James May (above), of Top Gear fame, recently built an astonishingly beautiful two-story house made entirely of Lego bricks.
With the help of 1,000 volunteers, and using 3.3 million plastic bricks, the 20ft high home featured a kitchen, with Lego appliances such as a toaster and bread bin, a bathroom and bedroom complete with bed and [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2009’
Lego house finds no home
Berkeley “Fusion” Home Sells Low
So it turns out $1.8m was too much to hope for.
The remodeled “fusion” home at 2914 Piedmont Avenue in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood (above) ended up selling for $1,544,000, significantly under its asking price — and after a price drop to $1,595,000.
See the home’s listing website with photos here.
My next bet for a home that won’t [...]
Green Day Singer Lists Upper Rockridge Home
The homes of rock stars are never quite what you imagine, are they?
Just as the band’s “American Idiot” theater production is beginning to draw sell-out crowds at Berkeley Rep and their latest album is garnering plaudits, Green Day’s lead vocalist Billie Jo Armstrong is listing his Upper Rockridge home for a cool $4.85 million…
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Free Home Energy Workshops in Berkeley
The city of Berkeley, in collaboration with the Ecology Center (above) is offering free guidance to its citizens on how they can improve the energy efficiency of their homes, make some cost savings, and — as an added bonus — do their bit towards saving the planet…
…Read the full story here.
Berkeley listing with historical pedigree
Newly listed at 299 The Uplands in Berkeley’s Claremont neighborhood is a 3/3 home built in the 1930s on a site with some interesting history.
The former H. Taylor Estate used to be, I believe, some sort of monastery, with a fabulous set of steps leading up to the main property. (I have seen photos but [...]
Suddenly this Summer: Signs of Life
So, just like that, change is in the air.
A Realtor reports that seven homes in her Berkeley patch each drew an average of five offers each in the past month. Another agent has just closed over asking on a $640K house near Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue after entertaining multiple offers.
“For Sale” signs are being replaced with [...]