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Luxury Homes Larkspur Marin Estates

jimhilgendorf1 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:56:46 +0000

View luxury homes and estates in Larkspur, in Marin County.

Larkspur is one of the lovely towns just north across the Bay from San Francisco. The city has a population of about 12,000.

Larkspur is the location for one of Golden Gate Transit’s ferry terminal, which provides service between Marin County and the San Francisco Ferry Building and job centers in the Financial District, so Larkspur is a sought after residential area for San Francisco commuters.

This is an affluent area, along with other towns near Mt. Tamalpais – Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Kentfield, and others. Homes spread out from the lovely downtown district. One of the businesses here is the French restaurant, The Left Bank, opened by Roland Passot, famed chef of La Folie in San Francisco.

The Matchmakers did an interview with Mr. Passot, which you can view below.

The company is part of a unique network of real estate agents throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico, helping clients to find the property of their dreams. For more information on properties in Larkspur and Marin County, or elsewhere, contact us and let us know what you are interested in.

We arrange private tours of the San Francisco Bay Area for clients relocating to the greater Bay Area. We pride ourselves on great service in helping you to become acquainted with this area, and to find the home of your dreams.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf - The Matchmakers

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Sausalito California Luxury Marin Homes & Estates

jimhilgendorf1 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:15:34 +0000

Luxury living and homes abound in Sausalito, a small town just a couple miles north across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. From here, there are beautiful views of the City.

Sausalito is a popular tourist destination. The ferry connects Sausalito to San Francisco and to Tiburon, just to the east, another lovely town.

Sausalito is a popular bicycling destination, with many biking the peninsula to Mill Valley and beyond to Mt. Tamalpais.

The town is an artistic enclave. Many people still live close to Sausalito in houseboats.

The video below gives a brief view of Sausalito and some of the lovely small towns to the north of the city.

VIEW STUNNING LUXURY HOMES FOR SALE IN SAUSALITO.

THE MATCHMAKERS is a real estate company specializing in luxury homes, estates, and villas in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Tuscany & Umbria in Italy, Bordeaux and the Dordogne Valley in France, and Mexico. The company is part of a unique network of real estate agents throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico, helping clients to find the property of their dreams. For more information on properties on this page or elsewhere, contact us and let us know what you are interested in.

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Healdsburg Luxury Homes & Estates for Sale

jimhilgendorf1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:51:34 +0000

If you are looking to buy a beautiful home or vineyard estate – or even a working winery – in California wine country, Healdsburg, a lovely small town about 70 miles north of San Francisco is a wonderful place to check out.

Healdsburg is the center of three of the most famous wine production areas in northern California – Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley.

The center of town has a beautiful plaza, with chic shops surrounding the square. Wine is the center of attention in the town, and many festivals are held each year in this area.

The countryside is lovely, unhurried, with wineries, large and small, along the back roads.

To view some beautiful luxury estates and vineyard properties near Healdsburg in the $3,000,000 + range, click here.

THE MATCHMAKERS is a real estate company specializing in luxury homes, estates, and villas in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Tuscany & Umbria in Italy, Bordeaux and the Dordogne Valley in France, and Mexico. The Matchmakers is part of a unique network of real estate agents throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico, helping clients to find the perfect property of their dreams. For more information for properties on this page or elsewhere, please contact us and let us know what you are interested in.

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Sonoma Wineries & Wine Estates Healdsburg

jimhilgendorf1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:30:42 +0000

Wineries and beautiful wine estates abound near Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, about 70 miles north of San Francisco.

This is the center of three of the most important wine-producing regions in northern California – the Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley appellations.

We visited Healdsburg this past weekend to take part in the annual wine road winter festival. For three days – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – about 140 wineries opened their doors to the public for wine tasting. Many of these wineries are not normally open to the public, but with a $50 ticket, you could wander the back roads for three days and visit wineries and sample wonderful wine (By the way, someone in the party had to be a designated driver – no wine, sorry).

The video below will give you some idea of the weekend.

Wine making is a culture here. It’s also beautiful country.

You have people who have come here and started from scratch. I met a winemaker couple during the weekend, who bought land and cleared it and planted vines several years ago, who now have a thriving lovely small winery.

Others like to come here and buy an existing winery, some to just enjoy, or have the status of being associated with this kind of life, others for investment reasons.

If you are thinking of buying a winery, many properties ready for sale never appear on the local multiple listing service. The owners want privacy. So you would need someone with an inside track to these owners and properties, and someone who is extremely knowledgeable about the business.

The Matchmakers have these connections.

Luxury estates and vineyards are another story. Usually these are beautiful homes with vineyards on the property, or just vineyards, but there is no wine-producing capability as with the wineries themselves.

TO VIEW SOME LUXURY HEALDSBURG HOMES & ESTATES, CLICK HERE.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in luxury homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Italy, and Mexico.

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Sustainable Umbria Homes & Villas in Italy

jimhilgendorf1 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:26:46 +0000

Sustainable homes and villas in Umbria, Italy are now a reality.

Sustainable living, and sustainable architecture and design, are increasingly in demand with some buyers, and The Matchmakers real estate is now presenting some beautiful examples of sustainable housing in the Umbria area, the state right next door to Tuscany. Umbria is known as the “Green Heart of Italy”.

This beautiful low-energy, sustainable home is located in Perugia, Italy, the capital of Umbria.

Sustainable Home Perugia Umbria Italy

Built with renewable materials, using solar and photovoltaic panels, and using large glass surfaces, every room has lovely panoramic views of the historical center of Perugia, as well as the Umbrian Valley beyond.

The home is built on two floors, with a large kitchen and terrace on the first floor, along with two bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths and study.

Sustainable Villa, Perugia, Umbria

Stairs lead down to the basement floor with two more bedrooms, half bath and a shower room.

There is also a privately accessed guest apartment with bathroom and kitchen, and its own private terrace.

Asking price: 880,000 Euros.

Sustainable Living, Perugia, Italy

This particular home is a resale, but these sustainable homes can also be built new to client’s specifications.

For more information on this property contact The Matchmakers.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in luxury homes, villas, estates and chateaux in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Mexico, and Tuscany & Umbria in Italy.

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San Francisco Wine Country Luxury Home Estate

jimhilgendorf1 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:09:15 +0000

This luxury estate home, located in the lovely Russian River Valley north of San Francisco, is set on eleven acres with views of rolling vineyards, redwoods and the Russian River Valley.

Sonoma wine country estate

The home is approximately 5,165 square feet, with a 40 foot solar heated swimming pool. Potential to plant 6 acres of Pinot Noir Grapes.

Russian River Luxury Home

The entire 4.5 acre Family Compound is deer fenced, and fully professionally landscaped, and includes a 3 car garage, Cabana, Yoga studio, office building, barn, rolling lawns, olive trees, fruit trees, flowers, and raised vegetable beds.

Asking price: $4,870,000 USD.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in luxury homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Mexico, and Tuscany & Umbria in Italy. For more information on this property, or homes elsewhere, please contact us and let us know what you are interested in.

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Luxury Villa Cortona Tuscany Italy Estate

jimhilgendorf1 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:13:30 +0000

Near Cortona in Tuscany is a luxury home restored beautifully from an old mill property.

The villa consists of two detached properties. The smaller, the original mill, is on three levels, with a double bedroom and en suite bathroom on each of the first floor and lower ground levels. The larger home also has two double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms.

The old millpond has been converted to a small swimming pool, jacuzzi, with a filter system pumping water underneath the villa (where it can be seen from the lower ground floor room) and back into the pool.

Asking price: 995,000 Euros.

The Matchmakers is a California real estate company specializing in luxury homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Tuscany & Umbria, and Mexico. Contact us for information on this property, or on other properties in the areas we cover.

Luxury Country Estates & Homes Lower Marin County

jimhilgendorf1 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:43:22 +0000

Some of the most beautiful luxury estates and homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area are located just north across the bay from the City, in Marin County, in towns such as Sausalito, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Belvedere, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Kentfield, Ross and San Anselmo.

A wealthy, artistic enclave, Sausalito draws tons of visitors due to its location at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Towns just north of Sausalito, like Mill Valley and Larkspur and others, are upscale quiet communities within easy commuting distance of San Francisco, either by car or ferry.

Some of the most spectacular luxury estates and homes are to be found on the peninsula communities of Tiburon and Belvedere.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France. If you are relocating from another part of the United States to the San Francisco Bay Area for personal or business reasons, or if you are relocating from another country and looking for a full time personal residence, second home or vacation home, we can help in introducing you to this exciting area. We pride ourselves on excellent, personal service.

Give us a call, or email us, to discuss your plans.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Jim Hilgendorf
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Elizabeth Hilgendorf
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Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net

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San Francisco & Paris: A City of Beauty

jimhilgendorf1 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:23:08 +0000

San Francisco and Paris are sister cities, and no wonder: each is a city of great beauty.

Each is a great city for walking and exploring.

In Paris, walking along the Seine, or wandering through the streets of the Left Bank, or exploring the Latin Quarter or Marais or other parts of this great city, there is always something new, something wonderful around each corner, new shops, lovely cafes, historic buildings and parks.

Arc de Triomphe

The same is true of San Francisco. Take a whole day and just walk. The city reminds one of Paris even. It is packed with wonderful cafes and restaurants, and walking along the streets all over the city, just as in Paris, you hear languages from around the world.

Each city is a magnet for tourists who want excitement and beauty.

San Francisco Cable Car

Beyond San Francisco is a wealth of diversity and beauty, in the lovely towns north of the City in Marin County, such as Sausalito and Tiburon and Larkspur; the world famous wine country of Napa and Sonoma counties, and dynamic Oakland and Berkeley, home to the University of California. Farther north is beautiful coastline and redwoods; while south is also stunning coastline and beaches and Monterey and Carmel.

Beyond Paris, of course, is all of France, a country filled with jewels of places, a world of medieval villages and castles and incomparable food and wine.

At The Matchmakers, our goal is to bring people to these two magical places and assist them in finding their dream home.

Our website is filled with information and videos about the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France. Take a look, and give us a call if you are interested in buying a beautiful home in the Bay Area or France, or are relocating your business to either of these areas.

We look forward to meeting you.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Company Relocation Tours San Francisco Bay Area

jimhilgendorf1 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:50:54 +0000

Company relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area? Private tours are available through The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France.

San Francisco is more than the City. It is the entire Bay Area, comprised of vastly different towns, cities and neighborhoods.

There is the beautiful wine country of Napa Valley; the East Bay, which includes Berkeley and Oakland; Marin County, just to the north of San Francisco, with its lovely small towns just a short distance across the Golden Gate Bridge; and Sonoma County, centering on Sonoma and Santa Rosa.

If you are relocating to this wonderful area, for either business or personal reasons, The Matchmakers can help introduce you through privately arranged tours, set up to meet your specific needs and interests. Tours start at $350 per day for 2-3 people.

We can also provide you with information on homes and real estate in the different areas, as well as information on neighborhoods, schools, medical facilities, universities, etc. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can. Service is our strong point.

On our website, you can check out some of our videos of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Give us a call, or drop an email. We look forward to meeting you and assisting you in your transition to our wonderful area.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Fairytale Medieval French Dordogne Chateau

jimhilgendorf1 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:55:52 +0000

This fairytale medieval castle, located in the heart of the beautiful Dordogne Valley in southwest France, has to be seen and experienced to be appreciated.

With approximately 10,000 square feet of habitable space, on 300 hectares of land and four kilometers of river frontage, the interior of the the chateau has been stripped of all decoration and is awaiting refurbishment by its new owner.

There are ten additional renovated cottages on the property.

Price available upon application.

Dordogne Medieval Chateau

The Dordogne Valley, east of Bordeaux, in southwest France, is one of the most beautiful areas of France. The video below, filmed by Jim Hilgendorf of The Matchmakers, will give you some of the flavor of this region.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France. Give us a call. We pride ourselves on great service.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers Real Estate

Mougins, Beautiful Villa on heights of Cannes

jimhilgendorf1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:03:50 +0000

This beautiful luxury villa in Mougins, France, is only a 15 minute drive from Cannes.

Villa in Mougins, France

Recently constructed, using quality materials, this contemporary home has panoramic views over the Bay of Cannes and the mountains of the Esteral.

Mougins, France, Contemporary Home

The home has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, a large lounge opening to the terrace and pool, teak decking, and a large double garage.

Offered at 3,500,000 Euros.

Mougins has been a magnet for celebrities, including Pablo Picasso, who spent the last 12 years of his life living there, Jean Cocteau, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Winston Churchill, Catherine Deneuve, and Edith Piaf, to name only a few. With its proximity to Cannes, Mougins is often the tourist destination for Hollywood stars during the Cannes Film Festival.

Mougins also has a strong culinary history, and annually hosts the International Gastronomy Festival of Mougins, or “Les Etoiles de Mougins”.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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San Francisco Neighborhoods: Hayes Valley

jimhilgendorf1 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:52:38 +0000

Hayes Valley, an exciting neighborhood in central San Francisco, is bordered on one side by the opera, symphony and arts district; and to the west by Alamo Square.

Hayes Valley boasts a real sense of community; and along the central commercial district on Hayes Street, you will find trendy boutiques, top-notch restaurants, and some hip night spots.

Single and multi-family Victorians make up much of the housing in this area.

Just west of the commercial district is Alamo Square, a lovely park overlooking San Francisco, famous for its views and its lineup of beautiful Victorian homes, called the “Painted Ladies”.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and in France. If you are relocating to the Bay Area, give us a call. We can help introduce you to the many different communities in this beautiful area. Visit our website for more videos.

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Provence St. Paul de Vence Maison de Vente

jimhilgendorf1 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:56:19 +0000

St. Paul de Vence is one of the jewels of the Cote d’Azur, or French Riviera.

Known as a haven of the famous, it was frequented by the likes of Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, and Marc Chagall.

This beautiful maison has panoramic views of the sea. Close to the village, it is conveniently close to St. Paul de Vence.

Villa, St. Paul de Vence, Provence

With 4 bedrooms and 4 baths, the villa is in excellent condition throughout.

Stone fireplace, high cathedral ceiling with exposed timber beams, swimming pool, and a fully-equipped Provencale kitchen. Two double bedrooms with en-suite bath/shower rooms. Upstairs master suite has fabulous views to the sea and to distant hills.

Offered at 1,785,000 Euros.

St. Paul de Vence Villa

For more information, contact The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.

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Lake Merritt Oakland & Montclair Neighborhood

jimhilgendorf1 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:59:25 +0000

Lake Merritt lies just east of downtown Oakland, and is a popular spot for jogging and walking and boating. The lake is surrounded by park lands and city neighborhoods.

In the heavily forested north Oakland hills, is the Montclair Village neighborhood. The Village center is surrounded by hilly, winding streets that are filled with lovely single-family homes.

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