$4,120 / 2br - 832ft2 - Gorgeous, Charming, Modern, Walkable, Calif Bungalow near Piedmont Ave (oakland piedmont / montclair)

Gorgeous, Charming, Modern, Walkable, Calif Bungalow near Piedmont Ave Available Saturday, November 1, 2025 Please call Allysyn at show contact info (a landline) for a private appointment to see the house. If you leave a message please suggest 2 or 3 days/times that work for you to see the house. Talking/calling is my preferred way to be in touch; email my second choice. :: HOUSE OVERVIEW :: • Available Saturday, November 1, 2025 • $4120 per month • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom • 3781 Leighton Street, Oakland, CA 94611 (Oakland, not Piedmont) • 832 sq. ft., single family home • Year lease, but please stay longer • Private backyard • Very large back deck – almost the whole backyard is deck • No smoking in the house, please • You pay all utilities, about $250 per month, according to previous tenants (see below) • Washer/dryer • Eat-in kitchen • Lots of kitchen cupboards/storage • Gas stove, hood (light and fan), fridge, dishwasher, double stainless sink • Vetrazzo (concrete/glass) and wood counters • Hardwood oak floors throughout with marble floor in bathroom • Central heat (forced air) • Great, natural, cross-ventilation when the doors or windows are open • Shower over deep-and-short soaking tub • Great water pressure • 2 closets • Attic storage • Pet friendly property • Fenced yard • Free on-street parking in “Area A” – contact City of Oakland to get free permit :: MORE OVERVIEW :: • This "jewel box" California Bungalow was fully renovated in 2005-2006. • We kept (and reinvented!) the original 1906 charm but modernized all systems for safety, comfort, and security. It was out to the studs and back in: we moved walls, doors and windows, gave it a new foundation, new floors, replaced all the windows, window frames, and doors, plus a million other things! • For our efforts, I'm proud to say that, the house was a 2011 winner of the Oakland Heritage Alliance "Partners in Preservation" award. https://www.slideshare.net/oaklandheritage/oha-2011-pip-awards-presentation • Private and quiet (double-pane windows throughout) • Diffused, natural light with 2 SolaTubes (small, bright skylights) • Open floor-plan • Hardwood oak floors throughout • 832 sq. foot house on a 2,000 sq. foot lot • Loads of original architectural details, including: • ~ original "Clinker Brick" wood burning fireplace (working, of course) • ~ cove ceilings • ~ picture rails • ~ built-in in living room • Large eat-in kitchen with French doors that open to the very large backyard deck • Stacked, built-in washer/dryer tastefully hidden in kitchen (tall cupboard door to the right of the fridge) • Stainless stove, stainless fridge, and stainless drawer-style dishwasher • Fenced yard • Leighton Street is a cul-de-sac – no through traffic • We have a nice little neighborhood/community thing going here on Leighton Street. It’s a great little street, (cul-de-sac) hidden in plain sight. The neighbors are quiet, nice, interesting professionals. This is NOT the suburbs - so we are close to everything! This year we had a National Night Out gathering, again, in August. • The houses in this charming, old Oakland neighborhood are rather close together, so, as much as we love the arts, in respect of the neighbors, this would not be the best place for you to hold practice for that rock band or opera career you’ve always dreamed of starting! ;-) :: The HEART of the HOUSE :: Designed this way, there is a very cool point in the center of the house such that if you stand there and slowly turn in a circle you can see and connect with just about every part of the house. Energetically, it is the hub, the center, the heart. Can you find it? It is in the broad opening next to the fireplace. :-) :: SHOWINGS by APPOINTMENT :: Please call Allysyn at 5lo-42o-o696 (landline) for a private appointment to see the house. If you leave a message please suggest 2 or 3 days/times that work for you to see the house. Talking/calling is my preferred way to be in touch; email my second choice. :: AVAILABILITY and COSTS :: • Available Saturday, November 1, 2025 • Year lease (please stay longer) • $4,120 per month • First month’s rent of $4,120 due at signing • Security deposit of $4,120 due at signing • Two credit bureau reports and proof of income/funds required. You can show us the documents, we will copy and return. All documents and references will be checked and authenticated. :: TERMS :: Year lease, but please stay longer :: APPLICATION PROCESS :: Earnings, good credit, and references required. Two credit bureau reports and proof of income/funds required. You can show us the documents, we will copy and return. All documents and references will be checked and authenticated. :: WASHER/DRYER :: The washer and dryer are discretely installed in the kitchen behind the tall cupboard door to the right of the fridge. :: PARKING :: Free, unlimited street parking in Oakland's "Area A" residential parking system. :: UTILITIES - ALL IN YOUR NAME – Prices based on previous tenants’ usage :: • You pay gas and electricity bill to PG&E of about $75 each month. • You pay water/sewer bill to East Bay Municipal Utility District every OTHER month of about $175. • You pay garbage/recycling/compost bill to Waste Management of Alameda County every FOUR months of about $125. • ADT alarm is installed. If you wish to maintain that it is about $45 every month. :: PETS :: Pet friendly property Pets are welcome at no additional cost but are negotiable and subject to interview. Dogs, please be current and always maintain your license, shots, and flea/tick control. Be ready to demonstrate your politeness and obedience to your humans (in exchange for treats, of course!) Also, you must play well with others. :: LEIGHTON STREET :: THE NEIGHBORHOOD :: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION :: Leighton Street is a hidden-in-plain-site cul-de-sac street near Piedmont Avenue. We have a nice little neighborhood/community thing going on here on Leighton Street. It's a great little street, hidden in plain sight. The neighbors are friendly, nice, quiet, interesting, cooperative, responsible professionals. The houses in this charming, old Oakland neighborhood are rather close together, so, as much as we love the arts, in respect of the neighbors, this would not be the best place for you to hold practice for that rock band or opera career you’ve always dreamed of starting! ;-) :: PIEDMONT AVENUE :: THE NEIGHBORHOOD :: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION :: 150 paces to Piedmont Avenue with all its services: groceries, post office, banks, drug store, library, movie theater, cafes, restaurants, yoga studios, medical offices, book stores, gift shops, pubs, ice cream parlors. Voted one of the best streets in the east bay. 600 paces to Kaiser Permanente Hospital 2 blocks to the "Casual Carpool" stop to San Francisco on Harrison Street. 3 blocks to the freeway on-ramp (highways 580, 980, 880, 80, 24) 0.7 miles to the MacArthur BART station 3.6 miles to the U.C. Berkeley campus (Sather Gate) (Go Bears!). “Walkability Score” of 94 “Bike Score” of 75 “Transit Score” of 62 Local farmer's markets Saturday at Grand Lake, Sunday at Temescal/DMV and Jack London Square, among others. :: A TOUR of the HOUSE – Room by Room :: LIVING ROOM Arts & Crafts beveled glass front door, oak floors, 1906 "Clinker Brick" wood burning fireplace (working, of course), cove ceilings, picture rails, stained wood trim, wall sconces, "built-in" with 3 shelves & 4 drawers, pass-through to kitchen, beautifully-framed shallow bay-window window-seat overlooks front yard and Leighton Street KITCHEN Eat-in kitchen, oak floors, Amana stainless fridge (freezer on the bottom), stainless Bosch gas stove with convection oven, Faber stainless hood, gray Vetrazzo (90% recycled glass + 10% concrete) & butcher-block counters, new and newly refinished cabinets, deep double-bowl stainless Elkay sink, large green-house window over sink, Kohler faucet, Fisher-Paykel single-drawer dishwasher, stacked Kenmore washer & dryer behind the tall cupboard door to the right of the fridge, French doors to the back deck and yard, large SolaTube for lots of natural light, telephone nook and recipe book nook, pass-through to living room BATHROOM Carrera marble floor with electric radiant heat, shower/tub combo with a big Grohe showerhead, subway tile and green glass mosaic insets and a short deep tub for soaking, small greenhouse window, SolaTube for natural light, heat lamp, fan, 1942 peg-leg pedestal sink, low-flow toilet, double medicine cabinets, great water pressure, and endless hot water (but please, conserve water) FRONT BEDROOM (LARGER) Oak floors, cove ceilings, picture rails, large windows over-look front yard, long narrow closet with antique wallpaper BACK BEDROOM (SMALLER) Oak floors, picture rails, big window looks to back yard, modest walk-in closet with lots of built-in shelves STORAGE Attic Storage via a pull-down stair in the hallway FRONT PORCH A modest, Craftsman covered front porch is the "Prow of the Ship", great for people-watching! BACK DECK Private, very large wooden deck off kitchen, perfect for morning coffee and warm-weather entertaining YARDS Motion sensor lights all around for safety and security Front, side and back yards Fenced In the garden you will find lavender, rosemary, camellia, gardenia, jasmine, Japanese iris, and a liquid amber tree among other plants. :: THE END :: Please call Allysyn at show contact info (landline) for an appointment to see the house. Thank you for your interest!