The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Canada, France, Mexico and Italy, has now taken their love affair with beautiful residential properties to an international audience on YouTube. Jim and Elizabeth Hilgendorf, the principals of The Matchmakers, and happily married for forty years, are the [...]
Beautiful homes and estates abound in this small unincorporated town in Marin County. The town, just north of San Francisco, and is bordered by Kentfield, Greenbrae, Larkspur and San Anselmo. Ross is mostly a residential community, with a small main street of stores. There are about 2400 people who live here. You can get some [...]
St. Helena, about twenty miles north of the city of Napa, is one of the great centers of the Napa Valley wine country. The town is small – about 6,000 inhabitants – with a lovely main street, stores, B & Bs, and ambience. About a half mile up the road is the famous Culinary Institute [...]
Belvedere real estate includes some of the highest priced homes and estates in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located across the Bay from San Francisco, many Belvedere properties have spectacular views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and other areas in the Bay Area. The median price for homes in Belvedere is over $5,000,000. [...]
Lovely Victorian homes and estates are close to downtown San Rafael, California, which is centered around the beautiful Mission San Rafael. The Matchmakers is an international real estate company specializing in beautiful homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Italy, and Mexico. The company is also a member of AREA – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This beautiful luxury villa in Mougins, France, is only a 15 minute drive from Cannes. Recently constructed, using quality materials, this contemporary home has panoramic views over the Bay of Cannes and the mountains of the Esteral. The home has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, a large lounge opening to the terrace and pool, teak decking, [...]
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 [...]
Oysters galore at the Oyster Bliss Festival in Berkeley, California! The southeast corner of Cedar St. and San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley is home to three outstanding businesses: Cafe Fanny, a small French cafe started by Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse, one of the most outstanding French restaurants in the world; Acme Bread, [...]