Elegant updating and beautiful Arts & Crafts detailing. Easy, gated entry through a magical garden. Perfect floorplan with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and study on the upper level, and a 5th bedroom annd bath and family room on the lower level. Recent two-car garage. Another Berkeley treasure in the convenient Claremont neighborhood.
Sold for $4,000,000
$4,000,000
159 Hillcrest Rd, Berkeley, CA 94705
5beds
4,071sqft
Single Family Residence
Built in 1914
8,712 Square Feet Lot
$3,919,000 Zestimate®
$983/sqft
$7,967 Estimated rent
Home value
$3,919,000
$3.53M - $4.35M
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Recent two-car garagePerfect floorplanGated entryMagical garden
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Listed by:
Bebe McRae DRE #00875159 510-928-3912,
The Grubb Co. Inc.
Bought with:
Elena Mendelson, DRE #01883139
Compass
Source: bridgeMLS/CCAR/Bay East AOR,MLS#: 41093567
Facts & features
Interior
Bedrooms & bathrooms
- Bedrooms: 5
- Bathrooms: 4
- Full bathrooms: 3
- 1/2 bathrooms: 1
Rooms
- Room types: Family Room, Formal Dining Room, Office, Study
Kitchen
- Features: Dishwasher, Eat-in Kitchwen, Disposal, Gas Range/Cooktop, Refrigerator, Updated Kitchen
Heating
- Zoned
Cooling
- None
Appliances
- Included: Dishwasher, Gas Range, Refrigerator, Washer
- Laundry: Dryer, Washer
Features
- Den, Storage, Updated Kitchen
- Flooring: Hardwood
- Windows: Window Coverings
- Basement: Partial
- Number of fireplaces: 1
- Fireplace features: Living Room
Interior area
- Total structure area: 4,071
- Total interior livable area: 4,071 sqft
Property
Parking
- Total spaces: 2
- Parking features: Detached, Garage Door Opener
- Garage spaces: 2
Accessibility
- Accessibility features: None
Features
- Levels: Three or More Stories
- Exterior features: Back Yard, Front Yard, Garden/Play
- Pool features: None
- Fencing: Fenced
- Has view: Yes
- View description: Hills
Lot
- Size: 8,712 Square Feet
- Features: Sloped Down, Level, Premium Lot
Details
- Parcel number: 64425118
- Special conditions: Standard
- Other equipment: DSL/Modem Line, Other
Construction
Type & style
- Home type: SingleFamily
- Architectural style: Traditional
- Property subtype: Single Family Residence
Materials
- Wood Shingles
- Roof: Shingle
Condition
- Existing
- New construction: No
- Year built: 1914
Utilities & green energy
- Electric: No Solar
Community & HOA
Community
- Security: Security Alarm - Owned
HOA
- Has HOA: No
Location
- Region: Berkeley
Financial & listing details
- Price per square foot: $983/sqft
- Tax assessed value: $2,882,014
- Date on market: 4/22/2025
- Listing terms: Cash,Conventional
Price history
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5/28/2025 | Sold | $4,000,000+14.4%$983/sqft |
Source:  bridgeMLS/CCAR/Bay East AOR #41093567 Report a problem | ||
| 5/7/2025 | Pending sale | $3,495,000$859/sqft |
Source: bridgeMLS/CCAR/Bay East AOR #41093567 Report a problem | ||
| 4/22/2025 | Listed for sale | $3,495,000+56.3%$859/sqft |
Source: bridgeMLS/CCAR/Bay East AOR #41093567 Report a problem | ||
| 6/10/2011 | Sold | $2,236,000$549/sqft |
Source: Public Record Report a problem | ||
Public tax history
| Year | Property taxes | Tax assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -- | $2,882,014 +2% |
| 2024 | $40,636 +2% | $2,825,526 +2% |
| 2023 | $39,833 +1.6% | $2,770,139 +2% |
| 2022 | $39,198 -0.4% | $2,715,834 +2% |
| 2021 | $39,354 +5.3% | $2,662,584 +1% |
| 2020 | $37,387 +3.6% | $2,635,296 +2% |
| 2019 | $36,090 +5% | $2,583,644 +2% |
| 2018 | $34,377 | $2,533,005 +2% |
| 2017 | $34,377 +2.9% | $2,483,356 +2% |
| 2016 | $33,416 +2% | $2,434,673 +1.5% |
| 2015 | $32,760 | $2,398,116 +2% |
| 2014 | $32,760 | $2,351,143 +0.5% |
| 2013 | -- | $2,340,526 +2.6% |
| 2012 | -- | $2,280,516 +11.2% |
| 2011 | -- | $2,050,000 |
| 2010 | -- | $2,050,000 -8.9% |
| 2009 | -- | $2,250,000 -10% |
| 2008 | -- | $2,500,000 -3.9% |
| 2007 | -- | $2,601,000 +2% |
| 2006 | -- | $2,550,000 +219.1% |
| 2005 | -- | $799,087 +2% |
| 2004 | -- | $783,422 +1.9% |
| 2003 | -- | $769,068 +2% |
| 2002 | -- | $753,985 +2% |
| 2001 | $11,732 | $739,203 |
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Neighborhood: Claremont
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- 9/10John Muir Elementary SchoolGrades: K-5Distance: 0.3 mi
- 10/10Willard Middle SchoolGrades: 6-8Distance: 0.9 mi
- 9/10Berkeley High SchoolGrades: 9-12Distance: 1.8 mi
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- Alameda County
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- Claremont
- 159 Hillcrest Rd
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