On the Market: Now's Your Chance to Purchase One of the Very Few Pieces of Celebrity Real Estate in San Francisco

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Friday, July 20, 2012, by Sally Kuchar We gave you the heads up on Wednesday that Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin and his husband Christopher Turner would be putting their home on the market this week, and here it is in all its glory. The couple is moving to Santa Fe. The 3-bed, 2-bath, 1,606 square foot shingled Craftsman/Edwardian-style abode was built in 1906. Mr. Maupin picked it up in 1993, when he purchased it for $615,000. He's asking $1,198,000. The Parnassus Heights location is perched high atop San Francisco, so the home has views galore of downtown, Marin, and the Bay. It was in this home that Maupin wrote three New York Times bestselling novels. Maupin's most autobiographical novel, The Night Listener, published in 2000, is largely set at 27 Belmont Avenue, as described in this excerpt:

Out of habit I approached the house from the sidewalk across the street, where I could see it in context: three narrow stories noticed into the wooden slope. Its new cedar shingles were still too pallid for its dark green trim, but another season or two of rain would turn them into tarnished silver. I'd be eagerly awaiting that. I'd wanted the place to look ancestral, as if we had lived there forever.

Want to see it in person? There's an open house on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4PM.
· Author Armistead Maupin is About to List [Curbed SF]
· Armistead Maupin Sells in San Francisco [The Real Estalker]
· 27 Belmont [Redfin] 27 Belmont Avenue, San Francisco, CA

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On the Market: Now's Your Chance To Score a Condo At The Washington

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, March 12, 2012, by Sally Kuchar The last time we checked in with the condo development happening over at 1840 Washington across from an Academy of Art building in Pacific Heights was back in May of 2010 when we reported that construction had begun on the nine-story, 26-unit residential building. Shoot forward to today and the Patri Merker Architects-designed building is finished and ready for its closeup. The unit you see above is a 2-bed, 2-bath condo. This particular one is priced at $965,000, which is similar in both layout and price to the others. If you're wondering what type of crowd The Washington is trying to attract, we'll let the listing speak for itself: "Near Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Apple and LinkedIn shuttle stops." Building highlights include a common roof terrace and that the monthly HOA dues of $435.97 include heat. 1-car parking in the garage is included.
· 1840 Washington, #404 [Redfin]
· Seven Floors of Luxury Condos Headed to Empty Pac Heights Lot [Curbed SF] 1840 Washington Street, San Francisco, CA

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× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Friday, November 11, 2011, by Cristina Cerullo
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On the Market: Now's Your Chance to Score a Cottage in San Francisco

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, April 6, 2011, by Sally Kuchar Clocking in at 1,120-square-feet, this 1-bed, 1.5-bath cottage is nestled on a lush lot on Bowdoin Street in Portola. And what a sight to see! Like the listing says, occasionally you find one of these special places hidden from the street, but it's a real rarity. The first floor of the home houses the formal living room that looks out onto the lush private front garden. Although the property is technically a one bedroom, there is a "guestroom" with a full bathroom as well. We're going to assume that "guestroom" means a room with a door and a window but no closet. The top level is a master suite with a half bathroom. There's also a separate studio at the rear of property that's currently being used as some type of home office. Asking price? $649,000. Dear buyer, please invite us over for dinner. Thank you!
· 1127 Bowdoin [Redfin]

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