The entrance includes a fully enclosed front porch surrounded with casement windows, quite possibly originally used as a sleeping porch during warm summer nights, but is now ideal for a playroom or home office. Inside, the home's original Craftsman floor plan remains largely intact on the main upper level, while a full, permitted lower level has significantly expanded the footprint into a home suited to modern needs. Spacious at 1,830 square feet, the main level maintains a vintage aesthetic with an open living room, dining room and a large, eat-in kitchen for the public spaces, with two bedrooms and a bathroom off a dedicated hallway in keeping with a traditional Craftsman design. Many preserved vintage elements in the living and dining rooms include a large picture window and a fireplace centered between built-in bookcases in the living room and, in the dining room, a handsome built-in china cabinet and sideboard beneath a wide picture window adorned with period trim. A breakfast counter separates the dining room from a kitchen remodeled with stone counters, a Carrara marble tile backsplash, a charmingly rustic hardwood floor, and JennAir and Miele appliances. A full-lite door in the kitchen opens to the backyard deck, making indoor/outdoor entertaining a breeze.

The two bedrooms situated on the main level are separated by a full bathroom with a tub/shower combination and black and white tiles accents, while two additional bedrooms are downstairs on the home's lower level that features a more contemporary design that perfectly complements the original home's vintage aesthetic. The spacious downstairs primary bedroom opens to a versatile, sun-filled bonus space, and shares an attractive ensuite bathroom with a second bedroom that's an ideal size for an office, studio, nursery or guest room. This lower level is "nearly" level-in, just two steps up to a full-lite door that opens to the fabulous fenced backyard with tiered decks, a lawn, and scenic views of the Oakland hills in the distance.

Close to both Hwy 13 and the I-580 freeway, this convenient location offers easy access to Montclair Village shopping and amenities, and is just blocks to Mills College's one hundred thirty-five acres of paths, trails, gardens, and cultural and academic programs, many of which are open to the public. A very special home!