829 53rd St, Oakland, CA 94608

This home is located in a rapidly changing North Oakland Neighborhood "NOBE" (NorthOaklandBerkeleyEmeryville) and is close to the Temescal District with all of its Shops and many Fine Restaurants, including the Sunday Farmers' Market, BakeSale Bettys, Freeways, Emeryville, Berkeley, Downtown Oakland, the new bike friendly Actual Café, and Sweet Adeline Bakeshop. Of course the regulars still eat up the block at Lois the Pie Queen! This home is Grand. Not only has is stood the test of time, but it has been upgraded and remodeled and is ready for the next Century! The main floor has a gracious feel with a classic entryway leading you into a nice den or office. There is a formal living room, dining room, and a family room. The brand new kitchen is perfect. It respects the style of the home, but adds the modern touches we all want in a real kitchen. The cook will be in the mix because the kitchen feeds seamlessly into the dining and family rooms and right out onto the big ol' sunny south facing deck. And finally, the main floor includes a full bathroom and a place for the laundry. Up the nicely appointed stairs, you will find 3 bedrooms and a remodeled full bathroom. The herringbone tiled floors and the classic "subway" tiled bath, are again in perfect harmony with the character of this home. The master bedroom has 2 closets - really 2 closets! Okay, to the backyard. It is really special. Yes, it's south facing, so growing veggies and flowers will be great fun. There is still room for a lawn where you can romp with friends, family and the pets. Your backyard will be the regular gathering spot after your peeps see this wonderland. But, the best part is the very cool detached building. Okay, it's a garage, but I doubt a car ever enters this space unless it's a restored classic. Think of all the things you can do in this garage - the uses are almost endless. I have a pretty long list of things I could use it for. It really is a great space and it's ready for your ideas. This home has a clear pest report, the sewer has been certified and there won't be any surprises at the close of escrow. Neighborhood Description People are keenly interested in making sure their neighborhood has a name. But what about those streets that could be Rockridge or Temescal? Try calling it Baja Rockridge! And those boundaries between the Golden Gate and Santa Fe districts can be hard to define. For those who live between downtown Oakland and Berkeley and just want to avoid the debate, you can just proudly proclaim that you live in North Oakland. North Oakland includes such well-known neighborhoods as Rockridge, Piedmont Avenue, Temescal and Golden Gate. There are some neighborhoods that are so specific, like Idora Park, that the public at large isn’t even aware of them. What is great about using North Oakland is that catches the best of each of those neighborhoods, and all the good stuff that falls in between. North Oakland includes such unique places as green sustainable Nomad Café on Shattuck, the wonderfully eclectic Ace Ellis Hardware on Martin Luther King, Sweet Adeline Bakeshop for decadent delectables, longtime favorite Lois the Pie Queen (try the chicken and waffles!),and the White Horse Inn on Telegraph, which is the second oldest LGBT bar in the country. And there are street fairs and farmers markets galore! A great way to keep up with everything going on in North Oakland is to bookmark OaklandNorth.net, a project of the journalism school at UC Berkeley. Their up-to-the-minute coverage often rivals the major dailies, especially on stories of great interest to North Oaklanders. From its Mediterranean climate, with warm days cooled off by bay breezes, North Oakland is situated perfectly within the Bay Area. Not only is it close to Berkeley and Emeryville, but San Francisco is a quick BART ride away. And Highways 580, 80 and 24 point you in the right direction when you need to get out of town. North Oakland is quite flat in