Home & Real Estate
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SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton
Menlo Park
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,140,000 Highest sales price: $4,500,000
Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $255,000 Highest sales price: $2,289,000
East Palo Alto
Mountain View
Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $185,000 Highest sales price: $380,000
Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $190,000 Highest sales price: $1,035,000
Los Altos
Palo Alto
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,300,000 Highest sales price: $2,340,000
Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $286,000 Highest sales price: $1,350,000
Los Altos Hills
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $1,000,000 Highest sales price: $1,000,000
Total sales reported: 20 Lowest sales price: $270,000 Highest sales price: $847,500 Source: California REsource
(continued from previous page) to C. Lin for $515,000 on 9/23/11; previous sale 4/96, $185,000 2229 Rock St. Rockcress Villas to M. Jahangiri for $780,000 on 9/23/11 1921 Rock St. #18 Jaggia Trust to C. Walter for $365,000 on 9/21/11; previous sale 3/97, $159,000 2255 Showers Drive #154 A. Bourov to F. Zhao for $352,000 on 9/23/11; previous sale 4/06, $428,000
Palo Alto 3764 Klamath Lane L. Ortiz to L. Orlova for $286,000 on 9/28/11; previous sale 10/08, $276,000 319 W. Meadow Drive Wang Trust to A. Ching for $1,060,000 on 9/28/11 2111 Middlefield Road R. Winsor
to C. Hu for $1,190,000 on 9/23/11 2120 Middlefield Road Loeb Trust to Y. Leung for $1,350,000 on 9/21/11
Redwood City 443 4th Ave. K. Trammell to A. & A. Orozco for $327,500 on 9/13/11 1651 Alameda de las Pulgas Chan Trust to M. & C. Kronthal for $750,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 8/99, $438,000 2737 Bristol Way Weinstock Trust to A. Grech for $595,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 8/04, $299,500 410 Hilton St. Rayer Trust to Jiangira Limited for $270,000 on 9/16/11 1627 Jefferson Ave. Westfield Trust to Turchett Trust for $400,000 on 9/13/11 1182 King St. Marion Trust to E. Vasquez for $560,000 on 9/9/11;
previous sale 11/98, $142,000 809 Lakeshore Drive S. & S. Singh to Kelly Trust for $805,000 on 9/9/11; previous sale 1/02, Call for price 1636 Maddux Drive Kesner Trust to C. & M. Aquilina for $730,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 10/08, $810,000 601 Madison Ave. J. Swartz to B. & M. Matheson for $442,000 on 9/13/11; previous sale 4/08, $460,000 1165 Marsh Road T. Huynh to West Bay Housing for $630,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 1/00, $425,000 1720 Maryland St. B. Fritz to B. Dangelo for $731,000 on 9/15/11 326 Mcevoy St. US Bank to Lonestar Holdings for $360,000 on 9/15/11 608 Myrtle St. UGB Real Es-
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Decorating as a communal activity by Kit Davey
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must have been a pioneer woman in a previous life. I enjoy growing food for our table, being thrifty and holding quilting bees. Well, not real quilting bees, but my own modern version. Informal social gatherings focused around creating something for the home are fun, synergistic and have saved me loads of time and money. If you enjoy sharing your home with friends and like to make things, try having your own “stitch and chatter” session. A few ideas: Art and craft parties. Every few months I have an art party during which I share a craft technique. I’ve held greeting card, mosaic and collage sessions. I’ve also attended parties at my friends’ homes. One friend showed me how to make stationery and other paper items using rubber stamps; another shared bookmaking techniques and another showed me how to mat and frame artwork. The idea is to share a process you enjoy and have some facility in, provide some basic materials for your friends to use and then spend time working together. During the work period there’s time to talk and share techniques and discoveries along the way (sort of like free-play time in elementary school). If you don’t have a special skill or technique to share you can still hold a “bring your current art or craft project” session. I do this regularly with an artist friend so that we can encourage each other in our creative endeavors. We both find that if we don’t schedule in creative get-togethers we’ll never do anything creative because there’s always laundry to do, checkbooks to balance, etc. Lectures. Is there an area of interior design, decorating, architecture or gardening you’d like to know more about? Consider asking a design-related professional to give a presentation or demonstration to a group of friends in your home. Some presenters will be willing to do this for free, whereas others may charge a fee for their time, the cost of which you can divide amongst attendees. Last year I hosted a feng shui class in my home. I invited 10 people to join in the fullday class. Everyone had an opportunity to ask about her home, we shared lunch and all walked away with more knowledge and having enjoyed each other’s company. Swap parties. To help keep my house tate Fund to O. & J. Guinan for $767,500 on 9/12/11 633 Roosevelt Ave. Demma Trust to J. Demma for $430,000 on 9/19/11 347 San Carlos Ave. JP Morgan Chase Bank to Alliance For Revitalized Communities for $360,000 on 9/16/11; previous sale 3/06, $681,000 211 Sheffield Lane Wachovia Bank to J. Hurley for $847,500 on 9/9/11; previous sale 11/88, $412,500 467 Starboard Drive KMA Properties to C. Marker for $830,000 on 9/16/11; previous sale 7/85, $185,000 309 Starfish Lane R. Walters to D. Pessagno for $700,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 3/00, $580,000 2411 Washington Ave. Crespo Trust to V. Toney for $713,000 on 9/15/11 2503 Washington Ave. M. & C. Rivera to S. Locke for $615,000 on 9/16/11; previous sale 4/06, $880,000
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clutter-free, and to get something new for free, I hold regular exchange parties. Every swap has a theme — books and CDs, clothing or knickknacks (also known as “white elephants”). I go through all my closets and drawers purging them of unwanted items that may become a treasure for someone else. Each guest brings as many items as she wants and food to share. We sit in a circle and take turns holding up a cast off in front of the group, and anyone who wants it snags it. We go around the circle until all wanted items have been given away. Any unwanted items are boxed and donated to the group’s chosen charity. Work exchange. There are many tasks around my home I don’t enjoy doing or have the expertise to implement. To make these chores more pleasant I arrange to do them with someone who gets pleasure out of performing them or who does them professionally, in exchange for helping him/her with something in their home. I recently exchanged a four-hour living room transformation for four hours of organizing help in my garage. My professional organizer friend needed help fitting in a new armoire and giving her living room cohesion and flare — a task she felt was too overwhelming to deal with on her own. Together we rearranged all the furniture, repositioned art and scrounged accessories from cabinets and drawers. On her visit to my home a week later she enthusiastically helped me reorganize my garage. A job I would normally have dreaded became fun because she loves organizing. I have also traded for garden design services, furniture, window cleaning and sewing. What special skill or talent could you give to a friend in exchange for helping with a dreaded chore? N Kit Davey, Allied Member, ASID, specializes in re-design, staging, design consulting and professional organizing. Email her at KitDavey@aol.com, call her at 650-367-7370, or visit her website at www. AFreshLook.net.
California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. The date is the recorded date of the deed when the lender took title to the property. The price is what the lender paid for it (usually the mortgage balance plus foreclosure fees). Each property is now owned by the lender and is for sale, or will be for sale soon, individually or through public auction. Individuals should contact a Realtor for further information.
Redwood City 548 Shoal Circle Federal National Mortgage, 9/26/11, $458,163, 1,298 sf, 2 bd
Sunnyvale 1786 Lamont Court JP Morgan Chase Bank, 9/21/11, $942,108, 2,306 sf, 5 bd
BUILDING PERMITS Menlo Park 155 Jefferson Drive R. Fields, install glass partitions lobby, $13,000 2323 Eastridge Ave. D. Jeffrey, kitchen and new partition wall,
$9,000 1610 El Camino Real Ave. N. Casey, new sign, $n/a 1165 Saxon Way C. & P. Fagnini, single-family residential addition, $35,000 179 Stone Pine Lane R. Barnes, re-roof, $12,000 1235 Hamilton Court AMB Property, new chemical storage, $125,000 4065 Campbell Ave. 4065 Associates, new lab, $90,000 1004 Del Norte Ave. A. Stinnes, sewer line, $4,100 1232 Carlton Ave. L. Johnson, reroof, $9,500 3000 Sand Hill Road Sharon Land Company, tenant improvement, $129,987; combine two suites into one, $120,000 120 Dunsmuir Way Y. Takahashi, re-roof, $8,500 385 Waverly St. B. Ward, emergency gas leak repair, $13,150 16 Kent Place M. Fayer, replace 100-gallon water heater, $3,195 21 Shasta Lane D. & J. Myers, drainage repair, $13,000 1431 Plumas Ave. S. Woods, photovoltaic solar system, $28,000