Burlingame, CA – Which neighborhood to choose? (edit/delete)

In posts Why Is Burlingame, CA So Desirable?, Why is Burlingame, CA so desirable? More reasons and more facts and Is Hillsborough, CA Better Than Burlingame, CA? I discussed reasons behind Burlingame’s popularity. If you are convinced that Burlingame is the place where you want to buy a house you might ask, but where in Burlingame? Obviously, it is a question which only you can answer. There are many neighborhoods in Burlingame to choose from. These are:

• Easton Addition
• Burlingame Hills
• Ray Park
• Burlingame Park
• Burlingame Gate
• Oak Grove Manor
• Burlingame Downtown
• Lyon-Hoag
• Burlingame Terrace
• Burlingame Gardens
• Burlingame Village
• Mills Estate

Let me concentrate on the three of them listed at the top: Easton Addition, Burlingame Hills and Ray Park.  While I will not attempt to characterize all Burlingame neighborhoods, the three I chose represent the cross-section of all of them.

Let me start with Easton Addition (you can review the map of the area and its basic real estate statistics by clicking on this link).  Click HERE to read more about Easton Addition and see a few pictures.

There are very few areas as attractive for families with children in any age as Easton Addition. Great schools, proximity to the Broadway downtown area (this is the “smaller downtown area” – the main downtown and the larger one located at Burlingame Ave is slightly further away) with its own bus to Caltrain and BART.  Click on the same link to double-check Easton Addition prices. They are moving up now (September 2007). What can be a better proof of the attractiveness of the area than prices going up at the time when most of the other cities are struggling with the Buyers market? 

Houses here are large and of tremendous architectural variety. As Burlingame is a “City of trees” there is a plenty of trees. One of the City trees, eucalyptus named “Tom” has recently become quite infamous (or famous – it depends who you speak to).  Tom became quite of a nonsense, but it is history now (click on this link to find out more about Tom).

Next neighborhood you definitely need to check up are Burlingame Hills (you can review the map of the area and its basic real estate statistics by clicking on this link). What is the difference between Easton Addition and Burlingame Hills?  In popular saying, once you kids grow up, you send them to university and then you can “move up the hill”.  Schools and other City conveniences are slightly further and the area is more secluded. And it is more prestigious.

And how about Ray Park?  The area is slightly less prestigious and houses are less expensive (not by much), but it is really convenient. It is close to just about anything (you can review the map of the area and its basic real estate statistics by clicking on this link).