re both far from the freeways.
August 1st, 2012 at 9:18 am
Nice, I’ve driven by this house a couple hundred times without even realizing it. People routinely speed egregiously on El Monte Road, as well. Almost every time I’m on that road, I’ll be following the 30mph sign and someone blasts past me at 50.
August 1st, 2012 at 10:19 am
Why no pictures of any of the bedrooms? Could that be what’s wrong with the house? Or maybe they were afraid that you’d notice the lovely view of 280 right in your fracking back yard from the windows?
August 1st, 2012 at 10:19 am
#1- What gives you the idea that it sold in 2005?
August 1st, 2012 at 2:04 pm
It was built in 2005. I would assume the current owners bought the property in 2001 and didn’t build until 2005.
August 1st, 2012 at 2:06 pm
I’m more curious about the special tax treatment:
Property Tax…..Taxable Value
Land……. $2,190,861
Additions.. $3,093,327
Total…… $5,284,188
Tax (2010). $63,272
August 1st, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Whoops, never mind that last post.
August 1st, 2012 at 3:45 pm
There’s one bedroom with a picture.
I guess if you entertain often, but… You’re gonna hear 280 every day. Don’t people think of these things?
August 1st, 2012 at 4:06 pm
I guess if you entertain often, but… You’re gonna hear 280 every day. Don’t people think of these things?
They could try this cheap ‘n easy trick this OTHER Los Altos Hills metastasizing mansion implemented.
August 1st, 2012 at 4:35 pm
You could pretend the din from 280 is the roar of the ocean, the occasional car wrecks the smashing of the waves on the rocky shores.