Tiburon Hillside Estate

The Residence

This is a two-story home, but its main living level sits on one continuous floor. On a Tiburon hillside, such an arrangement is uncommon at this scale. A view home of this size is usually a split-level whose living space is broken into staggered half-levels joined by short flights of stairs. The main house measures approximately 7,489 square feet, and reaches roughly 8,270 square feet counting the detached guest house and additional interior office space. It holds 9 bedrooms and 7 baths (6 full, 1 half), with 4 fireplaces set across the principal rooms. Two additional bedrooms sit on the lower level. The floor plan includes multiple flexible rooms well suited to a home office or remote work. Built in 1968, the residence was renovated in 2023, so the interiors read as current while the setting stays established. For all its scale, it is a single-family residence - one home under one roof rather than a subdivided compound.

The View

The Golden Gate Bridge stands directly in the window of the principal living rooms. The wider view takes in the San Francisco skyline, Mount Tamalpais, Sausalito, and the Bay. The house sits high on the hillside; nothing built below interrupts the water view. These views are held from the rooms themselves, not from a single deck or a lone window. Morning fog, afternoon light, and the evening skyline each read differently from the same rooms. The separate guest house keeps its own unobstructed view of the Golden Gate. It is a protected sightline that the adjacent open-space parcel is positioned to help preserve.

The Grounds

The property spans approximately 1.69 acres across two level parcels under common ownership: the residence and gardens sit on one, and an adjacent view parcel carries the pool, spa, and protected open space. The pool and spa, the tennis court (also suited for casual pickleball), the gardens, and a six-car garage with additional parking all rest on flat, usable land rather than a terraced slope, which is uncommon on a Tiburon hillside. The pool house holds a kitchenette and a full bathroom. Everything sits behind a private gate.

The Setting

Tiburon sits on a slender peninsula that extends south into San Francisco Bay, with water stretching in three directions and Angel Island just offshore. Downtown is a waterfront village along Main Street, anchored by Ark Row, a short line of Victorian-era arks: floating houseboats hauled ashore generations ago and made into shops and cottages. It stands among the most sought-after communities in the country.

The area sits in the Reed Union School District (K-8) with a top-rated public high school. The Golden Gate Ferry reaches the San Francisco Ferry Building in about 30 minutes, a commute taken by boat rather than by freeway. Trails and protected open space give the peninsula its green character. Ring Mountain rises above the quaint town offering beautiful views across the Bay. It is home to the Tiburon Mariposa Lily, a wildflower that grows nowhere else on Earth.