447 Lansdale Ave, San Francisco, CA

3 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,449 SqFt | 4,373 SqFt Lot | Offered at $1,239,000

Sweeping San Francisco and hillside views from the living room — and a house that has not been on the open market in fifty years.

447 Lansdale is an original 1956 mid-century in Sherwood Forest, the quiet wooded pocket below Mount Davidson that most people drive straight past on their way to West Portal. The same family has held it since the Eisenhower administration, and it comes to market exactly as they lived in it.

Step inside and the whole level opens up in front of you: a living room anchored by a brick wood-burning fireplace and warm original paneling, oak floors running through, and a separate formal dining room under a chandelier that has seen a lot of birthdays. Behind a wall of louvered doors, a glass-roofed solarium runs the length of the house with its original built-in bar still in place — the most 1956 thing in the building, and the room everyone will remember.

Three bedrooms and two full baths sit down a private hall, all on one level, with a tiled walk-in shower in the second bath. Below, a deep two-car garage with interior access, laundry and more storage than most San Francisco houses will ever offer. Outside, a hedged and mature garden gives real privacy on a 4,373 square foot lot.

The house is offered in its original condition and sold as-is. We are not going to pretend the kitchen is new — it is 1956, and honest about it. But the bones are good, the floor plan works, and the outlook from the front of the house is the kind that almost never comes to market at this price. The pre-listing structural pest report, home inspection, 3R report and natural hazard disclosure are all available in the buyer package.

And then there is the location. Mount Davidson — the highest point in San Francisco, with forty-odd acres of eucalyptus and trails — is a walk up the hill. West Portal’s shops and the Muni tunnel are minutes away, and 280 puts you downtown or on the Peninsula quickly. Sherwood Forest is one of the west side’s most tightly held pockets, and houses here do not turn over often.