High school from ‘Princess Diaries’ lists for $8.9M in San Francisco

Followers of neo-classical Mediterranean design and an iconic 2001 Anne Hathaway movie, rejoice: The mansion that performed a college within the coming-of-age flick is up on the market. 

Finest recognized for its position because the facade of Grove Excessive Faculty in “The Princess Diaries,” a film about a clumsy teen with energy brows turned scorching royal highness, this San Francisco stunner is searching for a brand new proprietor, the Wall Road Journal reported. 

“Its acclaimed occupants (each actual and imagined) definitely make it among the many most beloved properties in our metropolis,” Compass agent Steven Mavromihalis, who holds the itemizing with Jessica Grimes, advised The Submit of the property, which is at present searching for $8.9 million. “There’s a type of romance to the house that can absolutely entice potential caretakers for whom magnificence and concord actually matter.”

The four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom villa does certainly convey the regulation and order of a spot like, say, the fictional nation of Genovia (“a small principality between France and Italy, usually in comparison with Monaco,” in keeping with a “Princess Diaries” fan web page) and never a very posh nook of the hill- and fog-burdened tech hub.  

However 2601 Lyon St. has recognized Frisco since lengthy earlier than Fb moved in: The property is 100 years outdated this 12 months, and it has the unique particulars to indicate it. 

There’s a double curved Beaux Arts staircase, a Juliet balcony with arches and three home windows, a number of formal public rooms, an elevator, an workplace and a media room. 

There’s additionally an hooked up parking house with an computerized door and room for one automobile. 

In all, the greater than 12 rooms are unfold throughout 4,500 sq. toes. 

The sellers, former Simply Desserts CEO Michael Mendes and his spouse, Wendy Berry, bought the property for barely lower than $6.4 million in 2009.

Their then 7-year-old daughter was an enormous fan of “The Princess Diaries,” a reality which didn’t assist her dad and mom get a greater deal on the compound.

“It was a bit unlucky as a result of we have been making an attempt to barter a superb value,” Mendes advised the Journal.  

Mendes and Berry are promoting the property in preparation for relocating to the East Coast for work causes. 

Along with Mendes, the house additionally counts former San Francisco Giants proprietor Bob Lurie amongst its earlier deed-holders. 

The firehouse Hathaway known as residence within the film, in the meantime, was final offered in 2015 for $1.9 million, in keeping with Realtor.com. It’s at present off the market.