Bring your vision and make this property your own! This home offers an excellent opportunity for investors, contractors, or buyers looking for a renovation project with plenty of potential. Property features spacious layout, great opportunity to customize and modernize the kitchen, spacious rooms. The property needs repairs and updating, but offers a great chance to create value through improvements. Conveniently located near local amenities, shopping and schools.
Single-familyProperty Type
1972Year Built
6,242 sq ftLot Size
$633Price/Sq.Ft.
3 car garageParking
Listed by Alejandra Gomez Bravo•DRE #01936234• Windermere Signature Properties Natomas
Contempo, located between Interstate 880 and the Alameda Creek Trail, is a suburban and residential Union City neighborhood with curving cul-de-sacs and pocket parks. The neighborhood reads as late-20th-century California: low-slung single-family homes, tidy front yards, and wide, quiet streets. The area’s energy concentrates around the Union Landing Boulevard and Alvarado-Niles Road corridor, where big-box retail pads, casual eateries, and errands cluster in a single sweep. Union Landing anchors day-to-day shopping and dining, while nearby Alameda Creek Regional Trail sets a steady outdoor rhythm. For a local cultural counterpoint, the Historic Alvarado district and the Union City Historical Museum add small-town texture beyond the newer subdivisions.
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Market insights
4550 Ellen Way · $1,300,000
DAYS ON MARKET
14 days
The average home goes pending in 17 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
108.0%
Most homes are selling 8% above list price.
LIST PRICE
$1,300,000
Median sale price in this area is $1,269,834. (2% lower than this home)
PRICE DROP
1 price drop
15% of homes in this area have had a price drop in the past month.
Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Interior features
Brick fireplace (1)
Great room living area
Formal dining room
Breakfast area
Bedrooms
5 bedrooms
Bedrooms located on lower and upper levels
Bathrooms
3 full bathrooms
Kitchen
Kitchen with breakfast area
Laundry & utility
Indoor laundry with 220V hookup
Electric laundry connections
Flooring
Tile flooring
Heating & cooling
Central heating
Window unit(s) for cooling
Exterior features
Back yard fencing
No private pool or spa
Internet service available
Home design
Detached single-family residence
Built in 1972
Two-story home
Street-level entrance
Parking
3-car garage with garage door opener
Construction
Shingle roof
Utilities
Public sewer
Water meter on site
Internet available
HOA & community
No homeowners association
Electricity and solar
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This is a new listing, so no sales records exist yet. As the MLS and public records start to fill up, we'll list the details here.
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$4,035 (−12.1%)
$106,677 + $145,865
$252,542
2024
$4,589 (+4.5%)
$106,677 + $145,865
$252,542
2023
$4,391 (+2.5%)
$104,586 + $143,006
$247,592
2022
$4,285 (+2.3%)
$100,525 + $137,453
$237,978
2021
$4,188 (+1.1%)
$100,525 + $137,453
$237,978
2020
$4,143 (−0.5%)
$98,554 + $134,758
$233,312
2019
$4,164 (+2.5%)
$97,544 + $133,376
$230,920
2018
$4,061 (+2.5%)
$95,631 + $130,761
$226,392
2017
$3,961 (+3.7%)
$91,919 + $125,685
$217,604
2016
$3,819 (+2.1%)
$91,919 + $125,685
$217,604
2015
$3,739 (+3.9%)
$90,116 + $123,221
$213,337
2014
$3,597 (+1.1%)
$87,024 + $118,993
$206,017
2013
$3,557 (+4.8%)
$87,024 + $118,993
$206,017
2012
$3,393 (+2.3%)
$86,632 + $118,456
$205,088
2011
$3,315 (+2.4%)
$84,933 + $116,133
$201,066
2010
$3,239 (+0.3%)
$83,268 + $113,857
$197,125
2009
$3,231 (+2.7%)
$82,646 + $113,006
$195,652
2008
$3,146
$82,842 + $113,274
$196,116
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
5
Baths
3
Stories
2
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
6,240 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
1973
Finished Sq. Ft.
2,054
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
—
Total Sq. Ft.
2,054
Year built
1972
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Alameda County
APN
483 010107400
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Jul 27, 2026.
RS 6000
Single-Family Residential District
The purpose of this chapter is to define allowable uses and provide property development standards for the RS zoning districts to further the public health, safety and general welfare in a manner consistent with the City’s General Plan.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Agriculture
Greenhouse / nursery
Automotive repair garage
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Student
Housing-Mobile home park
Local insights from Redfin agents
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Estimated 80%+ chance of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
4/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 89° expected this year, 14 days in 30 years
1/10 Wind Factor
Minimal risk of severe winds over next 30 years
7/10 Air Factor
12 unhealthy days expected this year, 12 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Union City, CA • 94587
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Sun exposure
94/ 100
Exceptional sunlight
Sunscore
This home ranks in the top 4% for direct sun exposure in the zip code. There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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Redfin Estimate for 4550 Ellen Way
$1,314,950
$15K over list price of $1.30M
Nearby comparable homes
The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $1.2M to $1.5M.