5514 Taft Ave, Oakland, CA 94618

This sweet bungalow is perfectly located in the highly desirable "Golden Triangle" district in the Heart of Rockridge on a tree lined street with annual block parties, less than 1/2 a block from College Avenue's boutique shops and acclaimed restaurants. It's also just 3 blocks from Market Hall's bakery, High Wire coffee, pasta and cheese shop, butcher, fish market and produce store, as well as BART, bus transit, casual carpool to SF, UC Berkeley, downtown Oakland and an extensive number of bay area sites. It's an easy trek to the local Farmer's market, Lake Temescal, Frog Park, the local library and many more amenities. The school catchment is the award winning Chabot Elementary district. The ideal location combined with convenient single level living is a rare find. You enter the home through a spacious enclosed front porch, great as an extra sitting room, for hobbies or storing your bikes. The pride of this craftsman style home is the combination living/dining room which features oak flooring with inlays, box beam ceilings, period light fixtures, stained glass and wood double hung windows, builtins, accent wainscoting and a gas heating stove in the fireplace. Two 'jack and jill' bedrooms flank a shared bathroom complete with shower over a tub. A third bedroom quietly sits in the rear of the home and features builtins, an armoir, it's own bathroom with shower and triple windows looking out onto the adorable and sunny garden yard. The comfortably sized kitchen has ample cabinetry, a new stainless steel gas range and refrigerator. Off the kitchen are laundry hookups in the mud room which leads to a patio, lawn and garden yard. There's off street driveway parking and a bonus detached storage shed/workshop. It's available September 1 with an open house Saturday 9/8 from 2-4pm. Other showings by appointment. Utilities paid by tenant. Trash paid by owner. Offering a one year lease. Call Annie at (510) 501-6439 Owner pays trash, tenant pays other utilities.