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A 106-lot planned community from 1977 at the northwest corner of Homestead Road and De Anza Boulevard, on the Cupertino side of the Sunnyvale line north of Homestead Road.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Cupertino Gardens: the recorded tracts at the northwest corner of Homestead Rd and De Anza Blvd. Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Cupertino Gardens
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Cupertino Gardens from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Cupertino Gardens: the recorded tracts at the northwest corner of Homestead Rd and De Anza Blvd); it may not match every local definition.
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None of our sales since 2012 that we can match to MLS records sit inside the Cupertino Gardens outline, so these are our closest listings, measured from its edge.
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How Cupertino Gardens came to be
Cupertino Gardens is a recorded name. The County Surveyor's map index lists Tract 5919, Cupertino Gardens, and Tract 6059, Cupertino Gardens Unit No. 2, and the two maps together hold all 106 lots. Both were drawn by Civil & Construction Consultants, Inc. of San Jose for an owner called Cupertino Gardens Patio Homes, a limited partnership. The first, surveyed in September 1976, was recorded on December 2, 1976 with Lots 1 through 47 and a common lot. Unit No. 2, dated April 1977 and approved by the Cupertino City Council on August 16, 1977, was recorded on September 29, 1977 with Lots 49 through 107 and its own common lot.
The maps set out how the community works. Streets, drives and courts inside the tract are private, and the common lots are reserved for the lot owners and their visitors for recreation, utilities, drainage and access. The only street land offered to the public was the strip of Homestead Road and De Anza Boulevard along the first map's edge. The city's parcel data dates every lot to 1977 and flags all of them as part of a homeowners association.
This corner sits inside Cupertino's original 1955 city boundary, according to the city's annexation layer, even though it is north of Homestead Road, which is the city line east of the corner. The city's parcel data gives its General Plan designation as Medium Density residential (10-20 units an acre) and places it in the city's Homestead Road special area.
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The streets and the houses
Six private streets serve the lots: Cedarbrook Terrace, Firethorne Drive, Flowering Pear Drive, Shady Oak Lane, Mapletree Place and Holly Tree Lane. Cedarbrook Terrace and Firethorne Drive have the most lots in city address data.
Lots are small and even: the median in the city's parcel layer is about 1,740 sq ft, with the middle 80 percent between about 1,660 and 2,330 sq ft. Listing records describe the homes as townhouses built in 1977, and the owner's name on the maps, Cupertino Gardens Patio Homes, points the same way. No lot shows a year built other than 1977, so there are no rebuilds in the data.
FEMA's flood map puts no lot center here in a Special Flood Hazard Area; the city's parcel layer lists the tract in the 0.2 percent annual chance area (shaded Zone X). CAL FIRE's 2025 maps show no Fire Hazard Severity Zone touching any lot.
streets in cupertino gardens
- Cedarbrook Terrace
- Firethorne Drive
- Flowering Pear Drive
- Shady Oak Lane
- Mapletree Place
- Holly Tree Lane
- Homestead Road
- De Anza Boulevard
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Cupertino Gardens
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Franco Park
A 0.84-acre city park at 10981 Franco Court with a playground and picnic tables in the city's park inventory, about 0.2 mile (straight-line) south across Homestead Road.
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Common lots
Each recorded map sets aside a common lot for the owners' recreation, utilities and access; check with the association for what is on it and the rules for its use.
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Homestead Road and De Anza Boulevard
The tract sits at this corner, where De Anza Boulevard becomes Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road heading north into Sunnyvale.
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Stevens Creek Boulevard
The city's Heart of the City special area along Stevens Creek Boulevard is about 1.1 miles (straight-line) south down De Anza Boulevard.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
The California Department of Education's 2025-26 district map places Cupertino Gardens in the Cupertino Union School District (K-8) and the Fremont Union High School District, at every lot sampled. No school is inside the tract. Attendance areas and district lines change, so check the exact address with the districts before relying on a school assignment.
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Getting around
- VTA Route 55 (De Anza College to Old Ironsides Station) stops at Sunnyvale-Saratoga and Homestead and at De Anza and Homestead, at the southeast corner.
- VTA Rapid 523 (north Sunnyvale to downtown San Jose) also stops at Homestead and Sunnyvale-Saratoga.
- I-280 at De Anza Boulevard is about 0.4 mile (straight-line) south.
- Sunnyvale Caltrain is about 2.8 miles (straight-line) north, up Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road.
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Buying or selling in Cupertino Gardens: what we check
Buying here
- Read the association documents: CC&Rs, budget, reserve study, insurance and any planned special assessments, and check current dues.
- The streets are private and the common lots are held for the lot owners, so paving, lighting and shared utilities are association costs. Ask what the reserve study plans for them.
- Every lot dates to 1977. Ask for permit and association approval records on any updates, and check which parts of the building the association maintains.
- The tract fronts a major intersection. Visit the specific home at different times of day if traffic sound matters to you.
- Lots are small (median about 1,740 sq ft), so ADU or SB 9 options are limited; any change needs both association and city review.
Selling here
- Have the association documents, budget, reserve study and recent minutes ready early.
- State which street the home is on and what it backs onto: the common lot, the Sunnyvale line or the Homestead Road edge.
- Document updates with permits and association approvals, since every home started from the same 1977 build.
- Name the recorded tract (Cupertino Gardens or Unit No. 2) in disclosures so buyers can pull the right map.
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faq
Cupertino Gardens questions, answered
Is Cupertino Gardens in Cupertino or Sunnyvale?
Cupertino. The Sunnyvale city line runs along its north side.
Is Cupertino Gardens an official name?
Yes. It is the recorded name of Tract 5919, Cupertino Gardens (1976), and Tract 6059, Cupertino Gardens Unit No. 2 (1977).
Are the homes detached houses?
Listing records describe them as townhouses. City data counts 106 individual lots zoned for single-family cluster development, about 1,740 sq ft each at the median, on private streets with common lots.
Which school districts serve Cupertino Gardens?
The Cupertino Union School District for K-8 and the Fremont Union High School District, per the state's 2025-26 district map. Check the exact address with the districts, since attendance areas change.
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