Actually a whole month of giving! Thanks to our amazing homeowners, great employees, and wonderful folks like you, SummerHill Homes raised over $500 and approx. 1,000 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and the Alameda County Food Bank! WOW!  Thank you EVERYONE for your participation! We are so proud to suppor...

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As we get ready to enjoy Thanksgiving with our families, we realize that we have a lot for which we can be thankful.  This year has been fraught with challenges for many and we haven’t been immune to those challenges.  We are a smaller company this year that we were last year. We’re fortunate to have a family like atmosphere that enabled o...

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It's been a while since our last round of Real Estate in 6 lines or less... hope you enjoy! The news this week has mostly focused on our sister market, commercial real estate, as it continues to struggle through this tough time- see this Forbes.com summary article. Meanwhile, CNN published a story about the ups and downs of small real estate business. L...

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The sales success from the past 6 months continues.  Last week we had 3 communities that were ready to sell out this year and now we're down to just 1, that's right just one community left to sell-out this year. Here’s the update on our communities that are getting ready to sell out (or just sold out!): Park Station has just 7 homes available.  Ow...

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Here’s a countdown of the reasons why 91 of the 99 homes at Park Station in South San Francisco are sold out. 99 one and two bedroom urban condos with easy San Francisco access give homeowners the city convenience they want without the city prices. 60 minutes on the brand new Centennial Way trail will take you from Park Station to anywhere in downtown South S...

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I had to pick a little bit of a creepy title in honor of this Friday the 13th blog right? Instead of blood and tears (we've all had enough of that!), let's talk sweat, as in sweat equity. And no, we're not talking about your 13 year old mowing the lawn so he can go out Friday night, we're talking about your time and non profit organizations. As you saw in Allison's p...

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Monday we had the privilege to volunteer at the Second Harvest Food Bank in San Carlos.  It really kept things in perspective as we joined together There were 6 of us from SummerHill plus other volunteers that come regularly.  We were only there for 2 hours and really I could have stayed for 3 or 4 at least.  The warehouse is large and it is amazi...

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Community Countdown

The New Year will be here before we know it and we're literally having a countdown at some of our communities.  We've been fortunate to have phenomenal sales success in the past 6 month, which means we have several communities that will be selling out before the end of the year. Here's the update on our communities that are getting ready to sell out (or just s...

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Do you envision it as a spa in Sonoma? Picture this as a calm, serene place, with neutral colors, shades of white, gray, beige, popping with colors of nature in variations of green.    Smooth tiles with movement, glass tiles, dark smooth woods, Berber carpets. [caption id="attachment_631" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Perfect Retreat - a soaking tub ...

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