102 Nelson Avenue, Mill Valley

Just SoldSycamore Park · Mill Valley

Mill Valley · May 2026

102 Nelson Ave

Mill Valley, CA 94941 · Sycamore Park

Beds

3

Baths

2

Sq Ft

1,516

Solar

Owned

$/Sq Ft

$1,583

Closed Sale Price

$2,400,000

May 12, 2026
Sycamore Park · Mill Valley
Mill Valley

In Sycamore Park — one of Mill Valley's most beloved and coveted neighborhoods, literally blocks from everything — a warm, one-level cottage with a vintage Wedgewood stove, a wood-burning fireplace, a lush backyard garden and deck, a detached outdoor studio, and owned solar panels. The neighborhood, the light, the life.

Sycamore Park is the Mill Valley neighborhood that residents describe with the particular reverence that comes from actually living there: a cluster of streets close to the heart of town where the houses sit back from the sidewalk, the light filters through mature trees, and daily life unfolds on foot. Nelson Avenue is exactly this — a residential street that is both supremely walkable and genuinely quiet, in the particular Mill Valley way of offering urban convenience and natural calm in the same address.

102 Nelson is a one-level home of 1,516 square feet that has been maintained with the attention of people who love where they live. Three bedrooms. Two bathrooms. A spacious living room with a wood-burning fireplace that anchors the social life of the home on cool Marin evenings. A charming kitchen with a coveted vintage Wedgewood stove — the kind of appliance that has outlasted generations of contemporary ranges and communicates the home's character before you've cooked a single meal.

The light-filled dining and family room off the kitchen flows directly to the backyard — a lush garden and deck designed for the relaxed outdoor living that Mill Valley's climate makes possible year-round. A gravel path leads to a detached outdoor shed that functions equally well as a creative studio, a home office with complete separation, or storage for the bikes and gear that this neighborhood demands.

The sustainability bonus: Owned solar panels — not leased — add genuine long-term value and meaningfully reduce monthly operating costs. Combined with the home's not-in-a-flood-zone, not-in-a-high-fire-zone status (per inspections), this is a property that carries comfortably on every practical dimension.

Closed at $2,400,000 — $1,583 per square foot — a decisive result for a home whose neighborhood deserves every dollar.

Location

Market Snapshot · 2026

Sycamore Park

Mill Valley's Most Beloved

Sycamore Park consistently ranks among Mill Valley's most sought-after residential pockets — the combination of walkability to downtown, school proximity, community character, and tree-canopied streets attracts buyers who research carefully and stay for decades.

Vintage Wedgewood Stove

Authentic Character

A vintage Wedgewood stove is the kind of appliance that mill valley buyers don't ask for in the abstract — but recognize immediately as the authentic detail that signals a home with genuine character rather than generic renovation.

$2.4M vs $1.895M List

26% Over Asking

A close at $2.4M on a $1.895M ask is a $505,000 over-asking result — a 26.5% premium that reflects both the scarcity of Sycamore Park inventory and the depth of buyer competition for one-level cottages with gardens and solar in this neighborhood.

Owned Solar

Long-Term Value

Owned solar panels — versus leased, which can complicate transactions — add genuine resale value and are increasingly a baseline expectation for Marin buyers in the $2M+ range who are thinking about long-term ownership.

A one-level Sycamore Park cottage — vintage Wedgewood stove, wood-burning fireplace, lush garden deck, detached studio, owned solar, three bedrooms — closed at $2,400,000, $505,000 over asking. The neighborhood everyone wants to live in delivered exactly the outcome that kind of demand produces.

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