Fulton Street – before and after
Fulton Street – A 1905 brown shingle, three story house with 4+ bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms , on a quiet street in Berkeley. Large living room, formal dining room, eat in kitchen, large yard. The Master bedroom/third floor addition we added has views of the bay and the Berkeley Hills, with its own bathroom and third floor deck. There is also a separate in-law unit. We totally restored the house, including removing asbestos shingles from the outside walls and re-shingling. The house has been seismically retrofit, the walls and ceiling are insulated, and plumbing and wiring replaced. It’s ready for another 100+ years.
Parker Street Photos courtesy of Daniella Thompson
Parker Street – Main House: A 1907 house that has never been remodeled, it still has the original 1907 kitchen. 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms, front and back parlors and formal dining room with leaded glass built ins. Original woodwork throughout, heated by 100 year old radiators, using a high efficiency boiler, and with solar panels for power generation. Large yard and car house.
Parker Street – Cottage: A 1908 cottage behind the main house on a quiet street. One bedroom/one bathroom, formal dining room, living room, eat in kitchen and laundry. Unpainted woodwork and original details including built in with leaded glass doors, and divided lite windows. Quiet and charming.
MLK – Built in 1916 as a grocery store, this little building has quite an interesting history. It was a candy store; used as the headquarters for the Black Panther Party; was the birthplace of the Peace and Freedom Party; and most recently was a Bail Bonds Shop. Now the headquarters of Rockhead and Quarry, it has undergone many changes. The building has a new foundation, all the dry rot was removed and repaired, and the new paint job is stunning:
The shop should be complete and ready for occupancy in 2020.
Walnut Street Duplex. Our current project involves moving this house over to our lot on MLK, where we have a small storefront on a big lot. The house was moved on May 7, 2017, and Berkeleyside covered it extensively – you can read the article here.
The Kenney Cottage: We purchased the house from Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, and are now disassembling it while waiting to find a permanent site. The Kenney Cottage is a rare example of early kit house construction, and was first constructed in 1887. The kit was designed and patented by William R. Elford in 1885. The house has been stored on a lot in West Berkeley since 2003. We removed the stucco from the east wall and finished removing stucco from the front and back of the house, to stabilize it. The house was completely disassembled, put into a semi trailer and moved in the summer of 2018.
The Hercules House: This “Folk Victorian” house in Hercules was cut in half and moved off its original site by the city of Hercules. At risk of being demolished, we took it on, and have secured a property in Pinole where the house will be moved. We will move the house to Pinole in 2020. For more information on the Folk Victorian style, check out this article: http://isarchitecture.com/style-101-folk-victorian/
Pinole lot. This is the lot where the Hercules house will be relocated.