Reader John McChesney-Young points to another Berkeley home that looks like it found a buyer in just 12 days.
The 3/1.5 home at 424 Grizzly Peak Boulevard (above) looks cute — I particularly like that pretty courtyard — and its $659,000 asking price was certainly sweet.
It’s not all “no longer for sale than sold”, though. McChesney-Young [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
And It Goes On: The 12-Day Sale
Positively Flying off the Shelves in Berkeley
Oh housing market, how you confound us.
Another Berkeley home has disappeared off the MLS almost as soon as it was listed.
The 6+ bedroom, 4,000 sq ft+ home at 14 The Uplands in the Claremont ‘hood – whose beautiful front-yard swing has been keeping local children busy while the home stood ready for sale — was [...]
Under-the-Radar Sale in Berkeley’s Claremont
A stealthy sale on Plaza Drive last month. The four-bedroom, 2,446 sq ft home at number 77 changed hands — as far as we know without listing on the MLS — for $1,600,000. (Last known sale: $498,500 in 1995.)
That works out at $654/sq ft which isn’t stratospherically higher than average for this spot.
However, homes in [...]
Why are Paintings Worth More than Houses?
If famous architecture were priced like famous paintings, a Le Corbusier (above) would cost the same as the entire American GDP…
…Read more at David Galbraith’s weblog. [Hat tip: Nancy Friedman.]
Preserving the Best of Berkeley
Several Berkeley residents have demonstrated their commitment to architectural preservation again this year by putting enormous time, effort and money into restoring some of the city’s most interesting homes.
The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) has just announced the winners of its annual Preservation Awards. Included in the prize list is Ballantine House (above) at 1512 [...]
A Slice of Civilization in Berkeley
That’s quite a living room (above) — if you can ignore the drooping pot-plant in the foreground. (I know, I know, now that I’ve said that, you can’t keep your eyes off it can you?)
Anyway, the room, with its barn-like ceiling, huge windows and exposed beams was, apparently, designed for musical recitals. How civilized is [...]
Is It a Plane, Is it a Bird? No It’s a…
…swimming pool. Yep, a cantilevered swimming pool. Belonging to a house in Spain designed by Ensamble Studio.
[Hat tip: Apartment Therapy, via Archinect.]
Berkeley Bunker Continues Descent
The somewhat brutalist contemporary dwelling at 7080 Kenilworth Road in the Berkeley/Oakland hills continues to chip away at its stratospheric price.
We’ve been following this one — here, here and here.
The 4+/5, 5,000 sq ft home was listed in December 2008 for $4,999,000 (sort of). It’s now lopped nearly half a million greenbacks off its $3,990,000 [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House For Sale
From Yahoo News:
Frank Lloyd Wright’s famed, long-endangered Ennis House that served as a location for films such as “Blade Runner“, is putting out a “for sale” sign with a $15 million asking price, Christie’s said on Friday.
The 6,000-square-foot Los Angeles estate is being sold by the Ennis House Foundation, which recently completed the initial phase [...]
New-Old Hybrid in Rockridge
I haven’t had the chance to check out 5351 Lawton Avenue yet, but I want to as it’s a rare breed: a new construction in the heart of Rockridge, albeit clad in the style of a traditional Craftsman.
Reader Steve Marshall did go and see it and found it to be very nice, although with drawbacks. [...]