What we've learned about Kentfield
Kent Woodlands sets the tone. Lots run to half an acre and beyond, houses sit back behind mature oak and bay, and the driveways curve and climb. A crew arriving is walking in from a road with no curb and no pavement, often uphill, and the house at the end of it is frequently four thousand square feet or more. Jobs here get scheduled longer than the room count alone would suggest.
Lower down toward College of Marin and the creek the pattern loosens: smaller postwar houses, shorter driveways, a few duplexes and rentals tied to the college. Those are ordinary, straightforward visits. What both halves share is tree cover — leaf litter, acorns and bay debris on every threshold from September through February, and a surprising amount of it ends up indoors.
What we walk into in Kentfield
This is one of the larger-home markets in the county. A typical Kent Woodlands property is 3,000 to 5,000 square feet across two or three levels, built anywhere from the 1930s to last year, with hardwood, stone and tile rather than carpet, several bathrooms, and a kitchen sized for entertaining. Parcels are wooded and sloped, with exterior steps between the parking and the door. Nearer the college, houses drop to 1,400 to 2,000 square feet on level ground.