Found 50 blog entries tagged as Oakland Real Estate for Sale.

This handsome hillside home is located in the Montclair district of Oakland at 6804 Saroni Drive, and offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and a generous 2146 sf of living space.  

As with many of homes in the Oakland hills, it also offers the pleasant serenity that comes from being surrounded by old growth trees and hillside greenery. 

Many residents choose these hills because of this Tahoe like ambiance that is perfectly combined with its close proximity to Montclair, Oakland, Berkeley, and Contra Costa County.  

Guests are welcomed into this spacious, and carefully planned, front patio that provides ample space for parties, special events, or a quiet morning enjoying the sounds of nature.   

The impressively remodeled home's living…

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This handsome home, with its distinctive Tudor styling, sits serenely among the trees in the Piedmont Pines neighborhood of Oakland at 2708 Darnby Drive.  It offers 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms in a comfortable 2046 sf of living space.  

It is located close to everything, including popular Montclair Village with its regular art walk, and there is an easy access to Oakland, Berkeley, and Contra Costa County via Highways 13 and 24 at the base of the hill.    

As is seen here, and also below, a great deal of dedication and effort has been invested in surrounding this home with a stunning garden composed of a amazing array of plants and trees that are well established, and varied in scope and size. 

This restful living room is spacious…

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This especially handsome home has impressive curb appeal.  From its distinctive architecture, to its well groomed front gardens, it is notable.  Located in the Normandy Gardens neighborhood of Oakland at 5731 Picardy Drive, it offers 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 2874 sf of living space.  

A warm and engaging fireplace anchors the living room, and there is generous living space for a variety of interior decorative styles and floorplans for the room itself.  

True to the Normandy style, overhead wooden beams add a bit of drama and color to the off white walls and lighter wooden flooring.

A wall of windows on the far right wall captures the light and invites it into to create a sunny ambiance within the space.  A view across the street,…

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One of the most popular styles of homes in the Bay area has to be the Eichler home.  Always in demand, they capture the very best of indoor/outdoor living with their unique design concepts.    

Currently, one such home is available for sale in the Oakland hills at 8156 Coach Drive.  It is large, offering 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms in 2076 square feet of living space.  

A centrally placed door opens to invite one inside to an engaging living experience.  

The basic concept of an Eichler home is one of living in harmony with nature.  It offers a private central garden and atrium around which many of the home's many rooms are placed, creating an interaction between indoor and outdoor living through the use of doors that open out onto the…

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Oakland's Crocker Highlands has always had the reputation of gracious living and handsome homes.  This home, at 1287 Trestle Glen Road, represents this tradition.  A classic Tudor frontage, with its peaked roof and multi-paned windows and sturdy wooden front door, reflects this tradition.  It is also hard to resist the appeal of the tall, stately tree that guards the entrance to the home.  

It offers 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and 2200 sf of living space, and is exceptionally well located just minutes from both Highways 580 and 13 that will take one to San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Contra Costa County. 

Neighborhood shopping and restaurants includes Glenview, and just up the hill, Montclair, and to the west, Grand Lake and Lakeshore…

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This especially handsome Craftsman style home is located in the desirable Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland at 5701 Keith Avenue.  

Its curb appeal is undeniable, and immediately welcoming.  A splendid, and well established front garden greets guests, and the building's black and white color combination is fresh and crisp.  

It offers 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, and 2042 sf of living space.  

The large covered porch with its sturdy matching square entry pillars that are combined with the the exposed rafters under the both eves above, perfectly illustrate just two of the most popular architectural characteristics of the home's Craftsman heritage.  When paired with the surrounding floral display, the entire home is pleasure to experience.

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High in the Oakland Hills is this exceptional, and beautifully designed home that offers sweeping views of the entire SF Bay area directly below. 

Located in the desirable Piedmont Pines neighborhood of Oakland at 5747 Scarborough Drive, it offers 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with 2232 sf of living space.

Both levels of the entire western facing frontage of the home have been conceived in such a way that captures this unobstructed sweep of the SF Bay area below-from the Marin Hills to San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, both the Oakland Bay Bridge, The Golden Gate Bridge, and Oakland. 

These marvelous floor to ceiling sliding glass doors that are seen along the entire front of the home offer easy passage inside and out, and the wide wooden…

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This splendid Mediterranean style home, located at 1817 Leimert Boulevard, sits high on a hill in Oakland's popular Oakmore neighborhood, and has commanding curb appeal.  It is the epitome of relaxed and gracious living.  

It offers 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in a triple level living experience, with 3711 sf of space.  

Upon arrival at the home, guests are greeted with a pair of open air, and view oriented, front patios that begin to reveal the goal of gracious indoor/outdoor living that characterizes this style of home.  

At literally every turn, the distinctive touch of Mediterranean style architecture reveals itself in the multi-level tile capped roofs, the arched windows and doorways, the multiple balconies, and the outstanding wrought…

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This handsome brown shingle home sits comfortably among others like it at 43 Montell Street in Oakland's Piedmont Avenue neighborhood. 

What makes it unique is, unlike the other brown shingle homes around it, is that it was built by the builder/owner for his own personal home in 1959, creating a special and distinctive living space.   

It offers 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in a very pleasant 1878 sf of living space.  

A sturdy front door, dual windowed entryway, and sheltered porch welcomes guests into this engaging architectural experience.  

This expansive, light filled living room is immediately welcoming, with more than generous space for entertaining, and offering multiple design options for furniture placement. 

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This outstanding hillside home combines two very desirable features that are always in demand--large, beautifully conceived rooms, and a panoramic Bay area view below.

Located at 7832 Hillmont Drive in the Oakland hills, it offers 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms and 3334 square feet of gracious living. 

The entire space seen above represents an outstanding living experience.  Tall, softly lit ceilings supplement the exterior lighting that is captured by the floor to ceiling windows and doors seen along the western  side of the home.  

The very size and scope of the room encourages a variety of potential floorplans that can take advantage of, and capture, both the interior and exterior beauty of the house.  

This home is designed for both…

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