3386 Guido St, Oakland, CA 94602

Sometimes you find a home that elevates one's spirits. Are you ready to be inspired? The dapper flagstone walkway is enveloped by thriving perennial plants that welcome you into this 1940s updated vintage home. The large living room with views of the neighborhood and the hills has a gas insert fireplace - a great place for both cozy nights in and entertaining. The sunny, updated eat-in kitchen is a fitting place to start your day, savor your morning coffee or your breakfast with fresh herbs from the garden. The master bedroom has a French door leading to a generous deck and a view of the expansive rear yard that is reminiscent of an inspired garden in Sonoma. Downstairs has 3 generous rooms with an oversized utility space - explore turning the downstairs into an in-law unit. The spellbinding backyard has a detached one-room cottage with Douglas fir floors and is simply dreamy.   FEATURES INCLUDED -In 1946 Frank Santos built 3386 Guido for himself (according to City of Oakland records) -3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms -Den with knotty pine walls and new carpet (2018) -Bonus room to serve as an office, guest quarters or explore turning it into a master suite -Detached one-room cottage with windows to the garden and Douglas fir floors -2439 square foot interior (per appraisal) -8370 square foot usable lot (per public records) -Updated kitchen (2018) with Cambria countertops, Hansgrohe faucet, AmeriSink sink, Manhattan matte white subway tiles from the Tile Shop in Berkeley. New (2018) Haier refrigerator and Bosch dishwasher and oak floors -Handmade raw brass light fixtures designed and made in Houston, Texas (2018) -Large living room with gas insert fireplace -Vintage bathroom with new pedestal sink, faucet and new vanity light (2018) -Inspired gardens with Connecticut Bluestone flagstone patio designed by Sonia Hildebrand Garden Design   SOME OF THE PLANTS -Trees in front -- strawberry (arbutus), California redbud (cercis occidentalis), flowering maple/chinese lantern (abutilon, next to chimney), Meyer lemon and protea is Leucadendron "Safari Sunset' -Trees in back -- Navel orange (at corner of house, and at back upper left), lime (closest to big patio), lemon, fuji apple (next to studio), Gravenstein apple (along back fence), dwarf peach, plum (next to garden shed), fig, satsuma/mandarine (edge of patio by studio) and the plant by the studio door is Azara Variegate