Fresh Berkeley Listings Offer a Little Bit of Everything

While the advice may be to avoid selling one’s home at the moment, given the sluggish state of the housing market, a good number of homes continue to appear on the MLS every week. Here are some intriguing recent listings to explore:

First up a home with not one but two swimming pools. Unusual to say the least. You don’t often see single pools, let alone two in this neck of the woods. Technically the second pool at 51 Vicente Road in the Claremont hills is a “Roman tub”, and the first is an “indoor endless pool machine” which makes them sound rather unappealing, but they look rather fine in the photos. The price seems right too for this 4/3, 3,588 sq ft contemporary house (pictured below) with all mod-cons, including a 2-car garage. It’s $1,595,000 or $445/sq ft.

Next up a cute 2/1 bungalow in the Monterey Market neighborhood. 1471 Hopkins Street has an eat-in kitchen, nice garden and is in a good spot — walkable to BART and lots of foodie stores. Price: $689,000 ($549/sq ft).

Lastly, 335 Panoramic Way (pictured below), a 2/2 wood-clad contemporary which looks like it has the potential to be a stylish pad. It has great views, as you’d expect from the name of the street, and while it’s obviously up the hill, it’s also close to UC Berkeley — walkable I would say in fact. Price: $799,000 ($582/sq ft).