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Montclaire, Los Altos Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
South Los Altos between Foothill Expressway, Permanente Creek and St. Joseph Avenue: tracts recorded in 1951-53 on the old Granger Subdivision, quarter-acre lots and Cupertino Union schools.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Montclaire: Foothill Expwy, Permanente Creek and St. Joseph Ave (drawn along streets, the creek and lot lines). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Montclaire
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Montclaire from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Our sales in and near Montclaire
Since 2012 we’ve handled 1 sale inside the Montclaire outline that we can match to MLS records: 1 where we represented the buyer. The photos are our closest listings outside it, measured from its edge.
We also represented the buyer at 2080 Huntington Lane (May 2012).
the story
How Montclaire came to be
Montclaire starts with a 1915 map. The Granger Subdivision of the Bergin Ranch, recorded with the county in March 1915, laid out lots along Grant Road, Granger Avenue and Eva Avenue, and the house tracts here were later drawn on its numbered lots. Few houses went up before the tracts: in today's city parcel records, only four of the houses in this guide were built before 1950.
Then the lots were cut into house lots in about 16 months. The county's map books show Maryknoll Gardens (Tract 867) recorded in September 1951 on Lot 16 of the Granger Subdivision and replaced a month later by Montclaire Manor (Tract 923), with Montclaire Way, St. Joseph Road and Eva Avenue. Montclaire Manor Unit No. 2 (Tract 1037, Highland View Court) followed in August 1952, the Laver Subdivision (Laver Court) and Monte Verde Manor in September 1952, and Robin Hood Glen Units 1 and 2 (Crooked Creek Drive, Robin Hood Lane and Court, Wooded Glen Way and Saint Joseph Court) in December 1952. Saint Josephs Terrace (Capistrano Way) and Valley View Heights came in January 1953. On several of those maps, today's St. Joseph Avenue is still St. Joseph Road.
The tract name outlived the tract. The city's Montclaire Park and Cupertino Union's Montclaire Elementary sit side by side just across St. Joseph Avenue, and Montclaire Way still loops through the middle of the 1951 map. Permanente Creek on the west edge is more than scenery here: it is also where the school-district line runs, which is why these city streets are in Cupertino Union and Fremont Union while the blocks across the creek are not.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Granger Avenue leaves Foothill Expressway near Loyola Corners and runs southeast through the neighborhood, roughly parallel to the expressway. Eva Avenue runs from Granger southwest to St. Joseph Avenue, and Montclaire Way links Granger and Eva and continues southwest. Most of the rest is short streets and cul-de-sacs off those spines, many named for the tract they came from: Montclaire Court and Place, Laver Court, Highland View Court, Monte Verde Court and Capistrano Way, with Crooked Creek Drive, Robin Hood Lane, Nottingham Way and Huntington Lane in the Robin Hood Glen corner toward the creek. Sandalwood Lane, Knollwood Lane and Robles Ranch Road sit on the Woodland Acres side.
City parcel records give a clear picture of the housing stock. Of 308 houses with a recorded year, 168 were built in the 1950s and 73 in the 1960s; 23 date from 2000 or later. The median house has about 2,540 square feet, and about 29 percent have two or more floors. Every one of the 312 parcels is zoned R1-10 (the city's 10,000-square-foot single-family district), and none is in the R1-S single-story overlay, so the overlay's one-story limit does not apply; second stories go through the regular R1-10 standards and design review.
Lots are the steady part: the median is about 10,900 square feet, a quarter acre, and the middle half run from about 10,000 to 12,600 square feet. Expect original single-story houses from the early 1950s, many with additions, next to newer two-story houses where an older one was replaced. The guide also takes in the north side of St. Joseph Avenue and the short streets off its west end (Wooded Glen Way, Longden Circle, Madelaine Court), across from the Highlands.
streets in montclaire
- Granger Avenue
- Eva Avenue
- Montclaire Way
- Montclaire Court
- Montclaire Place
- Crooked Creek Drive
- Robin Hood Lane
- Robin Hood Court
- Nottingham Way
- Huntington Lane
- Laver Court
- Highland View Court
- Monte Verde Court
- Capistrano Way
- Arthur Court
- Larnel Place
- Sandalwood Lane
- Knollwood Lane
- Robles Ranch Road
- Wooded Glen Way
- Longden Circle
- Madelaine Court
- Saint Joseph Avenue
house sales by street, 2021–2026
| Street | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Typical lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinhood Lane | 4 | $4.44M | $1,669 | 12,140 sq ft |
| Granger Avenue | 3 | $4.4M | $1,479 | 11,430 sq ft |
| Crooked Creek Drive | 4 | $4.08M | $1,787 | 11,330 sq ft |
| Montclaire Way | 9 | $4.05M | $1,715 | 11,900 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 Los Altos & Los Altos Hills.
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Montclaire
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Montclaire Park
Just across St. Joseph Avenue next to Montclaire Elementary: about 1.1 acres with two lighted tennis courts, picnic tables, barbecue pits and a preschool play area. City court reservations are limited to residents and nonprofit groups.
- park
Marymeade Park
About half a mile (straight line) north, across Foothill Expressway on Fremont Avenue near Grant Road: 2.47 acres with three lighted tennis courts, a grass field, a playground, barbecue pits, picnic tables and restrooms.
- shopping
Loyola Corners
The small shopping district where Fremont Avenue, Miramonte Avenue and Loyola Drive meet Foothill Expressway is about 0.6 mile (straight line) northwest. See the Loyola Corners guide.
- landmark
Woodland Branch Library
The Santa Clara County Library District's Woodland Branch, 1975 Grant Road, is about half a mile (straight line) east, across Foothill Expressway.
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Permanente Creek
The creek runs along the west edge, behind the houses on the Robin Hood Glen side. Valley Water lists its Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project as completed in 2021, and FEMA updated the flood maps for the watershed in September 2024, so check the current map for houses closest to the creek.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
Montclaire is inside Los Altos city limits but not in the Los Altos School District. On the California Department of Education's 2025-26 district map, every house in this guide is in the Cupertino Union School District (TK-8) and the Fremont Union High School District. The line follows Permanente Creek: the houses just across the creek, on Lundy Lane and Shadow Creek Place, map to the Los Altos School District and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Cupertino Union's Montclaire Elementary is just across St. Joseph Avenue, next to Montclaire Park. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the districts.
Cupertino Union guide · Fremont Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Foothill Expressway forms the northeast edge and meets Granger Avenue; it runs northwest past Loyola Corners toward downtown Los Altos and southeast toward Grant Road and I-280.
- I-280: the interchange at Foothill Expressway and Grant Road is about 1.3 miles (straight line) southeast of the middle of the neighborhood.
- State Route 85 at Fremont Avenue is about 1.4 miles (straight line) east, by way of Fremont Avenue or Grant Road.
- Caltrain: there is no rail in Los Altos. Mountain View station is about 3.4 miles and Sunnyvale station about 3.7 miles away (straight line).
- Buses: check VTA's current route map for service on Grant Road and Foothill Expressway before counting on a line.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Montclaire: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the school district by exact address. The streets in this guide map to Cupertino Union and Fremont Union, but the line follows Permanente Creek, so a house across the creek can be in the Los Altos districts.
- All parcels here are zoned R1-10 and none is in the R1-S single-story overlay. If you plan a second story or a larger addition, check the city's current R1-10 setbacks, height and floor-area limits and its design-review process first.
- Check FEMA's current flood map, especially for houses near Permanente Creek; two parcel centers in this outline fall in a FEMA high-risk flood zone.
- Most houses date from 1951 to the 1960s. Ask about the electrical panel, original plumbing, the sewer lateral and the permit history for past additions; houses built before 1978 come with a federal lead-paint disclosure.
- For a second unit or a lot split, ask the city about its ADU rules and its SB 9 rules (Los Altos Municipal Code Chapter 14.64) for the specific lot.
Selling here
- State the school districts precisely (Cupertino Union and Fremont Union) and invite buyers to verify by address; a Los Altos address here does not mean the Los Altos School District.
- Lead with the lot: most lots here are about a quarter acre, and buyers compare them with the Highlands and Woodland Acres next door.
- Have permits and plans for past additions ready; with many 1950s houses enlarged over time, buyers will ask what was permitted.
- Measure and publish the real walking route to Montclaire Park and Montclaire Elementary across St. Joseph Avenue rather than a straight-line distance.
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faq
Montclaire questions, answered
Is Montclaire an official Los Altos neighborhood?
There is no city-registered neighborhood by that name. Montclaire Manor is a tract recorded in 1951, Montclaire Way runs through it, and the city's Montclaire Park and Cupertino Union's Montclaire Elementary carry the name just across St. Joseph Avenue. This guide uses it for the 1951-53 tracts between Foothill Expressway, Permanente Creek and St. Joseph Avenue.
Which school districts serve Montclaire?
Cupertino Union School District for TK-8 and Fremont Union High School District for grades 9-12, according to the state's 2025-26 district map. The line follows Permanente Creek, so check the exact address with the districts; boundaries change.
How big are the lots in Montclaire?
The median is about 10,900 square feet, a quarter acre, and the middle half of lots run from about 10,000 to 12,600 square feet. Every parcel is zoned R1-10.
When were the houses built?
Mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. City parcel records show a median year built of 1958, with about 55 percent of houses from the 1950s and about a quarter from the 1960s; 7 percent were built in 2000 or later.
Is Montclaire in a single-story overlay?
No. None of the parcels in this guide is in the city's R1-S single-story overlay, and about 29 percent of houses already have two or more floors. Check the current R1-10 height, floor-area and design-review rules with the city before planning.
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