Bedrooms: 5
Baths: 4.5
Dining Room: Formal
Fireplace: Living room, Family room, Bedroom
Garage: 2-car plus additional parking space
View: Bay
Number of Stories: 2
Interior: Approx. 4,854 sq. ft.
Lot: Approx. 9,900 sq. ft.
Area: Oakland
Property Type: Single Family Residence, Detached
Property Style: Contemporary
Year Built: 2004

Description

This dramatic contemporary home above the Claremont Hotel, completed in 2004 and designed by architects Leonardo Zylberberg and Guy Lubroth, provides beautiful spaces for living. Minutes from Rockridge and Berkeley shops and Bay Area transportation, this architectural jewel is spectacular in its integration of simplicity and beauty.

This sophisticated and modern home includes five bedrooms, four and one half baths, including two master suites as well as a large in law apartment with a kitchenette which can also serve as a private guest suite, office or au pair, yet is also easily integrated into the home.

This home is perfect for entertaining and comfortable everyday living with its dramatic living room and adjacent dining room looking to the views and garden, and the beautiful open kitchen and family room with walls of windows and doors to the outside. The wonderful 'great room' which encompasses the kitchen, eating area and the family room with its own huge terrace and garden access is wonderfully planned and executed.

The dramatic spaces of this home are perfectly balanced by the warmth of cherry wood floors and a superb use of materials which include granite, marble, limestone, travertine and mosaic tiles. There is tremendous versatility possible for living in this home; the layout and floor plan is further enhanced by an elevator, three fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, walls of windows that let in natural light, a two car garage and an additional parking space.

The spacious and private master suite opens to a very beautiful sitting room with stunning views and with its impressive master bath, dressing room and balcony provides a wonderful retreat. There is also a splendid second master suite adjacent to two other bedrooms.

This home is situated on a sizable lot, and designed skillfully to maximize the use of its site. The floor plan provides effortless access between the beautiful interior spaces and the outdoors with numerous terraces, a private patio and garden.