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Disclaimer: What follows is a list of suggested historic or significant homes.  I would like to find the buyers for each of these properties. Each property has the listing agent and associated MLS number posted.  If you are looking for a historic or significant home please call me

I offer monthly quided driving architecture tours, call me to make your appointment.

Storybook Style homes in the East Bay.

Storybook homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s.  These homes were designed to look ancient when built new.  Whimsical features such as arch topped entry doors with oversized hinges, clinkerbrick fireplaces, gothic light fixtures and dovecotes

As one of the original members of Storybookers, I hosted the first ever "Storybook Gathering" driving tours of the East Bay.  Storybookers is an online forum for Storybook homeowners.

Having studied this home style I am very familar with the works of William Raymond Yelland, W.w. Dixon and Carr Jones.

Contact me to be a part of my next tour.  The tour takes all day and includes some important homes in the Central Valley and Sacramento River Delta.

Some of the locations we will be seeing will be the awesome Normandy Village by W.r. Yelland in Berkeley and Stonehenge by W.w. Dixon in Alameda.

Mid-Century Modern Homes of the Bay Area Tour

On this tour we will hit all of the well known Eichler neighborhoods. We will visit some of the off-the-beaten-path Eichler neighborhoods (Castro Valley and Oakland). We will also explore modernism by other builders and architects and visit areas where you can still find affordable awesome modernism homes in Alameda, Hayward, Fremont and San Leandro.

Art-Deco in the East Bay.

Curved glass block walls, porthole windows and some Hollywood glamour.  Step back in time to streamlined moderne architecture.

Estudillo Estates, it’s much more than you think -Michael Greenslade

I was asked by Kate Miller to write an article for the Estudillo Estates HOA Newsletter. I am sort of a local historian. I have been studying the North Area San Leandro Development for about four years now. I became interested in the topic when I started to research my parent’s home where I grew up. The home was known as the Derry House. It was known as that because of Earl Derry who lived there before my family moved here in the year 1946.

Earl Derry and his brother Harold Thomas Derry (Tom) together built large areas of Estudillo Estates and The Broadmoor under two of their companies; Derry, Weaver & Derry and Derry Bros. Harold Derry lived on Bridge Road so there is a connection to Estudillo Estates history.

This lead me to researching all the tracts that make up the two areas. Estudillo Estates is made up of at least seven different tracts of homes. Once you know where the boundaries are you’ll easily be able to tell when you leave one and enter another.

Starting at Dutton and MacArthur, we have St. Mary Avenue. St Mary Avenue is the College Park Tract. St. Mary was named for its developer Joseph St. Mary and his wife Sophia, and developed from 1927 to 1930.

The upper part of Glen Drive after the big curve is The New Broadmoor Tract phase 2. This tract was done by Derry Bros. Developed from 1937 to 1942 and continued after World War II.

Superior Avenue is The New Broadmoor phase 1. This tract was done by Derry Bros also. Developed from 1937 to 1942 and continued after World War II.

Glen, Oakes and Begier from Superior to around 1000 in the addresses is The New Broadmoor phase 3. This tract was also done by Derry Bros. Developed from 1937 to 1942 and continued after World War II.

Chetland Road and the area around it are part of the tract called Ardmore. This tract was done by San Francisco developer Fred T. Woods. Developed in the mid 1930’s. Once again Glen, Oakes and Begier almost to Arbor Drive is part of Bancroft Gardens. This tract was developed by Stanley M. Davis. Stanley M. Davis Company still has an office in San Leandro across from the now defunct Alberston’s store. Bancroft Gardens also includes Pala, Haas and a portion of Lee. Developed in the mid 1930s. Lee Avenue and Arbor Drive with the streets between them is the tract known as Broadmoor Park. This tract was started by a developer named E.B. Fields and was sold off partially finished. Derry, Weaver & Derry finished off the development in the mid 1920’s and 1930’s.

Crossing the creek to what was originally developed as Estudillo Estates, records show that Cary Development Company was involved. Records also show that many homes were also done by Fred T. Wood, the same group that did Ardmore or Chetland.

Next time you’re out on a walk look for the changes in each neighborhood as you enter and leave each tract...have fun!

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I want to have your home priced correctly from the very begining.  I don't want to ever have to place a "Price Reduced" or "New Low Price" sign in front of your home.

When I go for your listing appointment, I will want to take you to some of the comparible homes in your area that match your home. 

We will see homes that are staged and homes that are not staged.  I am a C.S.P Certified Staging Professional , If I am listing your home, I am going to want to have the home staged.  It's my name on the sign out on the lawn, I want your home to sell as much as you do.

If you are unfamiliar with home staging, I have some homework for you to do before you list.  Watch the home improvement channels on your television HGTV or the DIY network and watch shows such as "Designed to Sell" and "Buy Me"

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