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Photos: 1,000-square-foot Palo Alto Craftsman that housed Grateful Dead band members listed for $2.7 million

Pueng Vongs — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:37:04 +0000

A 1,008-square-foot Palo Alto home that once housed Grateful Dead band members is for sale for $2.695 million.

The property known as the Grateful Dead house in Palo Alto is for sale for $2.695 million (Open Homes).

Founding member bassist Phil Lesh rented the home, and fellow band member Bob Weir once lived in the garage. In the legendary band’s early days, the garage was used as a rehearsal space.

The property known as the Grateful Dead house in Palo Alto is for sale for $2.695 million (Open Homes).

Located in “Professorville,” near Stanford University, the compact home has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It features an eat-in kitchen, abundant natural light and a large outdoor space.

The property known as the Grateful Dead house in Palo Alto is for sale for $2.695 million (Open Homes).

Helen Lippert with Compass is the listing agent.

The property known as the Grateful Dead house in Palo Alto is for sale for $2.695 million (Open Homes).

Coincidentally, the house is just blocks away from the Hewlett-Packard Garage, where the tech company was founded.

Photos: Imagine Dragons band member lists Oakland hills home for $1.3 million

Pueng Vongs — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:37:07 +0000

Imagine Dragons bassist Ben McKee and his wife, Mary, have listed their Montclair home in the Oakland hills for $1.295 million.

Imagine Dragons rocker Ben McKee has listed his Oakland hills home (Open Homes).

The modern 2,696-square-foot home has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The kitchen is fit for a professional chef with two industrial sized faucets and a butcher block workspace. The primary bedroom has lavish updates including a walk-in rain shower and jetted tub. Or step outside onto the adjacent patio to soak in the hot tub. The home’s two decks also offer stunning bay views.

Imagine Dragons rocker Ben McKee has listed his Oakland hills home (Open Homes).

There is plenty of room to entertain or relax on the lush sprawling 12,393-square-foot lot. It’s something that McKee, a Sonoma County native, could appreciate:

“I think the thing I enjoyed the most was simply to sit outside on the front porch and watch the sun set behind the San Francisco skyline as the red tail hawks left their perches for the day and were replaced by the great horned owls that call to each other into the night,” he wrote in a release.

Imagine Dragons rocker Ben McKee has listed his Oakland hills home (Open Homes).

He says he has made memories at the property he will always treasure. “From recording segments for cooking shows with Ming Tsai and Paris Hilton in the professional quality kitchen, rolling out dough on the butcher board counter tops, to composing music with the doors open to a refreshing breeze, enjoying the quiet solitude of a dead end road in the hills, there have been so many things that I look back on with fondness.”

Sharon Ho with Compass holds the listing.

Imagine Dragons is one of the world’s best-selling music artists and the first rock band to have four songs — “Radioactive,” “Demons,” “Believer,” and “Thunder” — surpass 1 billion streams each.

Photos: Woodside mansion is the most expensive Bay Area home listing

Pueng Vongs — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:17:11 +0000

The priciest home currently for sale in the Bay Area is available for a mere $110 million. Re-listed in January, the Green Gables Estate in Woodside is still on the market after a $15 million price cut.

The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).

Built in 1911 for industrialist Mortimer Fleishhacker, the 74-acre property has stayed in the family for five generations. It includes seven separate residences with 34 bedrooms and 26 bathrooms across 23,900 square feet.

The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).

Over the years, the English-inspired estate has hosted notable figures and grand events including the United Nations 20th anniversary gala. Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes stayed in one of the homes during her criminal trial in 2021, according to reports.

The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).

The abundant grounds include three swimming pools, a 100-yard Roman pool, and its own reservoir. There are also orchards, groves and trails to explore.

The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).

Mauricio Umansky with the Agency is the listing agent.

Photos: Former Northern California mansion owned by Papa Murphy’s founders listed for $12.5 million

Pueng Vongs — Tue, 21 May 2024 21:17:29 +0000

Trustees of Terrence and Rose Collins, founders of Papa Murphy’s Take N’ Bake Pizza, have listed the family’s wine country estate in Petaluma for $12.5 million.

A wine country estate once owned by the founders of Papa Murphy’s Take N’ Bake Pizza is for sale (Peter Lyons).

The Mediterranean-style home includes a four-bedroom main residence and a one-bedroom casita. The property evokes classic European charm with materials imported from France and Italy, including hand-painted frescoes and limestone floors from a French monastery. There is also a chef’s kitchen, sauna, wine cellar and theater room.

A wine country estate once owned by the founders of Papa Murphy’s Take N’ Bake Pizza is for sale (Peter Lyons).

Nestled on 35 acres, the property includes abundant outdoor amenities including a large courtyard, bocce court, koi pond and an olive tree grove.

A wine country estate once owned by the founders of Papa Murphy’s Take N’ Bake Pizza is for sale (Peter Lyons).

Nicole Marzo of Compass and Abe Matar of Avenue 8 hold the listing.

A wine country estate once owned by the founders of Papa Murphy’s Take N’ Bake Pizza is for sale (Peter Lyons).

Papa Murphy’s began in 1995 as a merger between Hillsboro, Oregon-based Papa Aldo’s Pizza and Petaluma-based Murphy’s Pizza. In 2010, the chain was sold to Lee Equity Partners in New York.

Photos: Piedmont mansion designed by SF Neiman Marcus rotunda architect listed for $6.5 million

Pueng Vongs — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:52:50 +0000

A Piedmont, Calif. mansion — designed by the architect who originally envisioned the San Francisco department store that is now Nieman Marcus in Union Square — has been listed for $6.495 million.