A Hearth is a HomeOur love of fireplaces, hearths and mantles is deep and ancient. If we have fire we can keep warm, we can make bread, we can care for our loved ones. I rarely find a home buyer that doesn't require a hearth in the living room. "Oh, I don't plan on burning wood in it, I just want
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03/07/2009
Pristine Piedmont Mid-Century ModernThis blank canvas offers Piedmont Schools and includes a lovely sandstone, brick fireplace and impeccable original baths. Large rooms and open, family, friendly floor plan, typical of mid-century homes. Mid-Century Architecture has enjoyed a huge resurgence, p
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03/04/2009
The Sellers at 391 51st Street have taken a terrific pricereduction on their home to $650,000!Take advantage of the buyer's market to upgrade to a walking neighborhood,near everything you love to do AND EAT!With libraries, independent bookshops, a Local Farmer's Market, Bake-Sale Betty, Pizziolaa
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03/04/2009
Great Community, Great Home!This adorable 2 bedroom/1 bath is looking for a good owner! With a recent price reduction to $620,000 and fabulous Albany neighborhood schools, it is primed for a quick sale.I'll be there this Sunday from 2-4:30. The address again is817 Ramona, Albany 94706. To schedu
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03/04/2009
Berkeley's Own The Gardener on 4th Street in Berkeley installed a new potting shed/studio. It's purpose: arranging cut flowers, planting succulent arrangements with help from the expert staff and just getting your hands dirty. It's the Gardener way of "Social Networking" with their clients. What
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02/28/2009
Up you go! Up the garden path to theweather beaten wood paneled cottage.Original Craftsman hand painted beams, in the three room home. Out of time, one could almost picture Virginia Woolfe on a visit to Berkeley, enjoying this rustic cottage.Then back into time and down the garden path you go.
02/28/2009
This house once held Bernard Maybeck's Packard. He designed and had it built when La Loma was still a country lane and he could drive up into the front door, which are now connecting French doors.It is the perfect size for a pied-a-terre, a secret hideaway where you unplug your laptop and turn o
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02/28/2009
For Sunday March 1st, 2009I am at 6851 Aitken in Montclair, Oakland. It's supposed to be a torrential downpour, so I'm not sure who will visit, but I will be there from 2-4:30pm.Happy house hunting in the rain! Just for fun check out the Maybeck cottage at 1471 La Loma. This space was originally
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02/28/2009
The National Association of Realtors is (finally) Going Green! I've been pleasantly surprised to discover that my new brokerage, The GRUBB Company promotes Green Real Estate with it's agents and clients. Our Broker, John Karney is a marine biologist by training and is well founded in the science
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02/25/2009
What Are They and Why Should We Care? There are over 87 species of wild bees in and around Berkeley. These are not even the hiving bees that we are familiar with but bees that live singly in old wood and other wild places they can find to shelter. These bees are the workhorses of food pollination
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02/25/2009
