44-48 Shannon Court, Novato, California, Marin County, 94949

Side by side townhouse style duplexes, each with a 2-car garage and private laundry room. 3 Bed/2+ Bath (1,775 square feet) on the right and 2 Bed/1.25 Bath (1,300 square feet) on the left. Large hillside swimming pool for the owner's unit or to be shared by both. Ideal for an owner occupant or continue as a quality rental property.

There are about 25 duplexes that comprise the Sunset Hills area of Ignacio. They were built in the 1970's. There are one or two floorplans along Merritt Drive and then very nice townhouse duplexes on Shannon Court. There are about eight on the uphill side of Shannon Court that are the best. These are all 2 Bed/1.25 Bath 1,250 square foot apartments each with a 2-car garage and its own laundry room. Market rents are around $3,000 each. The last sale of one of these up-hill units was a couple of years ago at $1,250,000.

44-48 Shannon Court is one of these uphill units. The unit on the right-hand side (#44) was expanded about 25 years ago with an additional bedroom and bath or about 500 extra square feet. The owner also added a very expensive swimming pool. There are two owners. One lives in the expanded unit and the other in Southern California and is the family of the original developer.

Aside from the great floorplan and expanded size, both units are in need of a complete makeover. They need new carpeting, paint, etc. The unit on the left (#48) has been rented to the same tenant for more than 25 years and has a low rent of $2,350 versus a market rent of $3,000.