1905 Martin Luther King Jr WAY Pending Save Request In-Person Tour Request Virtual Tour
Berkeley,CA 94704
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Pending
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,990 sqft
Price per Sqft $591
Subdivision Twichell
MLS Listing ID 225108446
Bedrooms 5
Full Baths 3
Year Built 1908
Lot Size 6,752 Sqft
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Property Description
Own a part of history. The Charles H. Spear House is one of the most notable and elegant Colonial Revival residences in Berkeley. Interior flooring and paint recently maintained. Home is ready to be lived in. Exterior white paint beautification would be nice. Main level grand foyer with an office/library to the left. Sliding wooden doors to a living room on the right with a brick wood burning fireplace. More sliding doors open to a great-rooom with another fireplace and dumb-waiter access from the kitchen. Behind the great room is a room that can be a 6th bedroom downstairs next to the downstairs full bathroom. The original wooden flooring is Red Oak downstairs and Fir for the hand-carved woodwork in handrails and flooring upstairs. The original kitchen would benefit from an upgrade. Up the dual staircase are 5 bedrooms, a storage closet with access to the attic, 2 full bathrooms upstairs. The front-facing bedrooms upstairs have the Jack'n'Jill bathroom. The large basement spans the length of the house and has laundry connections, storage and plenty place to finish the basement into large repurposed space with own street level entrance from backyard. The lot size is edible for an ADU.
Location
State CA
County Alameda
Area Berkeley Map Area 3
Rooms
Dining Room Formal Room,Formal Area
Kitchen Tile Counter
Interior
Heating Central,Fireplace(s)
Cooling None
Flooring Wood
Fireplaces Number 2
Fireplaces Type Brick,Living Room,Family Room,Wood Burning
Laundry Chute,In Basement
Exterior
Parking Features Boat Storage,RV Access,Enclosed,Garage Facing Front,Uncovered Parking Spaces 2+,Guest Parking Available
Garage Spaces 2.0
Fence Back Yard,Partial,Wood,Front Yard
Utilities Available Cable Available,Public,Electric,Underground Utilities,Internet Available,Natural Gas Connected
View Park,Downtown
Roof Type Slate
Building
Lot Description Corner
Story 2
Foundation ConcretePerimeter
Builder Name Robert Grieg
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Schools
Elementary Schools Berkeley Unified
Middle Schools Berkeley Unified
High Schools Berkeley Unified
School District Alameda
Others
Special Listing Condition Offer As Is