Barron Park Neighborhood Palo Alto CA

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Barron Park Palo Alto, CA

For many years Barron Park has had a more rural, less-developed atmosphere. Much of the area lacked sidewalks. The rural heritage of Barron Park is brought to focus by the Barron Park Donkeys. The Bol farm has had a pasture providing a home to a few donkeys since the 1930s. The two Barron Park donkeys are taken to Bol Park each Sunday morning. Having been a favorite area for small builders to buy, demolish and build new individual houses, the neighborhood has and is changing. Barron Park houses are more individual and less tract-like.

With the highly rated Gunn High as the local high school, many young professionals are attracted to this neighborhood. Most new single family homes built in Barron Park tend to be 2,000 to 4,000 square feet. As shown in the map below most nearby businesses are located along El Camino Real. The few townhouses available in the neighborhood are also located near El Camino Real.

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Barron Park Palo Alto - Homes For Sale

 

Barron Park Neighborhood in Palo Alto - Home Values

Extensive graphs of Barron Park home values can be viewed on my Barron Park Palo Alto Home Values web page. Recent Palo Alto home sales can be viewed on my Palo Alto Just Sold web page. Three of the four main features considered when buying a home: price, price per sq. ft., and house size for Barron Park are quite similar to Palo Alto city-wide averages. The average lot size is smaller than the city-wide average. Click or mouse over the tabs below to see graphs of these features.

Graph of average price of a Barron Park Neighborhood House

Average House Price in the Barron Park Neighborhood

Barron Park Palo Alto Home Values - Extensive Plots

Graph of the average price per sq. ft. for a Barron Park Neighborhood house

Average Price Sq Ft For Houses in the Barron Park Neighborhood

Barron Park Palo Alto Home Values - Extensive Plots

Graph of the average size of a Barron Park house sold

Average House Size in the Barron Park Neighborhood

Barron Park Palo Alto Home Values - Extensive Plots

Graph of the average lot size of a Barron Park neighborhood house sold

Average Lot Size in the Barron Park Neighborhood

Barron Park Palo Alto Home Values - Extensive Plots

Protected Trees

A long-time (45 years) Barron Park homeowner incurred damage to his home from Coast Redwood Tree roots originating from his neighbor's trees. He spent several years bringing legal action to get the problem addressed. His battle was made more difficult because his neighbor sold his house and the real estate agent who listed his house for sale indemnified the new buyer. The long-time owner had warned the real estate agent that he would sue whoever bought the house to remove the trees. So of course few people were wanting to buy the house knowing they would be immediately sued. When the new owner was sued the real estate agent used both his in-house legal team and hired an outside legal team to fight the removal of the trees and fraud charges that were brought against him. The long-time owner prevailed and received $300k for damages and the protected trees were removed.

A short summary by the long-time owner:
In 2021, I sued my neighbor, with a one-sided result in my favor. I claimed for damage under state law #3479, and my neighbor’s ONLY defense was: “I was complying with PA’s tree ordinance”. The PA ordinance will not win against superseding state law. The 7-page opinion of the state judge never even mentioned the PA ordinance because it’s irrelevant against state law. But I still was forced to sue and pay my (winning) legal fees. My neighbor chose foolishly to go to court against state law, using only the PA ordinance as a defense. He had a losing case from the start, so he had to pay his (losing) legal fees.

 

Pictures From The Barron Park Neighborhood, Palo Alto

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