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.
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
Take a Tour of 61 Fairlawn Drive
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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