1905 Martin Luther King Jr WAY Pending

Berkeley,CA 94704

$ 1770000

5 Beds

3 Baths

2990 SqFt


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

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