Blog > Homes With RV Parking or a 3-Car Garage in Silicon Valley (2026)
Room for an RV, a boat or a third car is hard to find in Silicon Valley, where the typical house sits on a lot of about 6,490 sq ft. How many houses here sell with RV or boat parking, or with a garage for three or more cars, and what do they cost? From the listing descriptions of all 21,740 houses sold in 31 Silicon Valley cities in the two years to October 27, 2026, 514 mentioned RV, boat or trailer parking and 1,097 a garage for three or more cars.
The short answer
- RV or boat parking: median $1.73M, median lot 7,700 sq ft (all houses: 6,490 sq ft); about the same per square foot as the typical house in the same city; 59% sold over asking.
- Three-car garage or bigger: median $2.8M, median 2,980 sq ft, median lot 11,650 sq ft; 7% less per square foot than the typical house; 52% sold over asking.
- Most RV-parking sales: San Jose (277), Gilroy (41), Morgan Hill (39), Santa Clara (29) and Campbell (21).
- Most three-car-garage sales: San Jose (346), Morgan Hill (142), Gilroy (124), Saratoga (60) and Los Gatos (56).
Next steps
- Search homes for sale, then use Save Search to get new listings by email.
- What’s my home worth? A starting estimate, then a real one from a Property Nerd.
- Talk to a Property Nerd about what you’re weighing.
City by city
Cities with at least 5 sales of either. Each cell shows the number of sales, the share of the city’s house sales and, where there are at least 10, price per square foot against the typical house in that city.
| City | House sales | RV or boat parking | 3+ car garage | Median lot, all houses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 7,715 | 277 · 4% · 1% less | 346 · 4% · 7% less | 6,240 sq ft |
| San Mateo | 1,009 | 10 · 1% · 7% less | 30 · 3% · 5% less | 5,900 sq ft |
| Sunnyvale | 980 | 11 · 1% · 4% more | 14 · 1% · 6% less | 6,320 sq ft |
| Redwood City | 931 | 16 · 2% · 19% less | 32 · 3% · 15% less | 6,500 sq ft |
| Santa Clara | 840 | 29 · 3% · 2% more | 5 · 1% | 6,000 sq ft |
| Palo Alto | 776 | 0 | 10 · 1% · 10% less | 7,130 sq ft |
| Los Gatos | 744 | 21 · 3% · 23% less | 56 · 8% · 19% less | 11,430 sq ft |
| Gilroy | 714 | 41 · 6% · 9% more | 124 · 17% · 5% less | 7,000 sq ft |
| Morgan Hill | 689 | 39 · 6% · 13% more | 142 · 21% · 5% less | 8,630 sq ft |
| Daly City | 639 | 2 · under 1% | 5 · 1% | 3,400 sq ft |
| Menlo Park | 551 | 1 · under 1% | 11 · 2% · 21% less | 6,790 sq ft |
| Los Altos | 549 | 3 · 1% | 26 · 5% · 8% less | 11,310 sq ft |
| Mountain View | 478 | 2 · under 1% | 13 · 3% · 3% less | 6,120 sq ft |
| San Carlos | 474 | 6 · 1% | 18 · 4% · 18% less | 6,500 sq ft |
| Saratoga | 460 | 6 · 1% | 60 · 13% · 6% less | 13,770 sq ft |
| South San Francisco | 434 | 3 · 1% | 5 · 1% | 4,640 sq ft |
| Cupertino | 417 | 4 · 1% | 25 · 6% · 19% less | 7,490 sq ft |
| Campbell | 399 | 21 · 5% · 5% more | 5 · 1% | 6,880 sq ft |
| San Bruno | 385 | 6 · 2% | 4 · 1% | 5,010 sq ft |
| Milpitas | 374 | 7 · 2% | 17 · 5% · 4% less | 5,920 sq ft |
| Belmont | 335 | 2 · 1% | 6 · 2% | 6,650 sq ft |
| Hillsborough | 231 | 0 | 50 · 22% · 11% less | 23,960 sq ft |
| Los Altos Hills | 192 | 1 · 1% | 33 · 17% · about the same | 1.1 acres |
| Portola Valley | 145 | 0 | 6 · 4% | 1 acre |
| Atherton | 142 | 0 | 17 · 12% · 11% less | 1 acre |
| Woodside | 142 | 1 · 1% | 15 · 11% · 5% less | 1.2 acres |
| Monte Sereno | 78 | 1 · 1% | 15 · 19% · 5% less | 21,990 sq ft |
Before you buy for the RV
- Check the city’s parking rules. Many cities limit where an RV, boat or trailer can be kept: on the street, in a front driveway, or only in a side or back yard behind a fence. The rules differ city by city, so read the municipal code or ask the city before you write an offer.
- Check any HOA rules (CC&Rs), which can be stricter than the city’s.
- Measure the gate opening, the side yard, the turn from the street, and the clearance under trees and wires.
- Three-car garages can be side by side or tandem (one car behind another); some have been converted to living space, so check the permits.
How we counted
Closed sales of houses (MLS property type “single family home”) between October 28, 2024 and October 27, 2026 in 31 cities of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, reported to the MLS and read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with repeat records from different feeds removed (normalized address plus sale date). A house counts when its listing description says so, so the true number is higher than shown. Price per square foot uses sales with 400 sq ft or more; “vs. its city” compares each sale’s price per square foot with the median for all houses in its own city (cities with at least 30 such sales). Past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.
Go deeper
See typical lot sizes neighborhood by neighborhood on Lot Size by Neighborhood and what land adds to a price in Lot Value Lab. More from the same sales: what Silicon Valley buyers pay more for (every feature ranked), single-story homes, homes with an ADU, with a pool and with a view.
Need room for the RV, the boat or the third car?
A Property Nerd will pull the recent sales closest to the home you’re weighing and show you what buyers paid. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.