Eliot 2

On one of those gorgeous sunny fall days, a few weeks ago, I decided to venture over to the Eliot neighborhood, specifically from NE Sacramento to NE Fremont and N Williams to NE Martin Luther King Blvd, quite a nice jaunt and many interesting houses to look at, both grand and ramshackle.

It's pretty obvious that this neighborhood has gone from opulent beginnings, to a slightly gritty existence in the 70's - 90's, and has come around and is being coveted again. Incredibly close-in, and alkable to trendy Williams District, and MLK, there are some astounding homes and commercial buildings, including the gorgeous Public Library building (now a book store for the Library), what is now the Wonder Ball Room, and some proud churches. There are also a few streets of low income housing projects from the late 70's. There are new high-end 'vintage styled' row houses being built, which attests to the renewed interest and value of the neighborhood.

Six months sold prices run from $260-440k. The houses are a mix of shot gun shacks, victorians, four squares, "old portland style", and bungalows.

Buckman 2

On this day, I walked the small portion of Buckman Neighborhood, from 20th to 23rd,  and Belmont to Hawthorne, and streets in between. It's a coveted area because of it's situation between two trendy neighborhoods and it's proximity into town, and it's proliferation of nice apartment houses.

This is a pretty tree-lined area with a mix of large Victorians, Four-Squares, Bungalows, and some very interesting early era stucco Mediterranean, Tudor, or Georgian styled apartment complexes.  You can learn here all about the historic Buckman Neighborhood. They even have a facebook page - Buckman Historic Association.

There's not much for sale or that has been sold in the last 6 mos for this area, but the prices run from $245 and $701K, and that include a grand historic home for sale now for $699 (2036 SE Taylor).

Remember that these pics are clickable if you'd like to view a larger version!  Enjoy!