61 Fairlawn Drive
Berkeley, CA 94708
$975,000 | Sold $1,150,000
61 Fairlawn Drive, Berkeley, CA 94708
2 BD
2 BA
1,309 SF
1950
5,148 SF Lot
.12 acres
About 61 Fairlawn Drive
Authentic Mid Century Jewel in Lush Setting
An abundance of light and easy indoor / outdoor flow characterize this Mid Century jewel in the Berkeley Hills. This lovingly cared for treehouse offers the best of outdoor living and easy access to all that Berkeley has to offer. Feel like a walk? Daisy does. Grab the leash and you’ll be out on the trails as soon as you get home. Tilden Park and the UC trails frame the neighborhood and provide endless variety for hikes, swims in Lake Anza, or rides on the Steam Trains. Or you can zip down to Gourmet Ghetto, Solano Ave., or Downtown Berkeley and beyond in minutes.
The moment you get home, you’ll feel the calm of living among the trees. Come in through the lushly planted front garden. Pick a few lemons on your way in. Drop the goodies you picked up at the Farmers Market on the butcher block island and look out at the view of the Bay. You’re in a world class city, but you can’t see another house nearby. Take dinner out on to the deck or out to the sheltered patio. Or on cool evenings, settle in front of the fireplace.
The main level features the living spaces with a unique fireplace, a spacious dining area, sliding doors to the patio, double doors to the deck, additional seating, plus two bedrooms, a bath, the kitchen, and the “hub,“ the butcher block peninsula that is the heart of the home. The generous primary bedroom has ample space for a workstation, a workout area, or a reading nook. The study is perfect for family, guests, or working from home. Need to check on your project? The second bedroom is perfect for a light filled office, complete with sliding doors to the outside. Spread out during the day and close it off at night. You may be working from home, but you're not living at work. Better yet, use it as a crafts or project room.
Have family that comes to stay? That’s easy with the downstairs bed and bath with its own entrance. There is also a spacious workshop and storage area that is sure to inspire your projects and hobbies, as well as a place to keep your toys neat, tidy, and out of your way. Sorry, no more excuses. A separate laundry area with storage and a sink rounds out the compact, well thought out spaces that ensure that you have everything you need without clutter or a lot to maintain.
At last, you’re home. End your day by walking the new puppy through the neighborhood and out to the trail. Then walk out onto the deck, look out over the entire Bay Area and up at the stars and feel very lucky that you call the Berkeley Hills home.
Status: Sold
Features & Updates
- Expansive deck with Bay views
- Classic mid-century features
- Lush garden with lemon and persimmon trees
- Protected outdoor seating for outdoor dining
- Privacy – no nearby houses in sight
- Indoor / outdoor flow integrates two outdoor retreats with open plan design
- Unique fireplace centers the living space
- Refinished floors
- Updated fixtures
- Ample dining space plus kitchen peninsula “hub”
- Roomy kitchen counters
- Spacious primary bedroom with room to work, exercise, or read
- Two primary closets – one just for your shoes
- Bonus bed and bath with separate entrance
- Dedicated laundry area with storage and laundry sink
- Storage / workshop (okay, man cave)
- Garden shed
- Mature plantings, trees
- Freshly painted throughout
- Sewer lateral compliant
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Location Details
Gorgeous views, winding streets with a country road feel, and miles of some of best hiking trails in the Bay area give the Berkeley Hills a tranquil, get away from it all feel in the middle of a world class city. Where else can you hike, overlooking the Bay in the afternoon, and then attend a lecture on campus or see Yo-Yo Ma at the Greek Theatre? The vibrant Berkeley Arts District, including the Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive, the Berkeley Repertory and Aurora theaters, Freight and Salvage, the movies, dining, and several music venues, are minutes away. Gourmet Ghetto, the home of locavore and organic cuisine, features live jazz to entertain you while you pick up the best pizza you’ll ever eat or browse the Farmers Market. Celebrate that amazing new job at Chez Panisse – it’s just down the hill.
Start your Saturday with mountain biking with friends in Tilden and then give the pup a chance to have their fun on the UC Trails. Afterwards, the pleasures of the Gourmet Ghetto or Solano Ave. await you for lunch. Gregoire, whose poetry inspiring potato puffs draw a crowd, had take-out down long before it became an art form. Walk them off as you lose yourself in the scents and sights of the Berkeley Rose Garden. Or stroll through either, or both, of the Tilden and UC Botanical Gardens for a little horticultural inspiration. End the afternoon with a latte at the original Peets or a tasting at Vintage Berkeley. Then head home to prepare your own locavore masterpiece with organic produce, meats and cheeses, freshly made pasta, and hand crafted delectables – all from the North Berkeley Farmers Market. But leave a little time in your culinary schedule. Everything stops for the daily spectacle, the sunset. Each one is uniquely gorgeous and stopping to take it all in never, ever gets old.
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Whatever your child’s interests, they will thrive in the Berkeley schools. Language immersion, cooking and gardening, the renowned Berkeley High Jazz Program, STEM programs and more are available in the Berkeley public schools.