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Homestead & Heron, Sunnyvale Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A pocket of about 160 Sunnyvale houses south of Homestead Road, bordered by Cupertino on three sides: 1958-1962 single-story tracts on Heron Avenue, Lark Lane, Linnet Lane and short courts.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Homestead & Heron: the Sunnyvale pocket south of Homestead Rd, with Cupertino on three sides (drawn along the city line). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Homestead & Heron
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Homestead & Heron 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 (Homestead & Heron: the Sunnyvale pocket south of Homestead Rd, with Cupertino on three sides (drawn along the city line)); it may not match every local definition.
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Our sales in and near Homestead & Heron
Since 2012 we’ve handled 2 sales inside the Homestead & Heron outline that we can match to MLS records: 1 home we listed and 1 where we represented the buyer. The other photos are our closest listings outside it, measured from its edge.
We also represented the buyer at 820 E Homestead Road (Jun 2014).
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the story
How Homestead & Heron came to be
Sunnyvale's southern edge does not follow Homestead Road everywhere. Here the City's city-limit layer drops south of Homestead to take in a block of about 160 houses between Heron Avenue and Linnet Lane, with Cupertino on the other three sides. Every house is zoned R-0, low-density residential, and the City's parcel records put them all in the Ortega planning area.
The pocket was built as three tracts in about four years. The City's parcel layer lists Tract 1852 (about 55 houses, median year built 1958) next to Homestead Road, Tract 2300 (about 50 houses, 1959) in the middle, and Tract 2623 (about 48 houses, 1962) at the south end. The recorded names of these tracts are not in the County's online map index, which stops in the mid-1950s, and their builders are not confirmed here.
On the City's map of registered neighborhood associations, the pocket is part of the Ortega Park Neighborhood Association's area, which runs from here north across Homestead Road to Fremont Avenue. Our Ortega Park guide covers the blocks between Homestead Road and Dunholme Way; this guide covers the Sunnyvale houses south of Homestead.
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The streets and the houses
The street names pick up the bird theme from the Ortega Park blocks north of Homestead. Heron Avenue runs north-south through the west side and continues across Homestead Road; Lark Lane and Linnet Lane run parallel to it on the east. Killdeer Court and Kinglet Court are short courts, and a second set of names comes from Scotland and Ireland: Selkirk Place, Prestwick Court, Parnell Place and Shetland Place.
The City's parcel records describe a uniform stock: the median house is about 1,830 square feet on about 7,200 square feet of land, and three- and four-bedroom houses are about equally common. About a third of the houses (about 50) have two stories, and most of those carry 1960s build years in the records, concentrated on the 1962 streets at the south end: about 16 of 29 houses on Lark Lane and 17 of 25 on Shetland Place. Only a couple of houses have been rebuilt since 2000, and the parcel layer flags no Eichlers here.
Because the pocket is small and bounded by the city line, almost every street is local. Heron Avenue and Linnet Lane are the two streets that meet Homestead Road; Lark Lane and the short places and courts sit between them, and the south end stops at the Cupertino line.
streets in homestead & heron
- Heron Avenue
- Lark Lane
- Linnet Lane
- Shetland Place
- Killdeer Court
- Kinglet Court
- Parnell Place
- Prestwick Court
- Selkirk Place
- E. Homestead Road
house sales by street, 2021–2026
| Street | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Typical lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lark Lane | 3 | $2.83M | $1,535 | 6,600 sq ft |
| Linnet Lane | 10 | $2.62M | $1,358 | 6,600 sq ft |
| Heron Avenue | 5 | $2.53M | $1,333 | 7,880 sq ft |
Single-family house sales inside this guide’s outline, Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 21, 2026, from MLS records, with each sale counted once. Streets with at least 3 sales; prices, price per square foot and lots are medians. The whole city, ranked: The most expensive streets in Sunnyvale.
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Parks, shops and landmarks near Homestead & Heron
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Ortega Park
An 18.3-acre city park at 636 Harrow Way, about 0.6 mile north across Homestead Road (straight-line), with tennis and basketball courts and a reservable gazebo.
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Panama Park
A 5-acre city park at 755 Dartshire Way, about 0.9 mile north (straight-line).
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Homestead Road at Wolfe Road
Shopping centers sit along Homestead Road near Wolfe Road on the Cupertino side, just east of Linnet Lane.
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Flicker Way-Heron Avenue bike boulevard
The City's Active Transportation Plan map lists a bike-boulevard route from the East Channel Trail south along Flicker Way and Heron Avenue to Homestead Road, ending at this guide's north edge.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
The state's school-district map places this pocket in the Cupertino Union School District for kindergarten through eighth grade and the Fremont Union High School District for high school. The nearest public school in Sunnyvale is Cupertino Union's Stocklmeir Elementary at 592 Dunholme Way, about 0.8 mile north (straight-line). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district before you rely on a school assignment.
Cupertino Union guide · Fremont Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- VTA Route 55 and Rapid 523 stop at Homestead Road on Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road / De Anza Boulevard, about 0.8 mile west of the middle of the pocket (straight-line).
- I-280: the Wolfe Road interchange is about 0.85 mile south (straight-line); De Anza Boulevard reaches the freeway about 1.1 miles southwest.
- Caltrain: Lawrence station is about 2.7 miles northeast and the downtown Sunnyvale station about 3.1 miles north (straight-line).
- Biking: the Flicker Way-Heron Avenue bike boulevard (City Active Transportation Plan) runs north from Homestead Road at Heron Avenue toward the Ortega Park and Fairwood blocks.
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Buying or selling in Homestead & Heron: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the city. The pocket is Sunnyvale, but the houses across Linnet Lane, south of Lark Lane and west of Heron Avenue are in Cupertino; permits, utilities and city services change at that line.
- Confirm the school districts by exact address with Cupertino Union and Fremont Union, since attendance boundaries change.
- For the 1958-1962 houses, check the electrical panel, sewer lateral, roof and the permit history of any additions or second stories. Homes built before 1978 come with a federal lead-based paint disclosure.
- Planning a second story, an ADU or an SB 9 project on an R-0 lot of about 7,200 square feet? The parcel layer shows no single-story (S) district here, but ask the City's Planning Division what review applies at your address.
- Visit at different times if the house backs onto Homestead Road, an arterial with steady traffic toward Wolfe Road and De Anza Boulevard.
Selling here
- Make the city and school districts clear in the listing, since the pocket sits south of Homestead Road with Cupertino on three sides.
- With only about 160 houses and few rebuilds, buyers compare closely within the pocket; note the tract year (1958, 1959 or 1962) and whether a second story is original or added, with permits.
- Gather permits and finals for additions, remodels and any garage conversion.
- Point out the distances: Ortega Park about 0.6 mile, I-280 at Wolfe Road about 0.85 mile and the Homestead Road bus stops about 0.8 mile (all straight-line).
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faq
Homestead & Heron questions, answered
Is this part of Sunnyvale or Cupertino?
Sunnyvale. The City's city-limit layer takes in the houses between Heron Avenue and Linnet Lane south of Homestead Road. Cupertino surrounds the pocket on the east, south and west, so check the city for any address near the edge.
Which school districts serve these homes?
The state district map shows Cupertino Union School District for K-8 and Fremont Union High School District for high school. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
Is Homestead & Heron part of Ortega Park?
On the City's map of registered neighborhood associations, yes: the Ortega Park Neighborhood Association's area reaches south of Homestead Road to the city line. Our Ortega Park guide covers the blocks north of Homestead; this guide covers the pocket south of it.
When were the houses built?
In three tracts from about 1958 to 1962, per the City's parcel records. The median year built is 1959, and only about 1% of the houses were built in 2000 or later.
How big are the lots?
About 7,200 square feet at the median in the City's parcel records, on R-0 low-density zoning.
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