Extraordinary 4+ Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath

Contemporary Victorian - $499,000

What we love about our home.....

is the oasis we have created. When we walk through the door at the end of a day, we can set aside anything that has happened outside our home. The house envelopes us with warmth, comfort and peace and allows us to forget everything outside. We can relax in the backyard, taking sun and barbecuing on the deck, working in the garden, and playing with the dog on the lawn.

And since we love to cook.....

the kitchen is a joy to work in. And since we also love to entertain, the layout of the downstairs makes this easy for us. We can work in the kitchen while our friends sit at the bar and share bread and wine and conversation with us as we prepare the evening's meal. And it's spacious and open enough that even with a houseful of guests, it hardly seems crowded.

The neighborhood has been undergoing significant positive changes.....

over the past two years. As older residents and landlords have sold their properties, younger homeowners, young couples, young families and single people, have moved in, improving their properties and taking a keen interest in the goings on in the area. This has been evidenced mainly in the formation of the Lorin District Neighborhood Association (LDNA) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ldna/. The LDNA was begun as an informal way for people in the neighborhood to get together and get to know one another.

As people came together they began to realize that they had common interests and concerns.....

specifically the improvement of the neighborhood in which they lived. So they have taken it upon themselves to improve the neighborhood and make it a safe and fun place to live, without diminishing the area's historical diversity, meeting monthly in neighbors homes and publishing a neighborhood-wide monthly newsletter. The Lorin District neighborhood includes people from all walks of life, young and old, married, single and partnered, some here only a year or two, and others for 20 years and more. And all of the residents care about the neighborhood.

Walking home from BART each night.....

we notice each of the houses along our way, knowing that there is a friendly and familiar face behind each door.

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Ira & Carol Serkes

MLS: 02004513; Cross Streets: King/California; Map:629G4
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