Features

  • Entry gate to a walled garden secluded behind delicate olive trees

  • Private courtyard graced by flowering shrubs and elegant Papyrus

  • Large, soaring foyer with hexagonal tile floor, leaded glass and wrought iron details

  • Handsome staircase open to broad upper landing overlooking the foyer

  • Magnificent upstairs Great Room with sculptural stone fireplace and vaulted, beamed ceiling 

  • Walls of windows and French doors to balconies west and south

  • Sweeping rooftop, treetop, North Bay, Bay Bridge, and Downtown Oakland views

  • Adjacent library/study with leaded glass doors to Juliet balcony

  • Main level “Morning Room”, family room, or formal dining room open to east courtyard

  • Large custom kitchen designed by Kit Ratcliff, Walter Ratcliff’s grandson, of the firm today known as Ratcliff

  • Generous dining area with walls of windows and a balcony with rear garden and North Bay views

  • Open, curved staircase to lower level primary suite with spacious bed and sitting areas

  • A wall of windows, copious closets and cabinetry, updated bathroom

  • Door to the broad rear deck and lush lower garden patios

  • A towering redwood, a vibrant Japanese maple, two soaring palm trees

  • Laundry/storage/mechanical room adjacent lower bedroom with deck access

  • Semi-finished garage with utility sink and good potential for new laundry area

  • Exquisite details, versatile spaces, architectural integrity and pedigree

  • House 2,508 square feet per photographer/drafter; 1,949 square feet per public record

  • Lot 4,000 square feet per public record

  • Close to footpaths leading down the hill to Shattuck and Vine