3208 Shattuck Ave Unit C

About This Property

AVAILABLE SEPT 1ST. PARTIALLY FURNISHED. OPEN HOUSES GENERALLY ON WEEKENDS. OTHER SHOWINGS UPON REQUEST. TERMS: Rent $2500/monthly. Deposit $2500 (possible to pay in two installments). Year Lease preferred. Owner pays all utilities: Ultrafast Sonic Fiber Internet, gas, electric, water SPACE: Fossel Farm's fresh rustic modern 2BR apartment sets a tone of simple refined elegance throughout. Using all natural materials and a design philosophy that less is often more--we have crafted this apartment by hand to our liking and are now excited to welcome its new occupants. Amazingly fragrant Tennessee cedar has been used architecturally throughout with several full walls of wood and a wide array of built-in cupboards and closets. Our rustic modern 2BR is on the ground floor of the Fossel farmhouse and has a combined kitchen, living and dining space that one enters from our backyard. On the darker North side of the house—perfect for sleeping is the master bedroom—along with the full bath. The combined kitchen, living, and dining space can also be easily divided down the middle with a moving wall for maximum flexibility, allowing guests to have either a larger living room for entertaining and more, or a second bedroom sealed off from public space. Upon entering, the compact gourmet kitchen is on the right with high-end kitchen basics included. The cupboards are alder wood and treated with a natural stain from Oak galls by your hosts from their own formula. There is a 20"gourmet stainless steel stove, a stainless steel undercounter fridge, an industrial sink with sprayer, a tea kettle, a coffee maker, a French press, a knifeblock, a dishrack, and a countertop composter. Puck lights are conveniently located under all of the upper cupboards. To the right of the kitchen is a Walnut eating counter with two stools. Additional dining seating is available outside in the backyard. Also in the cooking and dining area is the apartment's wooden daybed with an indigo mattress and shibori pillows. It has an elegant overhead light with a cement shade, making it into a cozy spot for curling up with a book, and a wooden propeller fan and light is on the ceiling in the kitchen. When used as a living space with the moveable wall and its four darkwood panels standing open, the kitchen/dining space extends seamlessly past the kitchen and into additional living space. This part of the space has floor to ceiling built-in cedar bookshelves, an additional set of deeper cedar shelves which can be configured as a workstation or entertainment console with the daybed placed opposite serving as a couch, a cedar closet for when the space is used as a second bedroom, and a window out into the sideyard veggie garden. Alternately, the moveable wall's four dark wood panels can be closed and sealed off as the second bedroom. When thus utilized as a bedroom, one can either use the single daybed on its own, or add another to join it, overlaying a mattress topper, and turning it into a full size queen bed. Because it has its own access to both the bathroom and the shared space of the living room, it can fully function as its own bedroom. The floors in both this space and the kitchen/dining area are Brazilian black slate, both practical and very handsome as well. Please note that the moveable wall, while providing full privacy to the eye, is not acoustically substantial enough to stop sound, so the two spaces function still as one acoustic environment. In the master bedroom you will find a deliciously comfortable queen size bed that looks right at a full architectural wall of cedar to wake up to. There are a set of Walnut barn doors over a cedar-lined closet, additional cedar shelves above, battery equipped puck lighting, a silent convection wall heater, and a view out into the sideyard through the cedar-lined window. The bathroom features twin sink basins, built-in cedar vanities with custom cut mirrors, a dual-flush toilet, black slate floors, and a subway tile shower with shower lighting and cedar ceiling. HOUSE: The Fossel Farmhouse is an Edwardian style two level house, built in 1911, still a bit rough around the edges here and there in proper urban farm style, but resounds with charm from every corner. It underwent a renovation 20 years ago, with continuing improvements ever since, most of them handcrafted by the owners. The exterior of the house is painted with great colors. Shared laundry machines are at the back of the house in a greenhouse style laundry shed. The foundation is bolted and sheerwalled--very earthquake safe. PROPERTY: This Edwardian multi-unit house sits on a large fully-fenced double lot with a nice front yard, a fantastic backyard, and two pretty side yards. There is a beautiful vegetable garden with a large number of raised beds which may feature a wide range of plants (chard, kale, mixed greens, arugula, potatoes, tomatoes, basil, lots of culinary herbs, strawberries, beets, beans, edamame, rhubarb, onions etc). An irrigation system is provided and tenants have an opportunity to garden if they desire. It's a great yard with room to play, including a Swurfer outdoor swing, chalkboard wall, treehouse etc. It also has several nice outdoor eating spaces with several chairs each, lots of potted plants (succulents, aloe, orchids, bougainvillea), and shade umbrellas. A copper fire pit surrounded by stumps offers a warm space to gather. The house offers very nice indoor/outdoor living for everyone. Currently the front yard features morning glory vines, a lemon tree, orange tree, false bamboo, roses, potato vines, as well as our herb garden. Lastly, there are four raised beds on the sidewalk with succulents and California poppies, as well as a peach and a walnut tree. NEIGHBORHOOD: Right in the great neighborhood of lower Shattuck Avenue just south of downtown Berkeley (where Shattuck goes down to two lanes), this great old house is two blocks to the Ashby BART, right on a direct bus line to the UC Campus, and only about a 15 minute walk/5 minute bike ride to downtown Berkeley, the Elmwood, Temescal, and the UC Campus. It is surrounded w/in a one block area by local cafes (Nomad and Jumpin' Java), restaurants (Los Cilantros, Emilia's Pizzeria, Flaco's Tacos, Nick's, etc), small loft developments, and a friendly neighborhood pub (Starry Plough). Berkeley Bowl, widely regarded as the best community market in the East Bay, is easy walking distance about five blocks away and Whole Foods is only a couple blocks more, as are foodie favorites like Crixa Cakes, Sweet Adeline's Bakery, and Alchemy Collective. The neighborhood offers plenty of long-term onstreet permitted parking. Only 3 minutes to 24/580/880 freeway onramp. TERMS: Rent $2500/monthly. Deposit $2500 (possible to pay in two installments). Year Lease preferred. Owner pays all utilities: Ultrafast Sonic Fiber Internet, gas, electric, water WALKSCORE: 89 "very walkable" BIKESCORE: 99 "biker's paradise"

3208 Shattuck Ave is an apartment community located in Alameda County and the 94705 ZIP Code.