Before the digital age gave birth to both the personal computer and the Internet, San Jose was a sleepy college and agricultural town. Today it is the world wide center of technology companies that turned this backwater into pricey residential enclave south of San Francisco along Hwy 101.

Safe beyond the congested Bay Area, this region has become known as Silicon Valley, and homes here have the signature of architecture and gardens built with the fortunes of newfound technology companies. This is where cutting edge design in the modern style is preferred by engineers and other visionaries who live in a world dominated by the future. Contractors and designers will be able to use space age materials and lifestyle technology products such as zone heating and lighting.

Palo Alto has always been a bedroom community of San Francisco, so here homes are older and bear the unique character of this coastal city. In Santa Clara, the next door neighbor to San Jose, post war tract housing of simple family dwellings are now priced in the stratosphere due to proximity to corporate centers. These simple homes like those of Sunnyvale are being remodeled into much larger, more contemporary sites with beautiful improvements for outdoor living.

The greatest homes of all are large estates nestled in the verdant rolling hills between San Jose and the coast, or to the south and west. This demand brings world class landscape architects to this milieu and the contractors that build their visions. In fact, this entire region has now reached some of the highest real estate values outside San Francisco, and here the gardens and landscapes are designed with equal attention to unique styles and innovations for outdoor living.