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Seven Springs, Cupertino Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A late-1980s planned community at Cupertino's south edge, built on the lower flats of the 1866 Seven Springs Ranch: about 390 two-story homes on spring-named courts below Fremont Older Preserve.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Seven Springs: Rainbow Dr to Prospect Rd, west of Stelling Rd (HOA area outline). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Seven Springs
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Seven Springs 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 (Seven Springs: Rainbow Dr to Prospect Rd, west of Stelling Rd (HOA area outline)); it may not match every local definition.
the story
How Seven Springs came to be
The name is not marketing: there really were seven springs. According to a draft National Register nomination prepared for the property, pioneer John P. Bubb settled 40 acres here in 1866, ran cattle and built a house and barn, and the ranch took its name from seven springs that fed it from the Santa Cruz Mountains.
In 1922 William A. Radford of Chicago bought the ranch and ran it as an experimental farm tied to his farming publications, growing it to about 265 acres. Buyers from Kansas City took it over in 1937, and their descendants still keep the core of it as a horse ranch. After 1976 the ranch shrank back toward its original size. Its hillsides were sold to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, the district's first acquisition and now part of Fremont Older Open Space Preserve, and the lower flats were sold for housing.
Cupertino annexed the area in April 1983 ('Seven Springs 80-17' in the city's annexation records), and county records date nearly all of the houses to 1985-1990. The tract is zoned as a planned development, P(Res), and the city lists a homeowners association for it. About 37 acres of the ranch survive at the west edge, with buildings that the nomination dates from the Bubb era through a 1964 expansion; the ranch is private and not open to the public.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The plan is two spines and a lot of cul-de-sacs. Seven Springs Parkway runs from Stelling Road south to Prospect Road, Seven Springs Drive loops west from Rainbow Drive, and most homes sit on short courts named for springs: Shasta, Trinity, Placer, Sierra, Oak, Cedar, Timber, Olive, Vineyard, Orchard, Walnut, Raintree, Morning and Evening Spring courts, among others. Pine Brook Court and Lane, Ridge Creek, Westshore, Southshore, Woodhill and Bridge Park courts, and Stauffer Lane round out the map.
Nearly every house is a two-story detached home from the late 1980s on a small lot, typically 4,000 to 5,000 square feet, with landscaped common areas between and around the courts. OpenStreetMap shows private pools, tennis courts and a playground in those common areas; the HOA's documents spell out what members get and what it costs.
Because the tract is a planned development, its original planned-development approval and the HOA's architectural rules, not just the standard R1 tables, shape what you can change. The western courts back up to the ranch fields and the preserve's oak hills, which is also where the city's maps put most of the fault-rupture and wildland-interface parcels noted below.
streets in seven springs
- Seven Springs Parkway
- Seven Springs Drive
- Seven Springs Lane
- Shasta Spring Court
- Trinity Spring Court
- Placer Spring Court
- Sierra Spring Court
- Oak Spring Court
- Cedar Spring Court
- Timber Spring Court
- Olive Spring Court
- Vineyard Spring Court
- Orchard Spring Court
- Pine Brook Court
- Pine Brook Lane
- Ridge Creek Court
- Westshore Court
- Southshore Court
- Woodhill Court
- Bridge Park Court
- Stauffer Lane
- Dorothy Anne Way
- Rainbow Drive
- South Stelling Road
- Prospect Road
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Seven Springs
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Fremont Older Open Space Preserve
739 acres of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District land on the hills south and west of the tract. The 2.5-mile Seven Springs Loop climbs through hayfields and oaks, with a side trip to Hunters Point, a 900-foot hilltop; the official parking area (21 spaces) is off Prospect Road. Dogs on leash and bikes on designated trails only; open from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset.
- park
Hoover Park
A 5-acre city park at Leeds Avenue and Donegal Drive, about 0.4 mile east (straight line), built in 1987, with two sports fields, two playgrounds, a basketball hoop and picnic areas.
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Three Oaks Park
3.1 acres on Shadowhill Lane, about half a mile northeast (straight line), with playgrounds, picnic areas, lawn and the big oaks it is named for.
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Seven Springs Fire Station
Santa Clara County Fire Department Station 72 at 21000 Seven Springs Parkway, a 1992 station at the tract's east entrance that houses an engine and the county fire department's hazardous materials unit.
- shopping
McClellan Road and De Anza Boulevard
The nearest Cupertino shopping centers, De Anza Plaza and McClellan Square, are about 1.4 miles north (straight line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Seven Springs is in the Cupertino Union School District (K-8) and the Fremont Union High School District, according to Census school-district maps. No public school sits inside the tract. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district before relying on a school assignment.
Cupertino Union guide · Fremont Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Highway 85's De Anza Boulevard interchange is about 0.7 mile northeast of the middle of the tract (straight line).
- Stelling Road, Rainbow Drive and Prospect Road are the ways in and out; Prospect Road continues west to the Fremont Older parking area.
- The nearest VTA local route is Route 51 on De Anza Boulevard, about 0.7 mile east (straight line). Check VTA for current schedules.
- Sunnyvale Caltrain station is about 5.7 miles north (straight line).
- OpenStreetMap shows the preserve's Seven Springs Loop Trail running up to the tract's southwest corner; check the open space district's map for public access points before you set off.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Seven Springs: what we check
Buying here
- Read the full HOA package: CC&Rs, architectural guidelines, budget, reserve study, recent minutes, and what the common areas (pools, courts, landscaping) cost to run.
- Planned-development zoning (P(Res)) means the original approval sets setbacks, heights and what additions are possible. Ask the city's Planning Division for the planned-development file before you plan changes, and get HOA architectural approval too.
- Geology: the city's geologic hazard map puts about 95 of the tract's parcels, mostly in the western half of the tract (Pine Brook, Timber Spring, Vineyard Spring, Woodhill and nearby courts), in a fault-rupture zone. Check the parcel, read the natural hazard disclosure and ask for any geotechnical reports.
- Wildfire: about 50 parcels at the preserve edge are in the city's moderate wildland-urban interface area. Ask about defensible-space work and get insurance quotes early.
- Late-1980s houses are now coming up on their second roofs, furnaces, water heaters and windows. Ask which have been replaced, and what plumbing and electrical updates have been done.
Selling here
- Order the HOA documents and the resale disclosure package as soon as you decide to sell; they take time and buyers will ask for them first.
- Disclose the fault-rupture and wildland-interface mapping up front, with any geotechnical, roof and defensible-space paperwork you have.
- List what has been updated since 1985-90: roof, HVAC, windows, water heater, kitchen and baths, with dates and permits.
- Describe the location in facts: the preserve trails, Hoover Park and Highway 85 distances, the common-area amenities your HOA actually includes.
nerd noteCommissions are always negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what's included.
faq
Seven Springs questions, answered
Is Seven Springs Ranch still there?
Yes. About 37 acres of the ranch, with buildings dating back to the 1866 Bubb era, survive at the west edge of the neighborhood. It is privately owned by descendants of the 1937 buyers and is not open to the public.
Is there an HOA in Seven Springs?
Yes. The City of Cupertino lists a homeowners association for the tract, and the homes share common areas. Read the CC&Rs, budget and reserve study before you buy.
When were the homes built?
County records date nearly all of them to 1985-1990, with a median build year of 1989, after Cupertino annexed the former ranch flats in 1983.
How close is the open space?
Very. Fremont Older Open Space Preserve, 739 acres of hills that were once part of the ranch, borders the tract on the south and west, and the Seven Springs Loop Trail passes close to the tract's southwest corner.
Can I add on to a Seven Springs home?
It depends on the planned-development approval for the tract and the HOA's architectural rules, plus any fault-zone review for your parcel. Check with the city's Planning Division and the HOA before you design anything.
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