One Two Six Design Diary

We are proud to say, here in the Silicon Valley, you are never more than few blocks away from a house that had been staged by us.
Here is a graphical look at the homes we have staged in the past two years.

2010

2010 Transactions

2009

2009 Transactions

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Since last Sold entry, we have staged and helped to sell $23,580,954 worth of real estate.

• Blackwood, Sunnyvale (sold in 14 days!)
• Kennewick Ave., Sunnyvale (sold in 5 days!)
  A $1.3M newly renovated home with large yard and a huge pool
• Orchard Ave. Mountain View (sold in 7 days!)
• 9th Ave, Menlo Park (sold in 5 days!)
• Ramona St, Palo Alto (sold in 20 days!)
  Gorgeous home! white picket fence, paver stone drive way and court yard, large bright windows, spacious master suite…
• Live Oak Ave., Menlo Park (sold in 18 days!)
  Walking distance from downtown Menlo Park Santa Cruz Ave. Large corner lot with garden, this place has 2 kitchens and a basement!
• Pilgrim Loop, Fremont (sold in 3 months)
  A Family Den within the large Family room!
• Timber Creek, Fremont (sold in 3 months)
  A single family like townhouse, up in the hills of Fremont
• Hayfield Ct., Saratoga (sold in 2 months)
  Gated community, with grapevine in the front yard and a basketball/tennis court in the backyard! Bright and spacious main level and a huge basement ideal for the children to play uninterrupted
• Weyburn Lane, San Jose (sold in 7 days!)
• LynnOaks Dr, San Jose (sold in 6 days!)
• Porpoise Bay Ter, Sunnyvale (sold in 29 days!)
  Tri-level townhouse in an upscale community close to 237 Freeway,
• Watson Cir., Santa Clara (sold in 12 days!)
  Located in the heart of famous Rivermark community
• Pear Ave., Sunnyvale (sold in 9 days!)
• Clausen Ct., Los Altos Hills
• Miramonte Ave., Mountain View
• Venice Way, San Jose (sold in 17 days!)
• Ortega Ave., A404, Mountain View (sold in 1.5 month)
  A penthouse condo in a gated complex bordering Palo Alto
• E. Floresta Way, Portola Valley (sold in 40 days)
  Located south of 1-280, the gentle hills and serene surrounding make this a great place to call home
• Grape Wagon Cir, San Jose (sold in 5 days!)
  A single family in a gated retirement community the size of the city of Mountain View!! Remodeled throughout, great view of the golf courses and the valley
• Morningside Dr. Sunnyvale (sold in 5 days!)

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We have been working very hard to keep up with the market lately, houses are moving very fast these days.  In little over two weeks since my last SOLD blog entry, we now have a heap of sold properties that needs to be announced.

1. La Paloma, Los Altos Hills: This is a $7,000,000, 6 bedroom, 5+ bath, three level estate situated in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in the Bay Area. Salt water pool, waterfall, you name it, this place has it! (SOLD in 7 days!!)
   
2. Cherrybrooke Common, San Leandro: Our investor friend has done it again! David fixed up this cozy 4 bedroom single family house, had us stage it, and sold it all within a month! (SOLD in 2 weeks!)
3. Tyrella Ave, Mountain View: A charming townhouse conveniently located close to the thumping Mountain View downtown, with easy access to Highway 85, 101 and 237 (SOLD in 8 days!)
4. Aruba Ln, Foster City: Only steps away from the water, within miles away from the happening San Mateo downtown (Sold in 1 month!)
5. Williams St., Palo Alto: Freshly renovated, cozy home near Stanford (SOLD less than 2 weeks!)
6. Campbell Rd., Los Altos: Very functional layout, this home sitting on a large lot walking distance from the Village (SOLD in 6 days!)
7. Firebird Way, Sunnyvale: Move in ready, bright home with Cupertino School (SOLD in 7 days!)
8. Terra Bella Dr. Cupertino: A home in the Monta Vista area of Cupertino (SOLD in 11 days!)
9. Saranac Dr. Sunnyvale: A spanish styled gated single family, with glistering pool and large backyard (SOLD in 11 days!)
10. Kensington Cir. Los Altos: Long private driveway leading to this magnificent home hidden behind mature oaks, wrapped around floor plan puts focus on the HUGE backyard and its olympic size pool (SOLD in 7 days!!)
    
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11. Blackwood Terr. Sunnyvale: Large townhouse located near the center of Sunnyvale (SOLD in 2 weeks!)
12. Kennewick Dr. Sunnyvale: Cul-de-sac home on a 13,000 sq ft lot! Pool, BBQ, garden, new roof… new owners can move in and enjoy this gorgeous home right away! (SOLD in 5 days!!)
13. Orchard Ave. Mountain View: Across the street from Castro st, downtown Mountain View!! (SOLD in 7 days!)
14. Live Oak Ave. Menlo Park: Charming home with two kitchens! and large basement in the Allied Arts neighborhood, two blocks away from downtown Menlo Park (SOLD in 18 days!!)
15. Hayfield Ct. Saratoga: Over $4,000,000 worth of reasons, this resort-like home is located in a gated community in Saratoga, with easy access to the highway-85. Huge windows throughout the house, stone outlined pool and a full size tennis court makes this a magazine front-cover worthy dream home! (Sold in 2 months!)
    
16. 9th Ave. Menlo Park: A private-like drive leads up to this spacious two story home (SOLD in 5 days!!)

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June has been full of activities, we hit a record month both in terms of staging and de-staging sold properties. Homes are moving, many of them even received multiple strong offers. The home owners are happy, REALTORS are smiling and we are definitely excited about all the wonderful outcomes!

Home Staging by One Two Six Design:

• Emerson St. Palo Alto: a spacious bi-level condo in the heart of Palo Alto, huge bedrooms, and a large den/office makes this condo feels like a luxury penthouse
• El Camino Real, Burlingame: a condo in a gated community, next door to the prestigious Hillsborough, easy access to downtown Burlingame and walking distance to many shops and community amenities, the new owners will love their new home and the neighborhood!
• Stelling Dr. Palo Alto: Midtown Palo Alto, quiet cul-de-sac location, nicely maintained yard and the simple, elegant Eichler architecture, the epitome of Palo Alto living. (Sold in 2 weeks!)
• Bountiful Acres, Saratoga: This ~7,000 sq ft gated Saratoga mansion sits on huge corner lot with large pool and expansive lawn. Bi-level with 8 bedroom, billiard room, fitness room, media room… and additional 3 bedrooms and baths can be found in the lower level au pair quarter, that’s 11 bedrooms!! The wrapped around balcony provides a great entertaining area overlooking the entire property. This place took us the entire day and took up 3 full 17″ truck load of stuff to stage, it was a fun project!
  
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• Ross Rd. Palo Alto: A midtown Palo Alto newly constructed 5 bedroom single family. Very practical and functional floor plan, perfect home for a large family.
• Madison Ave. Mountain View: Sold in 7 days! Need I say more?
• S. Mary, Sunnyvale: A spacious townhouse located close to downtown Sunnyvale.
• Samadra Ave. Sunnyvale: Bordering Cupertino, close to many new shopping centers/plazas, a great starter home.
• Palmita Ave. Mountain View: 3 blocks away from the booming Castro St. downtown Mountain View, this charming SFR looks and smells new inside and out. (Sold in 9 days!!)

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The latest sold properties staged by us:

• Illima Ct. Palo Alto (in 1 month!)
• Ocaso Corte, Fremont (in 2 months)
• Flora Vista, Cupertino (in 50 days)
• Crescent Ave, Sunnyvale (in 1 week!!)
• Murlagan Ave., Mountain View
• Annie Laurie, Mountain View

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We received this email from the realtor for one of the houses we staged today:

Oh my goodness Vivian and team,

I cried when I looked at these pictures – what a difference!!!!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Yours sincerely,

Amelia (Coldwell Banker – Los Altos)

Wow! What a heart felt note! Thank you Amelia for making us part of your team!

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We aren’t done for the week yet, not until we finish all the good news that happened this week!

More sold properties:

• Norelius Ct., San Jose
• Camellia Way, Los Altos (47 days)
• Charmwood Sq., San Jose (47 days)
• Serena Ct. Mountain View (40 days)
• Heatherstone Way, Sunnyvale (sold in 1 week!)

Ok… now I am done, happy weekend everyone!!

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Haven’t had the chance to tally up the sold properties we staged in awhile. As the economy pitches and rolls, the Sold news is motivating to say the least…

• Tulane Dr., Mountain View (sold in one week!)
• Stratford Ct. Los Gatos (sold in 2 days!!)
• Saint Michael Ct. Palo Alto (sold in 51 days)
• Doyle Rd., San Jose (sold in 2 weeks!)
• Navarro Rd., Sunnyvale
• Newton Dr., Mountain View
• Bryant St., Mountain View (sold in 2 weeks!)
• Parkfield Dr., San Jose (sold in 52 days)
• Sierra Ventura, Los Altos (sold in 50 days)
• Colton Ave., San Carlos (sold in first week!!)
• Park Villa Cir., Cupertino (sold in the first weekend!!)
• Runningwood Cir., Mountain View (sold in 60 days)
• Maybell Ave., Palo Alto (sold in the first month!)
• Northampton Ave., Palo Alto (sold in 6 days!!!)

We staged, you sold! Congraz to everyone!!

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Last two weeks we were crazy busy with staging, this week, we’ll be crazy busy with de-staging on top of staging.

Smile, more properties are selling

• Pacchetti Way, Mountain View (<60 days)
• Connemara, Pacifica (<1 month!)
• Gail Ave, Sunnyvale (<1 month!)
• Hidden Hills, Napa (1 WEEK!!)
• Alger Dr. Palo Alto (<1 month!)

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Haven’t updated this blog in two weeks, if it wasn’t for the automatic Twitter digest, this page would have been static for the past half month! What a shame, as we have done a lot of exciting projects in March!!

2009 has been fast paced, and March has been especially exciting! We worked on brand new construction on a historical lot in Los Altos, new homes in Pacifica with great views of the ocean, fantastic condos in Palo Alto, and huge mansion in the hills of Saratoga… all these and many other memorable projects all throughout the Bay Area!

I spent few hours to pull out and organized some photos for these projects, and used them to updated our main site’s front page, the Before & After section, as well as the Portfolio section of this blog. I just love looking at the before & after photos, the transformation is always amusing to me! I need to put up more of them on our site…

Okay, that’s it for now, just wanted to write a quick update. It is going to be another busy week ahead, we just got the words over the weekend that few more properties (we staged) are sold! Love hearing these great news!!

Happy Monday everyone!

Before

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Good news are pouring in!

• Magdalena Ave., Los Altos – Sold in 6 days!
• Henrietta Ave., Sunnyvale – Sold in 2 weeks!
• Bitteroaks Dr., Cupertino – Sold in the first weekend!
• Outlook Cir., Pacifica – Sold within a month!

We are very happy for our partners and clients! Yeaaa!!

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• @cindeelean nope… iPhone doesn’t support Flash… wish it did… in reply to cindeelean #
• Stager’s Tip: Magic Eraser by Mr. Clean, it does wonders on removing marks/scratches from your wall! #
• @REBayarea thank you!! They’re wonderful ppl, hope they can find a home soon. They like Atrium style Eichers, I saw 3 in Sunnyvale on MLS. in reply to REBayarea #
• @REBayarea btw Andreas contacted me. Looking forward to meet him. Thank u very much for the referral!! in reply to REBayarea #
• Santa Clara county median home price dropped 37% since last yr!! #
• @StageToSell u poor thing. Give Comcast a try, their biz phone/Internet is only ~$120. Web based control on fwd, vm… Love it in reply to StageToSell #
• Squeezing one more project in before call it a week. #
• Running between office and projects in Palo Alto & Redeood City #
• What a week! Now going to work on getting that yogurt!! #

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We staged 432 Ives Ter in Sunnyvale back on 2/5, today we were told that the buyer has removed all contingencies, and the place is ready for us come and de-stage!

Sold in 2 weeks!!! Yeeeaa!

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