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The Trendy Part of Nob Hill, CA

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Real Estate Agent with Compass CA DRE# 01215160

Nob Hill is one of the iconic landmarks of San Francisco. With the California Street cable car running up the hill from the Financial District to Van Ness Avenue, you can arrive at one of the famed hotels in the city, The Fairmont, Huntington, or Mark Hopkins. Grace Cathedral also commands the hilltop, as does the Masonic Auditorium, a private club, some residences and an urban city park. This is visitor mecca.

However, if you head down the hill just a few blocks west, you'll find a very different vibe, one with more of a neighborhood feel, and close to numerous restaurants, clubs, grocery stores, hardware stores, nail salons, hair salons and coffee shops.This is where you'll meet and greet your neighbors as you meet them walking about shopping. You can join the lines at the renown Swan Oyster Depot, or enjoy meals at many ethnic restaurants--middle Eastern, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, Korean, Chinese, Japanese. Enjoy crepes, cookies, and traditional American brunches. The venerable House of Prime Rib (established in 1949) is close, too, and a fine German restaurant a handful of blocks north.

Contraband Coffee, Larkin & Sacramento, SF

sunset from Sacramento St, Nob Hill, SFThis is a neighborhood where you'll find a mix of apartment buildings, 3- and 4-unit condos or Tenancy-in-Common buildings, with an occasional co-op building.

This is where you'll find Edwardian condos, built not many years after the 1906 earthquake and fire, like the one at 1561 Sacramento Street along with a variety of other styles, some fairly new, yet blending into the neighborhood and sharing the vibe.

Here one can catch a magnificent sunset, or enjoy a quiet moment in a backyard retreat.

As of yesterday, there were only 15 condos for sale in Nob Hill:

1 - one-bedroom

8 - two-bedrooms

5 - three-bedrooms

1 - four-bedroom

If you are looking for your special place, or if life plans make this a good time for you to sell, give me a call. Let's talk.

backyard garden, Nob Hill condo, SF

 

 

 

 

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Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

That was quite a long time ago, Joan Cox (Shall I admit I don't have a clue who Hootie & Blowfish are/were?)

Feb 13, 2020 08:54 AM
Joan Cox

It was a long time ago, and was a very fun time.   You don't know them????

Feb 13, 2020 09:15 AM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good afternoon again Lottie. Your word pictures along with the actual ones make me want to live in this area.

Feb 13, 2020 09:37 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Lottie,

I have always enjoyed this area, when we used to spend so much time in San Francisco.  I love how retail lives in harmony with surrounding residential giving each neighborhood great character. A

Feb 13, 2020 11:40 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hello Sheila Anderson - thank you! Your words make me feel great! 

Feb 13, 2020 02:49 PM
Sheila Anderson

I'm glad Lottie. I would love to meet you. Maybe one day. TY   

Feb 13, 2020 03:14 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

This is such an easy area in which to live, Ron and Alexandra Seigel - walk to work in the financial district; come home to chill before heading a block or so away to dine and shop. Life is good here, indeed.

Feb 13, 2020 02:51 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good evening Lottie Kendall - thanks for the tour which reminds me of the last time I visited.  Beautiful parts of town.

Feb 13, 2020 08:51 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

San Francisco has so many delightful neighborhoods, that it's difficult to choose just one.  Just this morning, I was telling my grandson, I'd like to make a trip to China Town.  I haven't been there in years!

Feb 14, 2020 04:22 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Myrl Jeffcoat - maybe we'll have some dim sum together, or a cup of tea. Chinatown is on the slopes of Nob Hill, to the northeast of the summit. Not far from here at all.

Feb 14, 2020 05:08 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Grant Schneider - our neighborhoods break San Francisco down into friendly small chunks, each with its own feel.

Feb 14, 2020 05:09 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Families on the move will appreciate your local real estate reports.

Feb 15, 2020 10:03 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

I try to give market data along with anecdotes, to give a feel for the market - moving fast or slow, why live in a certain area, what's to enjoy nearby, etc.

Feb 15, 2020 04:30 PM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

When I think of Nob Hill; this is the way I'll remember it now...

I hope you had an exceptional Sunday Lottie Kendall 

Feb 16, 2020 07:25 PM
Curtis Van Carter
Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA
Your Napa Valley Broker Extraordinaire

Lottie

Thinking of Nob Hill brings back fond memories. When I lived in SF, I dated Ann Maria who lived in Nob Hill. She was a true love that got away.

Your post describes this area so well for she lived just down the hill where the Hill truly takes its soul from. cheers cvc

Feb 17, 2020 08:22 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Curtis Van Carter - isn't it interesting how a picture, or a few words, can bring memories flooding back into our consciousness? I'm glad your memories are fond ones.

Feb 17, 2020 12:54 PM
Curtis Van Carter
Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA
Your Napa Valley Broker Extraordinaire

Lottie

Me three. By the way, she was a redhead, my fav, and hopefully not being crude, hot. cheers cvc

Feb 18, 2020 07:16 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Ahh....the one who got away, Curtis Van Carter Memories; the warm ones bring a smile to our faces.

Feb 18, 2020 07:44 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Lottie:

I always enjoy your posts about SF neighborhoods, whether I have visited them or not. When I read the title I had to wonder - is there a part of Nob Hill that is NOT trendy?

Great photos and overview...I am ready for another visit (we will be there sometime later this year, just not sure when yet - you can bet I will look you up!).

Jeff

Feb 19, 2020 08:07 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS I hope I painted a nice picture of this part of Nob Hill. It's a neighborhood I like.

Feb 19, 2020 08:12 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS - Nob Hill can be grand or down-home in feel; it can blend into Chinatown or North Beach or the Tenderloin. 

Please do let me know when you plan to be here; it would be a pleasure meeting you.

Feb 19, 2020 08:14 PM
Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX

Hi Lottie Kendall - You continue to post wonderful sites to see and different parts of San Francisco to meet everyone's taste and life style!

The iconic landmark buildings of SF on Nob Hill would certainly interest someone like me! It would be so much fun to have you as my Real Estate Agent. As a friend, I would relish the time I had with you because no matter where you'd meet me, we'd have a really good time.  

Feb 24, 2020 12:22 PM