a new listing presented by josh dickinson
1734 cedar street, berkeley • sold for $1,055,000

Details

DETAILS
Beds: 4
Baths: 2
Square Feet: 1791
Lot Square Feet: 3800 
Year Built: 1908

Fabulous 4BR, 2BA Craftsman fixer in the heart of Berkeley! The first floor includes many vintage features such as hardwood floors, beamed ceiling and brick fireplace. The living room opens to the dining room, while the kitchen has easy access to the backyard. The first floor is completed by two bedrooms, one which could serve as a home office or family room, and one bathroom. The upper level has two additional bedrooms each with multiple closets, a hall bathroom and separate sitting area which could become the third upstairs bedroom. The spacious, south-facing backyard is ready for your new deck, vegetable garden and areas for relaxing and playing. Equidistant from North Berkeley BART, Monterey Market and North Shattuck restaurants, 1734 Cedar Street is less than a ½ mile from the best food, shopping and transportation that Berkeley has to offer. 

Neighborhood

Berkeley is a city that transcends its small population. While it is only the 30th largest city in California (and only 4th largest in Alameda County!), Berkeley is world renowned for academic achievement, free speech and the arts. Originally part of northern Oakland Township, the new name was adopted in 1866 after Anglican Bishop George Berkeley and applied to both the town and the College of California's new location along Strawberry Creek (later known as UC Berkeley).

Berkeley grew immensely following the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, and again during WWII with many wartime jobs in the area at places like the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond. Later, the city became synonymous with social change and political activism, as the hippie movement spilled out of San Francisco in the late 1960s. Berkeley was the center of national attention in 1974 when Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her apartment at 2603 Benvenue Avenue by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

Today, UC Berkeley is one of the world's top universities. The Gourmet Ghetto, inspired by places like Chez Panisse and Peet's Coffee, is a premier food destination. Brilliant masterpieces from architects Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan abound. Coupled with its natural amenities from the Berkeley Hills to San Francisco Bay, Berkeley is one of the most desirable places to live in the US, if not the world!