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Realtors, Menlo Park, $104 million; No. 79: Kathy Bridgman, Alain Pinel Realtors, Los Altos, $102 million; No. 80: Tom Lemieux, Pacific Union Real Estate, Menlo Park, $101 million; No. 84: Judy Bogard-Tanigami, Alain Pinel Realtors, Los Altos, $99 million; No. 117: Lan Liu Bowling, Keller William Realty, Palo Alto, $86 million; No. 130: Terri Kerwin, Kerwin & Associates, Menlo Park, $81 million; No. 136: Tim Kerns, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/NRT, Menlo
HOME SALES Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.
East Palo Alto 1982 W. Bayshore Road #310 Toeppen Trust to L. Hall for $415,000 on 5/30/14 1140 Beech St. Bayshore Christian Ministries to S. & A. Joh for $490,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 7/01, $400,000 315 Garden St. J. Camacho to Y. Huang for $445,000 on 5/30/14 2208 Menalto Ave. Gonzalez Trust to A. & L. Alcazar for $550,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 3/12, $220,000 256 Verbena Drive V. Earnest to Q. Li for $422,000 on 5/28/14 175 Wisteria Drive C. & M. Calvillo to Y. Zheng for $344,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 11/02, $410,000
Los Altos 687 Camellia Way Boyd Trust to Delprete Trust for $2,350,000 on 6/12/14; previous sale 5/07, $1,710,000 11490 Crestridge Drive R. & C. Gerughty to K. Barr for $2,800,000 on 6/16/14; previous sale 11/98, $1,288,000 1601 Crestview Drive Sorensen Trust to Baugh Trust for $1,675,000 on 6/13/14 760 Dixon Way D. & J. Tarlton to Sullivan Trust for $2,814,000 on 6/16/14 1482 Frontero Ave. Y. & A. Yoshikawa to S. Ma for $2,600,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 7/08, $2,100,000 1721 Joel Way Thomason Trust to Lillie Trust for $1,650,000 on 6/13/14 28 Los Altos Ave. M. & S. Wadhva to K. Mehandru for $2,845,000 on 6/11/14; previous sale 2/05, $1,205,000 305 Quinnhill Road Binkley Trust to J. & H. Burke for $2,700,000 on 6/11/14 630 University Ave. J. & M. Tan to Y. Hitz for $8,880,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 2/04, $2,750,000 1240 Via Huerta K. & M. Hirano to S. Ramaswamy for $1,795,000 on 6/11/14; previous sale 9/96, $599,000
Los Altos Hills 23651 Camino Hermoso Drive Smith Trust to Amiri Trust for $2,630,000 on 6/11/14 830 Los Trancos Road H. Lee to Bower Trust for $625,000 on 6/12/14; previous sale 4/11, $5,000,000 27461 Sherlock Court M. &
Park, $80 million; No. 167: Hanna Shacham, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/NRT, Menlo Park, $72 million; No. 177: Billy McNair, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/NRT, Menlo Park, $69 million; No. 178: Alex Wang, Sereno Group, Palo Alto, $69 million; No. 193: Liz Daschbach, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/NRT, Menlo Park, $66 million. The full rankings of the top-selling 250 — and even up to 1000 — can be found at thethousandrealestateprofessionals.com. — Carol Blitzer
A. Boerries to J. Bonwick for $6,000,000 on 6/13/14
Menlo Park 518 8th Ave. L. Pereda to R. & J. Robles for $1,075,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 1/05, $711,000 712 College Ave. Kong Trust to S. Aasi for $3,650,000 on 5/29/14
Mountain View 114 Alley Way Hogan Trust to D. & I. Torokhov for $980,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 2/11, $625,500 102 Avellino Way Tri Pointe Homes to J. Lopez for $1,140,500 on 6/11/14 104 Avellino Way Tri Pointe Homes to A. & R. Qizilbash for $1,315,500 on 6/10/14 106 Avellino Way Tri Pointe Homes to L. & R. Juang for $1,390,000 on 6/13/14 712 Borello Way Gramenz Trust to M. Hill for $1,485,000 on 6/10/14 1911 Cambridge Drive S. Wang to D. Pletcher for $900,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 3/09, $625,000 301 Eaton Lane #191 Bhatia Trust to S. Hahn for $900,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 4/98, $318,500 149 Eunice Ave. Edge Trust to D. & A. McLoughlin for $1,825,000 on 6/13/14 2321 Heather Court Jack Myers Construction to N. Cheung for $1,150,000 on 6/11/14 500 W. Middlefield Road #144 Hill Trust to W. Fong for $415,000 on 6/11/14 905 W. Middlefield Road #912 S. Colombo to Y. Zhao for $590,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 11/98, $237,000 242 O’keefe Way J. & D. Perona to M. Buren for $981,000 on 6/13/14 400 Ortega Ave. #322 E. Chan to K. Yoo for $600,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 5/02, $345,000 1773 Vassar Ave. G. Lian to J. Shih for $960,500 on 6/11/14; previous sale 10/13, $640,000 2112 Wyandotte St. #D D. Stringer to P. Chuang for $858,000 on 6/12/14
Palo Alto 3149 Alexis Drive E. Munro to Levin Trust for $3,500,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 4/99, $1,300,000 101 Alma St. #705 N. Navai to Grand Harmony Investment for $1,320,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 5/89, $335,000 161 Bryant St. Kramer Trust to N. Pisco for $2,220,000 on 6/12/14 960 N. California Ave. I. Agam to C. Zhang for $4,988,000 on 6/11/14; previous sale 9/03, $950,000 3709 Carlson Circle J. Angwin
Garden Tips Time to sit back and anticipate the harvest by Jack McKinnon
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s I sit at my desk here in my garden cottage the tomatoes are ripening on the trellis outside. I am planning the fall borders. It’s July and the summer is in full glory. Water in the bird bath is important now. The creek a mile away is a long flight especially for the finches and chickadees. It’s a pleasure to hear them come through the forest chirping as they go. I put out seed every morning on the plate I glued to a piece of pipe. Pigeons come too, usually right away, but when the small birds come, the whole garden seems to perk up. I can hardly wait for my Daphne to bloom. It is a rescue plant and completely died back soon after I brought it home. Now with fertilizer and regular water it will have a good show, and the fragrance may very well inspire a poem. With the floor swept and the bookshelves dusted I can go out and harvest the salad greens for tonight’s dinner. Possibly even with some fresh ripe berries. Here are the tips: 1. Do the hardest thing first. If you make a list of chores and projects for your garden, choose the most difficult to do. When that one is done, every other one will be easier. 2. Spend time with a good book and iced tea. Decide what will make this time special. Choose a book that is worthy of special contemplative garden time. Make iced tea with mint, citrus and possibly a rose petal. 3. Start thinking about harvest time. If it looks like you will have enough squash, cut some blossoms now and make an omelet. Sometimes thinning back now will make fruit bigger as the season progresses. Cull apples,
pears and plums if there are still any on the trees. 4. Mulch to save water and keep the weeds down. Of course, do this after weeding. 5. Prune dead, dying and diseased branches throughout the summer. This saves quite a bit of work in winter and is easier to see when there are leaves on the branches. 6. Correspond internationally about your garden. Find a pen pal by joining a garden club or plant society. Ask friends if they know people who would like to write about their gardens. This makes for interesting and memorable documenting what is going on in your garden as well as your friends. 7. Photograph and journal what is new and different in your garden. If there is an interesting variety you want to remember make note of it and print out a photo. I found a variegated Nasturtium a couple of years ago that has yellow blossoms. It makes me so happy to show it off, even by email. 8. Keep an eye out for squirrels, gophers and fruitstealing birds. There are a lot of crows these days, and I saw a squirrel crossing the street yesterday with a pumpkin blossom almost as big as it was in its mouth. 9. Cut the whips off of your Wisteria. If you don’t like the seed pods popping in the night cut them all off as well. 10. Pick berries for the table, jam and the freezer. It makes a nice outing with the family to go to a U-Pick farm on the coastside and come back with a few pounds of ripe Olallieberries and lots of stained fingers. Of course you have to taste them a bit too. Be sure to put a little extra change in the sin can when you weigh your pickings. Good Gardening. N Garden coach Jack McKinnon can be reached at 650455-0687, by email at jack@jackthegardencoach.com. Visit his website at www.jackthegardencoach.com.
SALES AT A GLANCE East Palo Alto
Menlo Park
Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $344,000 Highest sales price: $550,000
Portola Valley
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,075,000 Highest sales price: $3,650,000
Los Altos
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,070,000 Highest sales price: $6,750,000
Mountain View
Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $1,650,000 Highest sales price: $8,880,000
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 15 Lowest sales price: $415,000 Highest sales price: $1,825,000
Los Altos Hills
Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $270,000 Highest sales price: $1,885,000
Palo Alto
Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $625,000 Highest sales price: $6,000,000
Woodside
Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $642,500 Highest sales price: $4,988,000
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to M. Desai for $2,430,000 on 6/13/14 4250 El Camino Real #302 J. Liang to J. Miller for $642,500 on 6/11/14; previous sale 12/11, $432,000 2202 Greer Road T. & A. Tateno to T. Tam for $2,500,000 on 6/13/14; previous sale 11/95, $495,000 3217 Greer Road M. Chang to S. Wang for $2,225,000 on 6/13/14; previous sale 3/10, $950,000 2071 Hanover St. C. & D. Demonteverde to Nektosha Limited for $2,930,000 on 6/11/14; previous sale 5/90, $587,000 4048 Laguna Way J. MacRae to F. Chen for $3,750,000 on 6/12/14; previous sale 5/02, $925,000 825 Marshall Drive Hensolt Trust to R. & K. Nail for $2,800,000 on 6/12/14 444 San Antonio Road #9d J. Kim to W. Shen for $1,545,000 on 6/10/14; previous sale 7/10, $850,000
Portola Valley 188 Georgia Lane W. & A. Gurley to Screven Trust for $6,750,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 10/04, $5,250,000
152 Ramona Road A. Kostrikin to I. & M. Harrysson for $1,070,000 on 5/28/14
Redwood City 2651 Briarfield Ave. C. Doyle to M. & H. Doyle for $1,200,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 8/97, $353,000 1587 Cordilleras Road Harker & Knollmiller Trust to T. & L. Mitchell for $1,885,000 on 5/29/14; previous sale 9/06, $1,375,000 1306 Edgewood Road S. & T. Streets to J. Mulcahy for $1,270,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 9/02, $800,000 1614 Hudson St. #106 C. & F. Perez to B. Chambers for $270,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 8/06, $325,000 684 Oakside Ave. Lurline Assets Group to L. Keith for $925,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 4/13, $680,000 3 Oceanside Way S. & C. McCollam to R. Kim for $1,700,000 on 5/29/14; previous sale 4/00, $1,075,000 767 Roosevelt Ave. H. & S. Abboud to P. & R. Bergeron for $799,000 on 5/30/14; previous sale 10/05, $530,000 1753 W. Selby Lane Lindgren
Trust to M. Modjtehedi for $1,435,000 on 5/30/14 15 Spinnaker Place Seid Trust to S. Ringham for $1,062,500 on 5/29/14 618 Topaz St. Stoddard Trust to A. & M. Prunicki for $935,000 on 5/30/14
Woodside 295 Grandview Drive Rosenthal Trust to L. Wray for $1,912,500 on 5/30/14; previous sale 12/04, $1,695,000 195 Hobart Heights Road N. Chambers to D. Buchanan for $1,695,000 on 5/30/14
BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto 183 Creekside Drive kitchen and bath remodel: rewire all electrical in bath and kitchen, repair drywall, $10,000 3975 E. Bayshore Road structural repair to beams at office space, $10,000 640 Forest Ave. dryrot repair for existing second-floor deck: replace posts, deck and guards, $24,000 2121 Dartmouth St. re-roof, $8,500
685 Driscoll Ct. re-roof, $13,000 3712 Ortega Court remodel master bathroom, $16,737 3039 Higgins Place re-roof, $6,500 3927 Louis Road remodel kitchen and bathroom, $69,000 4042 Orme St. re-roof, $8,200 3409 Kenneth Drive re-roof with foam, $12,500 4070 Park Blvd. re-roof, $7,164 3945 Alma St. re-roof, $8,381 161 Lowell Ave. install residential electric-vehicle charging equipment, $n/a 3941 Alma St. re-roof, $8,381 345 Chestnut Ave. re-roof, $6,995 2121 Dartmouth St. re-roof rear structure,$8,500 1530 Page Mill Road tenant improvements, $10,000 1531 Skyline Blvd. install solar panels on roof, electric-vehicle charging equipment in garage, $n/a 3943 Alma St. re-roof, $9,637 3941 Alma St. carport re-roof, $3,590 115 Waverley St. remodel bathroom, $6,064 118 Charleston Road copper repipe within the house, $n/a 960 California Ave. install residential electric charger located, $n/a
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