Living in San Mateo County

Rebecca Williamson

Central Park San Mateo

San Mateo’s Central Park Central Park in San Mateo has something for everyone. Picnic grounds, playground, train, baseball/softball field, Japanese Tea Garden, Arboretum Society and tennis courts are just some of the amenities you’ll find. Where is Central Park? Central Park is bordered by 5th Ave and 9th Ave and Laurel Ave and El Camino [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Low Interest Financing for Environmental Improvements

Low Interest Financing Environmental Improvements Solar Panels San Mateo Homes San Mateo County joins 14 other counties in approving a pilot program to allow San Mateo County home owners to get low interest funding for environmental improvement projects on their homes. Costs of Environmental Improvements Stopped You from Improving your Home? Many San Mateo home [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Cost of San Mateo Home Ownership Will Soon Decrease

Flood Insurance Required for Homes in FEMA Flood Zones When a home is in a FEMA designated “Flood Zone” home owners who have a mortgage loan are required to purchase flood insurance, which can be pretty expensive. But, if you can’t afford to pay cash for the house, it is the only way the lender [...]

Rebecca Williamson

San Mateo Village Sewer Lateral Repair Program for Healthy Homes

The City of San Mateo has a great new program to assist single family homeowners in San Mateo Village in repairing deteriorated sewer laterals. Why San Mateo Village? The City of San Mateo was recently fined $750,000 from Regional Water Quality Control for sewage run off problems. Regional Water Quality Control gave San Mateo a [...]

Chela Stoklosa

Hallmark Belmont Homeowners Association Meeting

January 2010 Meeting Minutes Lt Daly from the Belmont Police Department joined our meeting and gave an update on the Al Korn murder case. Tyer Hutchinson is now in San Mateo County Jail and is expected to be arraigned on Thursday Jan 21st. Hallmark Traffic Study Update Lt Daly also updated us on the traffic [...]