Land opportunity. Diagrams are conceptual, not a survey or approved plan.
Barron Park · Palo Alto · Teardown / Redevelopment Opportunity
4158 Baker Ave
The existing 1949 cottage is offered as a teardown. The opportunity is the rare regular 7,696 sf Barron Park lot and the development flexibility shown conceptually here.
7,696 sfLot
R-1Zoning
$3.395MAsking
3 pathsBuild strategy
The Land Thesis
Ask: $3,395,000
Why this lot matters
The existing 1949 cottage is best viewed as a teardown. The value is in the regular rectangular Barron Park lot, the clean R-1 planning envelope, and the ability for a builder or owner-user to control design, finish level, ADU strategy, and timing.
Planning envelope
Official Palo Alto lot size
7,696 sf
Base FAR
3,059 sf
Attached JADU base case
+500 sf
ADU/JADU combined bonus cap
800 sf total
Attached JADU~3,559 sfBase case: main home plus attached junior unit.
Detached ADU~3,859 sfIncome-oriented path with up to +800 sf detached ADU bonus.
Optional basement~5,493 sf+Maximum-envelope concept, buyer to verify feasibility.
Site-plan logic
Regular rectangular 7,696 sf lot creates a cleaner planning canvas.
Base home + attached JADU is the simple path; detached ADU and basement remain buyer-to-verify upside.
Diagram is conceptual only, for land-planning discussion, not an approved plan.
Development Scenarios
Path
Area
Current
3-Yr @ 4%
Attached JADU
~3,559 sf
$7.0M-$7.5M
$7.9M-$8.4M
Detached ADU
~3,859 sf
$7.2M-$7.9M
$8.1M-$8.9M
Optional basement
~5,493 sf+
$7.6M-$8.5M+
$8.5M-$9.6M+
Dream-Home Value Bridge
Land
Build
Carry
Basis
Upside
$3.4M
$2.2M
$123K
$5.723M
+$2.677M
$3.5M
$2.2M
$126K
$5.826M
+$2.574M
$3.6M
$2.2M
$130K
$5.930M
+$2.470M
Comparable Signals
Land floor + rebuild upside
How to read the comps
No single comp perfectly prices this property. The strongest approach is to separate land and redevelopment signals from finished-home upside: nearby land, list, and redevelopment references support the land basis, while new-construction sales show what the site can become.
Land / Redevelopment Signals
4055 Laguna Way$3.495MClosest same-neighborhood pending/list signal; larger 12,160 sf lot; not treated as a closed sale.
779 Garland Dr$3.56MSmaller 6,210 sf lot; adjacent Greenmeadow; expressway/school noise; useful smaller-lot sale signal.
3329 Ramona St$3.30MHigher-location small-lot signal; 6,250 sf lot; lower-weight reference, not a direct Barron Park floor.
Finished-Home Upside
545 Georgia Ave$6.5M~330 ft away; 2025 new build; 3,771 sf; approx. $1,724/sf.
575 Maybell Ave$5.55MCompact 6,000 sf lot with HOA; still achieved strong new-home pricing.
763 La Para Ave$7.428M2026 high-end new-build signal; 3,767 sf; approx. $1,972/sf.
852 La Para Ave$5.5MSmaller-lot high $/sf signal; 2,467 sf; approx. $2,229/sf.
4158 Baker Ave is best understood as a rare Barron Park land canvas: a regular 7,696 sf lot with buyer-controlled design, ADU strategy, and long-term redevelopment upside.