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Jim Eldridge Of Mendo Sotheby's International Realty Represents Seller In Mendocino Single Family Sale For $3.1M
Single Family$503 PPSF6.2K sqf
Jim Eldridge
Real Estate Agent at Sotheby's International Realty
$3M
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About
Jim first visited Mendocino in 1984, while on a trip with his father to tour Stanford University in Palo Alto. They had flown out from Denver to visit Stanford as a possible college destination for Jim, and after the tour they took a side trip up the coast to visit an old college friend of his father’s, a nationally renowned sculptor named Wheatley Allen. That leg of the California trip was unforgettable — Jim still recalls seeing the village and Big River beach for the first time, and having fresh sourdough and cracked crab at the Allens' stunning farmhouse property in the redwoods. Jim's head was turned toward California, and in the end he was fortunate enough to attend Stanford, where he graduated with his B.A. in 1989. After college, California was permanently in Jim's blood, a condition most of us around here share. He lived in Santa Barbara for a number of years, and in the hills above Oakland, but few experiences were more gratifying than when Jim and his wife Jill bought their first home, in Mendocino. Since then they have extensively remodeled their 1800's farmhouse, built a custom wooden barn-style studio beside it, and have lovingly re-landscaped and reworked the... Read More
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