Kensington: A Blueprint For Your Next Home
This was a first for me: a home listing which shows architectural blueprints (above) but no photographs.
I was perusing listings in Kensington because there is just so little out there in Berkeley at the moment. I had also just had a conversation with a friend with whom I always have the best real-estate discussions. We had both noticed, as we drive through, how appealing a particular little area of Kensington is — just south of El Cerrito if you’re on Colusa Avenue.
Anyway this listing stopped me in my tracks: 389 Ocean View Drive is ostensibly a 2/1.5 home built in 1925 with Bay Views. The owner is asking a mere $549,000 for what he or she sensibly describes as a “fixer upper” that needs work. Apparently there are plans and neighborhood approval (what about city approval?) for an expansion which would create a 3/3 home with a 2-car garage and a deck.
Sounds like somebody hitting too many obstacles or just being overwhelmed with the “big project”. One person’s problem another person’s opportunity perhaps?
