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Sunny Brae, Santa Clara Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A 17-unit subdivision recorded from 1949 to 1962 between San Tomas Expressway and Scott Boulevard, El Camino Real to Homestead Road: one-story 1950s houses, Haman Elementary and Steve Carli Park.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Sunny Brae: the 17 recorded Sunny Brae units, San Tomas Expwy to Scott Blvd, El Camino Real to Homestead Rd (drawn along street centerlines). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Sunny Brae
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Sunny Brae from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Our sales in and near Sunny Brae
Since 2012 we’ve handled 1 sale inside the Sunny Brae outline that we can match to MLS records: 1 home we listed. The other photos are our closest listings outside it, measured from its edge.
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the story
How Sunny Brae came to be
Sunny Brae is a recorded subdivision name. The first map, Tract 624, was drawn in February and March 1949 and recorded with Santa Clara County on April 4, 1949: 60 lots on Sunset Drive and Blossom Drive, running north from Homestead Road. Sixteen more units followed, each with its own tract number, until Unit 17 (Tract 2846) was recorded in March 1962. The lot numbers run straight through the series, from lot 1 on the first map to lot 734 on the last, so the blocks between San Tomas Expressway and Scott Boulevard, from Homestead Road to El Camino Real, are one subdivision recorded in steps over 13 years.
The maps record what surrounded each step. The 1950 and 1951 units label the land to the north as property of the A. Block Fruit Co. Several units draw their west line along San Tomas Aquino Creek and call it the original corporate limit of the City of Santa Clara, and the 1959 map for Unit 15 sets aside a strip on that side for a future San Tomas Aquino Parkway, on the line where San Tomas Expressway runs today. The 1951 Unit 6 map marks the land east of Los Padres Boulevard as Santa Clara Elementary School District property, and the 1959 Unit 14 map labels it Haman School.
Two engineering offices drew the series. Edgar C. Schott, who also signed the maps as Santa Clara's City Engineer, prepared Units 1 through 7 between 1949 and 1952; Mission Engineers, an office on Lafayette Street in Santa Clara, prepared Units 8 through 17 from 1953 on. Small later maps filled gaps, such as Minnerly Gardens, 10 lots on the north side of Anna Drive recorded in 1959, and the townhome courts at the edges came decades after the houses.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The street plan is a grid of short drives. East of Los Padres Boulevard, Sunset, Blossom and Sunlite drives run north from Homestead Road to Benton Street, and Alice and Block drives continue north of Benton past Laurel, Dianne and Denise drives to Harrison Street. West of Los Padres, Maryann, Elizabeth, Madeline, Carolyn, Janice, Barbara and Rosalie run north-south, crossed by Arlene, Kay, Susan and Anna drives, with Patricia and Karen drives near Homestead Road. Benton Street and Los Padres Boulevard are the through streets; Homestead Road and El Camino Real are the edges.
The houses are almost all one story. In city parcel data, about 575 of the roughly 598 single-family parcels inside these lines are one-story and only about 20 are two-story; about three in four are recorded with three bedrooms and about one in six with four. Recorded build years run from 1949 into the mid-1960s, with the biggest group in the early 1950s and a median of about 1953, and almost no lots show a build year of 2000 or later, so most houses are the original structures. The maps set lots about 50 to 60 feet wide and 105 to 115 feet deep, and the median lot today is about 6,400 square feet.
The edges are more mixed. City zoning puts duplex (R2) lots on Harrison Street, Block Drive, Anna Drive and Alice Drive, small apartment (R3) buildings on Karen and Patricia drives and parts of Anna and Maryann drives, and planned-development townhome courts on Monty Circle, Diane Marie Way, Ruth Cabral Way, De Varona Place and Visconti Place, with recorded build years from 1979 (Monty Circle) to 2003 (Visconti Place). El Camino Real and Scott Boulevard carry commercial and mixed-use frontage.
streets in sunny brae
- Sunset Drive
- Blossom Drive
- Sunlite Drive
- Laurel Drive
- Alice Drive
- Block Drive
- Dianne Drive
- Denise Drive
- Harrison Street
- Benton Street
- Los Padres Boulevard
- Arlene Drive
- Madeline Lane
- Maryann Drive
- Elizabeth Drive
- Patricia Drive
- Karen Drive
- Kay Drive
- Carolyn Drive
- Janice Drive
- Susan Drive
- Barbara Drive
- Rosalie Drive
- Anna Drive
- Monty Circle
- Visconti Place
- De Varona Place
- Diane Marie Way
- Ruth Cabral Way
house sales by street, 2021–2026
| Street | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Typical lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Drive | 3 | $2.12M | $1,304 | 6,530 sq ft |
| Patricia Drive | 3 | $2M | $1,368 | 8,000 sq ft |
| De Varona Place | 6 | $1.89M | $942 | 3,830 sq ft |
| Sunlite Drive | 5 | $1.86M | $1,277 | 6,380 sq ft |
| Benton Street | 9 | $1.82M | $1,130 | 5,770 sq ft |
| Maryann Drive | 10 | $1.73M | $1,122 | 6,400 sq ft |
| Los Padres Boulevard | 9 | $1.73M | $1,074 | 6,900 sq ft |
| Kay Drive | 4 | $1.72M | $1,120 | 6,230 sq ft |
| Madeline Lane | 5 | $1.68M | $1,406 | 5,780 sq ft |
| Block Drive | 3 | $1.65M | $1,183 | 6,300 sq ft |
| Sunset Drive | 4 | $1.59M | $1,520 | 5,990 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 Santa Clara.
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Sunny Brae
- park
Steve Carli Park
1045 Los Padres Blvd., about 1.6 acres in the city's park layer, in the middle of the tract between Benton Street and Homestead Road.
- park
Central Park
909 Kiely Blvd., about 40 acres in the city's park layer, across San Tomas Expressway: about 0.3 mile from the Homestead Road corner and 0.7 mile from the middle of Sunny Brae (straight line).
- landmark
Haman Elementary
865 Los Padres Blvd., a Santa Clara Unified elementary school inside the neighborhood, on land the 1951 and 1959 tract maps already show as school property.
- shopping
El Camino Real frontage
The north edge is El Camino Real, with commercial and mixed-use zoning along it, and there is more commercial zoning on Scott Boulevard near Homestead Road.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
Every lot inside these lines is in the Santa Clara Unified School District on the California Department of Education's 2025-26 district map. Haman Elementary (865 Los Padres Blvd.) is inside the neighborhood, Central Park Elementary (2720 Sonoma Pl.) is about 0.7 mile west across San Tomas Expressway, and the district's campus at 1840 Benton St. (Wilson Alternative and adult education in the city's school data) is just east of Scott Boulevard (straight-line distances). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
Getting around
- Caltrain: the Santa Clara station at the Santa Clara Transit Center is about 1.3 miles from El Camino Real and Scott Boulevard and about 1.6 miles from the middle of Sunny Brae (straight line). Lawrence station, on the Sunnyvale side of the line, is about 2.4 miles northwest.
- VTA buses: Rapid 522 and Route 22 run on El Camino Real along the north edge, and Rapid 522 stops at El Camino and Scott. Route 53 runs on Homestead Road, Scott Boulevard and Benton Street to the Santa Clara Transit Center, with a stop at Homestead and Los Padres. Check VTA's current schedules.
- Driving: San Tomas Expressway runs along the west edge. I-880 is about 1.7 miles east and I-280 about 2.1 miles south of the middle of the neighborhood (straight line).
- Benton Street, Homestead Road and Los Padres Boulevard carry the through traffic; the interior drives are short local streets.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Sunny Brae: what we check
Buying here
- Pull permits for additions, garage conversions and second units. Most houses date from 1949 to the early 1960s and few lots have been rebuilt, so the permit history tells you more than the build year.
- For houses of this age, check the foundation, the original electrical panel and wiring, older plumbing and the sewer lateral. Homes built before 1978 come with a federal lead-based paint disclosure.
- Check the lot's zoning with the city. Most lots are single-family (R1-6L), but duplex (R2), apartment (R3) and planned-development parcels sit on some of the same streets, and ADU and SB 9 options depend on the zone.
- FEMA's current map puts all but one of the single-family lots in shaded Zone X (the 0.2-percent-annual-chance area); one lot near El Camino Real is in Zone AO, a high-risk zone. Confirm the zone for the exact address on FEMA's map.
- Lots backing onto San Tomas Expressway, El Camino Real or Homestead Road hear more traffic; visit at commute hours. The El Camino Real frontage is inside the city's El Camino Real specific-plan area, so ask the city what is planned along the corridor.
Selling here
- Give the tract and unit (Sunny Brae unit and tract number from the title report) so buyers and appraisers can compare like lots on the recorded maps.
- Have permits ready for additions and converted garages so the recorded square footage matches the house.
- State the lot size and zoning; on duplex-zoned lots, buyers will ask what else can be built.
- Publish real walking times to Haman Elementary, Steve Carli Park and the El Camino Real and Homestead Road bus stops rather than straight-line distances.
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faq
Sunny Brae questions, answered
Where is Sunny Brae in Santa Clara?
Between San Tomas Expressway and Scott Boulevard, from El Camino Real south to Homestead Road, with Benton Street and Los Padres Boulevard crossing the middle. Haman Elementary and Steve Carli Park are inside it.
Is Sunny Brae an official name?
It is the name on 17 recorded subdivision maps, Sunny Brae Units 1 to 17 (Tracts 624 through 2846), filed with Santa Clara County from 1949 to 1962. It is sometimes written Sunnybrae.
When were the homes in Sunny Brae built?
Mostly from 1949 to the early 1960s, following the unit maps. The median recorded build year is about 1953, and very few lots show a build year of 2000 or later.
Which school district serves Sunny Brae?
The Santa Clara Unified School District. Haman Elementary is inside the neighborhood on Los Padres Boulevard. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
How far is Caltrain from Sunny Brae?
The Santa Clara station at the Santa Clara Transit Center is about 1.3 to 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and VTA Route 53 on Homestead Road, Scott Boulevard and Benton Street runs to it.
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