Fremont: I Choo-Choo-Choose You

3524 Monmouth, Fremont, CA 94538 is the classic 1950s tract home. I tried to feel the excitement this house must have generated back then but alas, it felt like just a simple home that one would want as a starter. Nothing unique really except…the sounds of an iron horse every day. Yes, active railroad tracks (can you spell that without any R?) exist several hundred feet to the left of the house. Local folks say you get used to it, maybe even plan your day around it. The tracks will be relocated in the next year or two but only several feet further away. Can that row of tall trees behind the house buffer the clickety-clack? You judge. You might want to find the train schedule and plan a visit to the house when the train is going to run there. The good news is there are no neighbors off the backyard. And talk about nearby schools, if you have elementary school-age kids you can literally throw them over the backyard fence and they land in the Grimmer Elementary School playground! Priced at $614,995 (was $629,000) this 3-bedroom, 2-bath home will most definitely grow in value. (Can you imagine what it cost new in 1958?) Air-conditioning for the 1375 sq. ft. living space along with additional space to park an RV or boat is an added bonus to this 7125 sq. ft. lot. It’s close to Pacific Commons Shopping Center. and not far from the proposed new baseball stadium.

GPS coordinates: N 37 31 290 / W 121 57 025