After triumphantly arriving on the market in October with a bullish price tag of $5.5 million, the Margarido House, a Platinum LEED-certified home in upper Rockridge, saw a harsh $705,000 reduction yesterday, bringing the price down to $4,795,000
This makes the proposition marginally more palatable, but still very much out of whack with homes in the neighborhood. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Whopping Price Cut for Green Super Home in Oakland
Look out for Roger Lee Mid-Mod in El Cerrito
On the market: this classic mid-century modern home on a generous lot in El Cerrito with a $1.15 million price tag. The 3/1.5 house at 1395 Rifle Range Road was designed in 1951 by Roger Lee, an architect whose work I have had the occasion to admire before. It comes with a swimming pool, sauna, as [...]
Donald Olsen Mid-Mod Lists in North Berkeley
Newly listed at 123 Fairlawn Drive, a home designed in 1956 by noted modernist architect Donald Olsen.
The four-bedroom house displays Olsen’s penchant for boxy volumes filled with lots of natural light. There’s also indoor-outdoor living possibilities, a more recently added “gourmet” kitchen, as well as views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Olsen, a former professor at UC’s College of Environmental [...]
Magnes Museum to list for $3m, Possible Family Home
The Judah L. Magnes Museum will be putting its Berkeley property at 2911 Russell Street on the market next month, in anticipation of moving to a new facility in downtown Berkeley in 2011. The 12,000 ft stately home, which is sited on 25,000 sq ft lot, is expected to list for around $3 million.
The Magnes, a [...]
Mid-Mod Listing in North Berkeley Priced to Sell
If you are a fan of mid-century modern architecture (and I count myself in that club), you’ll be interested in a newly listed example of the style at 1175 Spruce Street in north Berkeley [hat-tip: reader Debtpocalypse].
Before even perusing the photos you may be stopped in your tracks by the price. At $399,000 this home [...]
A Parlor, a Library and Nine Bedrooms on Blake
This new Berkeley listing at 2225 Blake Street, west of Telegraph, is one I can’t show my better half because it has a library to die for — and he could make a rash move if he finds out.
The house is a good-looking Victorian which one assumes started off as a single family dwelling, with [...]
Berkeley Contemporary Three Years On
Just listed: this four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home at 161 Avenida Drive up in the north Berkeley hills. Designed by Paul Wang in 2003, it is described as “serene”, “secluded” and “spectacular” all at the same time.
Perhaps most interesting, though, is the price: $1,685,000, which is a not insignificant $240,000 (12.5%) down on the $1,925,000 it changed [...]
Coming Soon: New Home for Bay Area Big-Wig
Lotus founder Mitchell Kapor last week secured approval to build a large, contemporary-design home on Rose Street in north Berkeley.
Read about it on the Block today.