Basking Ridge & Shady Oaks, San Jose Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide

Coyote Creek runs down the west side of this guide, and the county's Coyote Creek Parkway follows it from Hellyer County Park, which touches the north end, south toward Metcalf Rd. The older houses are along Coyote Rd on the creek's east bank: city sewer records date Pebbletree Way, Hassinger Rd, Northgate Dr, Broderick Dr, Crosslees Dr, Tigerwood Way and Fontanelle Dr to about 1972-1980. City annexation records show most of this land joining San Jose in 1964. The city's association map lists the Coyote Creek and Basking Ridge neighborhood associations.

City sewer records date the business-park streets on Hellyer Ave, Silver Creek Valley Rd, Rue Ferrari and Silicon Valley Blvd to about 1986; the city's Growth Areas map calls this land the New Edenvale employment area. Basking Ridge came next on the slope to the south: a 1995 annexation and city sewer records date Chelsea Crossing, Promenade Ln, Danna Ct and Knollcrest Ave to about 1995-1997, Basking Ridge Ave and Alyssa Dr to about 2001, Piercy Rd to about 2004 and the hilltop streets (Longhill Way, Windcliff Ln, Goldenspur Lp, Crestridge Ct, Long Valley Ter) to about 2006.

Schoolhouse Rd, where Ledesma Elementary sits, dates to about 2013 in sewer records, and new streets have kept arriving at the north end (the Century streets off Hassinger Rd about 2016, Scarlett Way about 2019). About 62% of the area, mostly the open hillside, is outside the Urban Growth Boundary, and about a third of the land is zoned open space.