Tract 8 of 32 · 1949–1954 · the early tracts
Maybell Gardens
Thirty houses on Maybell, recorded in 1952 without an architect named on the plans.
- Recorded
- 1952
- Architect
- —
- Homes
- 30
- Era
- Early
- Streets
- Amaranta Avenue
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Maybell Gardens is one of several early-fifties recordings where the City's records do not attribute an architect. That does not mean the houses lack pedigree — Eichler was reusing and adapting plans constantly in this period — but it does mean the tract has been studied less than the named ones.
Thirty houses is small. The tract functions less as a destination neighborhood and more as a pocket, which suits buyers who want the house without the enclave. Turnover is infrequent enough that a sale here is usually news among people watching the market. The recorded lots run along Amaranta Avenue.
What was built here
Early-fifties plans: post-and-beam frame left visible, radiant heat in the slab, a near-blank wall to the street and the rear given over to glass. Compact by modern standards — most have been added to. No atrium; that idea is still years away.
What moves the number in Maybell Gardens
- Unattributed plans. Judge the house in front of you rather than the architect on the recording.
- 1952 construction — pre-atrium, compact, single bath in original form.
- Small tract, few comparables. Valuation leans on the surrounding early-fifties recordings.
What is it worth?
We price Maybell Gardens the way it was built.
By tract, by architect, by what is still intact. Tell us the address and we will come back with the range and the reasoning behind it — not an automated estimate.
Before they hit the market
Most Maybell Gardens homes we sell never reach a portal.
Owners in these tracts tend to know each other. When one decides to move, we usually hear first. Join the list and you will hear early too — no volume, no drip campaign.
Eichlers@Boyenga.comEichlerHomesForSale.comBoyengaTeam.com Eric Boyenga DRE #01254724 · Janelle Boyenga DRE #01254725