Horses Were THE Real Deal For East Bay Real Estate In The 70’s

In the early 1970’s Contra Costa had 40,000 horses and lots of horse property choices.
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Horses were THE deal in the East Bay in the early 70’s, however today there are very few property choices left for the East Bay equestrian community. In the early 1970’s Contra Costa County had the highest number of horses per capita! In Danville the main retail store was Flanigan’s Tack Store. It is now Two Left Feet dance studio. The Rising Loafer breakfast and lunch spot on Hartz Avenue was the fire station. Primo’s Pizza on the corner of Diablo Road and Hartz Avenue was the gas station. Beverages & More on Diablo Road was Diablo Foods Market and they still had hitching posts for those who wanted to ride their horses downtown for shopping. Time has obviously changed the landscape of the East Bay. One of those changes is very few horses are left..When I first arrived in the East Bay I purchased two horses, in spite of being a surfer kid in Southern California up until 1970. So, I still have a lot of horse friends in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of them called us up and asked us we would represent them in the sale of their equestrian estate – for $3.7 million! We obviously said YES!
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What an amazing jewel of a horse ranch this is; 26 acres adjoining Mt. Diablo State Park – which has over 175 miles of riding trails. It is an old farm house that has had four months of completely remodeling it in order to bring it up to the standards of what amenities one would expect in 2007. It is a breathtaking redo. It has 3,400 square feet, 4-bedrooms, 3.5-baths, a bonus room and an office/loft, all right in the middle of an old English garden. In addition, there are two barns and a horse paddock.

(There is even a chicken coop that has had up to 30 hens laying eggs every day.) Plus, there are five fenced pastures, an arena, and fenced pasture right in front of the farm house. Again, this is a jewel that has not surfaced for 30+ years in the East Bay. It is called Cricket Hill Farm. Let me know if there are other equestrian property jewels that you want others to know about by leaving a comment. I will make sure I mention them on this blog site.

If you are a horse person and you want one of the equestrian jewels of the East Bay give me a buzz. Until next time…

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