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Jeffrey Tung

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Listed by Elizabeth Lee, DRE #01403969 • eXp Realty of California, Inc.

$ 1,088,000

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141 Fairlawn Dr Berkeley, CA 94708

2 Beds

3 Baths

1,625 SqFt

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Key Details

Property Type Single Family Home

Sub Type Single Family Home

Listing Status Active

Purchase Type For Sale

Square Footage 1,625 sqft

Price per Sqft $669

MLS Listing ID CC41149153

Style Contemporary

Bedrooms 2

Full Baths 3

Year Built 1972

Lot Size 4,905 Sqft

Property Sub-Type Single Family Home

Source Contra Costa Association of Realtors

Property Description

Set into the North Berkeley hills, 141 Fairlawn is one of the earliest known works of architect Andrew Batey. It was designed and built in the early 1970s, years before the Napa Valley houses and Getty Center recognition that would define Batey's career. It was commissioned by Henry Bowles, an architectural photographer who trained under Morley Baer and shot for Condé Nast, and it shows in a studied style that prized "purity, simplicity, and austerity of form" - for someone who looked at buildings for a living. More than fifty years on, it still feels ahead of its time. Step inside and the house does the thing Batey built it to do - it brings the outside in. A two-story wall of glass on an exposed frame pulls the canopy straight into the living space, and the main volume rises double-height beneath open beams, an open-tread stair climbing to the mezzanine. There is very little between you and the outdoors, and the room changes hour by hour as light and leaf-shadow move across it. Sliding doors carry the space outward: one opens onto the entry walk, a step from an expansive deck set among mature native oaks. A floor above, a second slider opens on the same wall, looking down over the quiet sitting area by the entrance. Batey worked the sloping site rather than fighting it, and the

Location

State CA

County Alameda

Area Berkeley Map Area 1

Rooms

Dining Room Dining Area

Kitchen Countertop - Solid Surface / Corian, Dishwasher, Pantry, Oven Range - Gas, Oven Range, Refrigerator, Updated

Interior

Heating Forced Air, Gas

Cooling None

Flooring Vinyl, Concrete, Hardwood

Fireplaces Type None

Laundry Washer, Dryer

Exterior

Parking Features Detached Garage, Garage, Off-Street Parking

Garage Spaces 1.0

Pool Pool - No, None

View Forest / Woods

Roof Type Other

Building

Lot Description Grade - Sloped Up

Story Two Story

Water Heater - Gas

Architectural Style Contemporary

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Tax ID 60-2487-50

Special Listing Condition New, Not Applicable

Jeffrey Tung

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+1(650) 400-4459

Jeffrey Tung

141 Fairlawn Dr Berkeley, CA 94708

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