The Enclave, Santa Clara By Silverstone

One of the nicer new developments in Santa Clara County is The Enclave, a single family home development near Lawrence Expressway and Pruneridge conveniently zoned in the Cupertino Union School district.   Homes are said to be priced in the low $1M range, with four beds and a 2 car garage in every floor plan.

If you are looking for efficient energy usage and care about your carbon footprint, these homes are worthy of investigating.  Each has a Rinnai tankless water heater that heats water only when needed, low 3 double paned windows, and an Energy Star Whirlpool stainless steel appliance package.

These homes are also perfect for Silicon-Valley geeks – as every room is prewired with cat 5e cabling for computer networks, and there are 4 phone lines running to each room.  Even the kitchen has a cable TV jack, so you can watch Silicon Valley Business or CNN while cooking dinner!

Although a bit pricey for this market, these homes are well-designed and ideally located near 280 and Lawrence Expressway for an easy commute.   Their Mediterranean styling is timeless, and not trendy – as is the tile kitchen countertops, as granite will undoubtably go out of fashion someday.