The Minimalist - Emeryville

A private Garden Guest Suite sits on the ground floor of our 1910 California Craftsman and has a separate entrance.

It’s minimalist, modern and peaceful.

It’s surrounded by greenery + outdoor patio. Located in the heart of Emeryville.

Easy check-in | check-out!
Perfect for business travelers.

With its sunken elevation and clean lines - it’s designed with a comfort and a minimum impact in mind for sustainable urban living

Close to San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland.
FREE & EASY Street PARKING!

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Our Garden Guest Suite is a comfortable, minimalist 1 bedroom with a separate, private entrance. It has a plenty of closet space and is designed with comfort, functionality and minimum impact in mind!

Its a private GROUND level unit in our 1910 California Craftsman. It is a 2-steps down Garden Guest Suite wrapped in lush greenery, sporting radiant heated polished cement floors.

Being a ground floor, it has a limited natural light inside, so it’s perfect for working professionals or visitors who are out during the day. It also forces us to spend more time outdoors in nature and in our own serene tropical backyard with a koi fish pond.
If natural light is important to you, please look Into booking our top-floor apartment instead, which is flooded with natural light.
( The Stargazer, same location )

Check The Stargazer Loft out here:

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With its clean lines, The Minimalist offers a contemporary atmosphere with the serenity of an urban oasis. We tried to design a space where functionality meets design and offers green, sustainable, comfortable urban living.

With its sunken excavation design - it provides both privacy from the street side and maximizes the insulative natural geo-thermo properties of Mother Earth.
It helps with keeping the apartment warm in winter and cool in summer, eliminating the need for an AC, thus minimizing its environmental impact.

In addition utilizes hydronic radiant heated floors throughout the apartment during colder winter months.

It has a beautiful small outdoor patio and plenty of unrestricted parking on our street and a FordGo bike station down the street, along with a free shuttle to Bart and to our favorite Berkeley Bowl ( a Natural Healthy Grocery Store - a local institution).
We also have a running track across the street and an outdoor gym up the street.

Very central Bay Area location, close to major highways and Bay Bridge.
Its an easy commute to downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and moments away from local businesses, Emeryville Marina and bay side nature trails.

Its located in the heart of Emeryville, close to highways, shops, local restaurants and groceries;

~ walking distance to Bay Street Shopping Plaza with great small boutiques, AMC movie theater and shops, animation studio Pixar, Novartis, LeapFrog, Stanford Health Care Outpatient Clinic, Amtrak and numbers of Emeryville local businesses;

~ 20 min drive ( 9 miles ) to Moscone Center in San Francisco;

~ 10 - 30 min drive to downtown San Francisco ( depending on the traffic) IMPORTANT: Bay Bridge requires one way Toll to the city;

~ 10 -15 min drive to Berkeley and Oakland;

~40 - 50 min drive to San Francisco International Airport; Napa; Silicon Valley

With easy FREE street PARKING!

WALK SCORE: 87 very walkable ( out of 100 )
BiKE SCORE: 93( out of 100 )

🌿 We strongly believe in green, sustainable living and that LESS is MORE! 🌿

🔻📸 outdoor surveillance installed for our own and house safety, monitoring outdoor patio and point of entry.

OUR GUESTS:🍃

Perfect for single professionals, business travelers, UC Berkeley students, guest professors, visiting families of young professionals who work in Emeryville, San Francisco visitors!

It comfortably sleeps 2 people, great for couples!

MAX OCCUPANCY at all times:
2 people

Our guests are KIND, respectful, quiet, happy and loving folks ONLY, who understand the concept of home sharing - that they are guests in someone’s home and not in a hotel.

🍃COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES:🍃

~ heated modern polished cement floor - hydronic radiant heat in every room ( green and allergy, asthma friendly)

~ Stainless steel refrigerator

~ built-in Italian design microwave

~ built-in Italian design oven

~ stainless steel dishwasher

~Wireless Internet

~ 42 LED SAMSUNG TV

~ SONY Blu Ray DVD Player

~ cable TV, premium channels Discovery, Science, HBO, movies, NEWS, etc.

~ Apple TV

~ gas stove

~ well-stocked kitchen, equipped with utensils, glasses, cups, etc.

~ Nesspresso machine

~ cotton linens provided

~ cotton towels provided

~ you may use our WASHER and DRYER located in the back of the house ( for stays 6 nights and longer ) It’s shared.

⏰ LAUNDRY Hours: 10 am - 6 pm
In order to minimize the noise and keep the serenity of the whole property during evening and early morning hours, do laundry between the posted times.

~ FREE STREET PARKING 🅿️

THE APARTMENT:🍃

The apartment is a private GROUND floor unit in our beautiful Craftsman house.

Easy check-in and check-out, behind a wooden gate with a flowering patio and lush back garden with a koi fish pond.

The gardens in the back and laundry are shared.

Customized Entry code is given prior to arrival. Please communicate your check-in/check-out times.

It has a great outdoor patio with lemon trees, bougainvillea, flowering plants on a very quiet street, just 2 blocks away from animation Studio PIXAR, walking distance to local bars, shops, restaurants.

There is a lovely open to public swimming pool and running tracks right across the street for all the fellow swimmers and joggers out there. Also, there is a great open gym grounds a few houses up the street.

#modern #peaceful #minimalist #urbanoasis #garden #koifishpond #tropicalgardens


THE HOSTS:🍃

We are a friendly, quiet and considerate couple - landscape architect and designer ( Nikolay ) and a psychologist ( Albena ). We are both originally from Europe and weve built our dream space for our families and friends when they visit from Europe.
When no one is visiting, we love hosting the world!

We love traveling, art, design, architecture, plants, outdoors, books, dancing and experiencing different cultures.
We are both vegetarians.
This is our home and we love it!

Our prime goal is to try to make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Please dont hesitate to address any concerns or questions.

We would be happy to assist if possible.
If you need anything essential to your stay that is NOT on our list of amenities please communicate PRIOR to your booking!

LOCATION:🍃

Very strategic central location - close to anywhere in the Bay Area and walking distance to great local cafes, bars and restourants.
Emeryville is just across the BAY BRIDGE from San Francisco.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD:

We are on the border of Oakland/ Emeryville/ Berkeley.

It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and Silicon Valley has been a catalyst for recent economic growth. It is the home to Pixar Animation Studios, Peets Coffee & Tea, The Center for Investigative Reporting and Clif Bar. In addition, several well known tech and software companies have made their home in Emeryville: LeapFrog, Sendmail, MobiTV, Novartis, Wargaming America, and BigFix.

San Francisco Bay Ferry now offers ferry service to Chase Center in San Francisco for Golden State Warriors home games and select special events and music concerts. It’s our favorite way to go see our favorite artist.

🍃OUR VISION:🍃

• We believe in LESS is MORE and have tried to design a GREEN, MINIMALISTIC, and fully FUNCTIONAL space for a comfortable, modern, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE living and peaceful co-existence with all humans and animals!

THANK YOU for assisting us in keeping it that way by:

• conserving energy and resources

• treating your hosts, our neighbors and our home with respect!

🌿NOTE: 🌿

• This is a ground floor apartment. There is a limited light inside, which forces us to spend more time outdoors in the lush back gardens, with a book in the hammock, watching birds bathing and fish playing in the water Lily pond.

The tropical gardens with a koi fish pond are just outside your doorstep in the back of the house, serving as your outdoor living room :-)

Great for business travelers or visitors who plan to explore the area during the day.

If you prefer more light, please look into booking our Stargazer Loft instead, which sits on top of our house, it’s designed as a modern tree house and it’s flooded with natural light.

• WILDLIFE

🌿 🍃 🦋 Yes, we are Certified Natural Wildlife Habitat! 🦋 🌿 🍃

Outside, you may encounter butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, raccoons, possums, neighborhood cats, wild turkeys strolling down the street - all part of our eco-system.

Occasionally, you might encounter ants inside, especially during the winter rainy season or during hot summer days entering inside looking for water.

We do not spray poison but rather use organic non-toxic green mint- based ant repellent which is very effective to keep them happy outside but once in awhile they’ll come visit us inside inspite of all of our efforts. We wish we can control them and sometimes we manage and sometime we don’t. Please understand, we do our absolute best and we will issue no refunds due to seeing ants inside.

Cleanliness is our best defense.
Please, do NOT eat in bed and do NOT leave open food containers on counters or the floors.

If you are afraid of animals and if seeing a raccoon, an ant or a spider will affect your stay, we might not be a good fit for you and you might want to consider a different accommodation instead.

Now, off to plant some more milkweed!
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Ground floor garden apartment, access is through a wooden fence to the right of the natural stone staircase.
Easy access with a keyless entry.
Customized Entry code is given prior to your arrival.

It has 2 steps down.

Please communicate your check-in/check out times.

Guests have access to the entire private apartment:

~ 1 bedroom with a comfortable, new queen bed with a luxury mattress; fully equipped kitchen; bathroom; plenty of storage;

~ Flowering garden patio with a small table and two chairs;

~ Free street parking;

~ SHARED Washer and Dryer
Welcome to use between 9am and 6 pm ONLY in order to maintain the peaceful environment for everyone in the house.

We are just a text away but we respect each others time and privacy!

We are very fast at responding to any questions via Airbnb messaging system!

Self-sufficient, kind and friendly guests ONLY!

LOCATION:

Very strategic central location - close to anywhere in the Bay area - Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Wine country ( Napa, Sonoma, etc.)

Emeryville is a local favorite and just across the BAY BRIDGE from San Francisco.

*** Please note: our location is NOT a touristy spot, although we have lovely local bars, cafes and restaurants with a great food within walking distance.

This is a fantastic location to get away from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, yet close enough to reach them within 5-30 min by car.

Its ideal for business travelers since we are super close to all the booming businesses Emeryville has to offer.

Emeryville is rather a local favorite creative place, tech heaven and an artist underground - home to award winning animation studio Pixar, small local businesses ( TubeMogul, Gracenote, LeapFrog, JambaJuice, Tanium,Kodak Gallery, Tethys bio-science, ART, Petes coffee, Clift bar), authentic food scene ( Public Market, Ikes famous joint, Town house, Summer Summer Thai) and small boutiques ( Bay street shopping plaza)

This location is a good match for you, if you prefer quiet, residential and underground culture over being right in the middle of city life, which translates in:

~ EASY and FREE street parking
~ FREE shuttle that takes you to BART or Berkeley Bowl
~ QUIET residential experience
~ urban OASIS feeling
~ FRIENDLY neighbors
~ LOCAL cafes and bars, gyms still in walking distance from us

Just to align expectations:
If you think we are not worthy 5 stars on location, please look into booking somewhere else, where youd rather be.

NEIGHBORHOOD:

Great, hip, quiet and peaceful neighborhood, 2 blocks away form World renowned Animation Studio Pixar, Novartis, Bayer and just across the beautiful Bay Bridge and San Francisco.

Walking distance to great local bars and restaurants, Trader Joes, Berkeley Bowl, Boutiques, Movie theatre, Emery Train station, Shopping plaza, etc.

Very strategic central location - close to highways and anywhere in the Bay area.

GETTING AROUND:

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:

•FREE SHUTTLE to Bart ( metro), PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, Emeryville Marina, Grocery shops, boutiques; emery-go-round HOLLIS LINE 🚌
~ 3 min walk down the block

• 2 bus stops within 2 min walk 🚌 that take you to Bart station within 15 min

• TransBay bus ( Line F ) will take you to the new stunning Salesforce Transition Center in downtown San Francisco - it takes about 20 min via beautiful Bay Bridge; to get to the bus stop is about 10 min walking from us 🚌

• walking distance to ANIMATION STUDIO PIXAR, coffee shops, bars and restaurants; 🚶🏽‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏿🚶🏻

• FordGo Bike station on our street
Pick up a bike and ride into San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville or San Jose
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• 10 min drive to UCBerkeley or Berkeley downtown; 🚗

• MOSCONE CENTER in the city - 9 miles away - a short 15-30 min Uber/ lyft ride

• Oakland Convention Center - 2.8 miles away or a 12 min Uber ride, 18 min bike ride

• 10 min drive to Oakland downtown;
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•10-30 min driving distance to downtown San Francisco, depending on traffic; 🚗

• 40 - 60 min to San Francisco International Airport ✈️

• 40 - 60 min drive to Silicon Valley; 🚗

• 40 - 60 min drive to wine country Napa, Sonoma 🚗

• 4 hours drive to beautiful Lake Tahoe ( skiing in the winter, swimming in the summer); 🚗

• 4 hours drive to Yosemite; 🚗

• 3 hours drive to Big Sur; 🚗

• 6 hours drive to Los Angeles 🚗


RENTING A CAR:
~ The start up KYTE delivers you one to our house or anywhere in the Bay Area 🏠🚗

You get a free delivery with code bay on

TAXI ALTERNATIVES, we recommend: 🚖
~ LYFT
~ UBER
~ GETAROUND

GROCERIES delivered in an hour to your door:
~ try instacart app ( we highly recommend it)
first delivery is free

***NOTE 🔻:
• LATE CHECK-OUT :
is subject to availability and a fee $25/h paid via resolution center. It needs to be approved by us in writing at least 48 hours prior.

• EARLY CHECK-IN:
is subject to availability and a fee ($25/hour paid via resolution center). Please request at booking or at least 48 hours in advance if needed. Same-day or short-notice requests cannot be accommodated. Early check-in only available when we don’t have another guest checking out that very same day.

• Wildlife:

Although we are in an urban environment, we are close to a row of redwood trees and tons of greenery. Weve learned to co-exist with raccoons living in the neighborhood. You might encounter them at night when they are active since they are nocturnal animals. They are highly-intelligent and curious wild animals, who are harmless if left alone and dont get bothered. They will go for the water in water features and move along. Please give them some space and they will happily move to the next patch of greenery.

If you think this is something that would affect your stay, please move on and find another listing that suits your needs

• Please note that California has been experiencing a SEVERE DROUGHT and we ask everyone to be MINDFUL and CONSERVE WATER.
We also installed water efficient toilets and we are in process of building a rain catchment water system!