A 1916 bungalow with three bedrooms and one bathroom, on a 0.1-acre lot
This house sits between the Santa Fe neighborhood in Oakland and the city of Emeryville, about two miles from Bay Street Emeryville, a large mixed-use development with shopping and restaurants. A park with a recreation center and baseball field is a few blocks away, and the headquarters of Pixar Animation Studios is a five-minute drive.
Size: 1,005 square feet
Price per square foot: $875
Indoors: A walkway cuts a path from the street to a front stoop large enough to hold a chair or bench.
The front door opens into a living room with vaulted, exposed-wood ceilings and hardwood floors that continue into a windowed dining room. On one side of the dining room is a door to a guest room, currently used as a home office. Behind the dining room is a recently renovated gray-and-white kitchen with a tiled backsplash, recessed lighting and stone countertops.
Pasadena | $1.489 Million
A 1908 Craftsman house with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot
Pasadena was once a popular winter destination for those from colder parts of the country, and is considered by many to have one of the world’s best collections of Craftsman-style homes. This one has retained much of its original exterior character, including the gabled roofline and covered front porch. It is in the Garfield Heights neighborhood, a few blocks from the designated landmark district of the same name. Old Pasadena, with its stores and restaurants, is about two miles away; downtown Los Angeles is a 25-minute drive.