Great central location, less than one mile from BART. The comfortable interior layout offers plenty of potential, while the backyard provides space to create your ideal outdoor setting. Features include a drive-through garage and solar power. This property needs work but offers an excellent opportunity to add value and make it your own.
Single-familyProperty Type
1953Year Built
5,000 sq ftLot Size
$413Price/Sq.Ft.
1 car garageParking
Listed by Kevin Wilson•DRE #01425792• HOME ONE REALTY
•Source:bridgeMLS, Bay East AOR, or Contra Costa AOR #41145203
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Northwest-facing home with great potential, offering a fantastic opportunity for those looking to add their personal touch. The property needs some TLC but features a convenient drive-through garage and is ideally located close to BART, shopping, and...
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Tamarack Gardens, located between Decoto Road and Alvarado-Niles Road, is a residential and suburban Union City neighborhood with a low-slung townhouse feel and pocket greenbelts. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the Decoto Road corridor near Union City BART, where taquerias, small bakeries, and everyday storefronts set a steady, commuter-friendly rhythm. Housing reads as practical and tidy, with a mix of mid-century ranch homes and later infill on calm, gridded streets. Nearby open space and sports fields shape an outdoors-forward routine. For local pillars, the Union City Farmers’ Market, the Historic Alvarado district, and the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum anchor weekend wandering and community calendars.
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Market insights
33856 8th St · $599,000
DAYS ON MARKET
12 days
The average home goes pending in 17 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
108.0%
Most homes are selling 8% above list price.
LIST PRICE
$599,000
Median sale price in this area is $1,269,834. (112% higher than this home)
PRICE DROP
0 price drops
15% of homes in this area have had a price drop in the past month.
Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Interior features
Built-in storage
Bedrooms
4 bedrooms
Bathrooms
2 full bathrooms
Kitchen
Tile countertops
Electric range
Laundry & utility
Washer/dryer hookups in garage
Flooring
Concrete flooring
Heating & cooling
Forced air heating
Exterior features
Backyard and yard space
Rectangular lot
Home design
Single-family residence
Residential property
Parking
Attached garage with 1 covered space and interior access
Construction
Wood siding
Shingle roof
Built in 1953
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
Seller-owned photovoltaics and third-party owned photovoltaics
Electricity and solar
View estimated energy costs and solar savings for this home
bridgeMLS, Bay East AOR, or Contra Costa AOR #41145203
Aug 27, 2026
Pending
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Aug 15, 2026
Listed
$599,000
$413/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$2,249 (−21.8%)
$39,305 + $71,726
$111,031
2024
$2,875 (+5.9%)
$39,305 + $71,726
$111,031
2023
$2,715 (+3.3%)
$38,534 + $70,320
$108,854
2022
$2,629 (+2.4%)
$37,038 + $67,590
$104,628
2021
$2,568 (+0.6%)
$37,038 + $67,590
$104,628
2020
$2,551
$36,312 + $66,264
$102,576
2019
$2,551 (+2.7%)
$35,940 + $65,585
$101,525
2018
$2,484 (+2.6%)
$35,235 + $64,299
$99,534
2017
$2,420 (+3.7%)
$33,867 + $61,803
$95,670
2016
$2,335 (+2.4%)
$33,867 + $61,803
$95,670
2015
$2,280 (+10.1%)
$33,203 + $60,591
$93,794
2014
$2,070 (+1.9%)
$32,064 + $58,512
$90,576
2013
$2,031 (+6.1%)
$32,064 + $58,512
$90,576
2012
$1,915 (+2.2%)
$31,919 + $58,248
$90,167
2011
$1,873 (+2.3%)
$31,293 + $57,106
$88,399
2010
$1,830 (+1.2%)
$30,680 + $55,986
$86,666
2009
$1,808 (+2.5%)
$30,450 + $55,568
$86,018
2008
$1,765
$30,523 + $55,700
$86,223
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
4
Baths
2
Stories
1
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
5,000 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
1959
Finished Sq. Ft.
1,450
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
—
Total Sq. Ft.
1,450
Year built
1953
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Alameda County
APN
486 002703800
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
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Last updated by owner on Jul 27, 2026.
R 5000
R-5000 District
The purpose of this chapter is to provide within the R-5000 zoning district an alternative to certain portions of Ordinance 55-64 to further the public health, safety and general welfare, and to provide the economic and social advantages resulting from the planned use and development of this unique area of the City. This chapter encourages the consolidation of small, substandard lots into reasonable building sites, permitting single-family dwellings in low silhouette with maximum open space in compensation for such consolidation.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Agriculture
Greenhouse / nursery
Automotive repair garage
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Student
Housing-Mobile home park
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