Furnished Gourmet Ghetto Apartment with Parking

This is a spacious fully furnished three bedroom and one-bathroom apartment located on the first floor of a three-story building. Around the corner are all the stores and restaurants of the Gourmet Ghetto, and it is about a 15-minute walk to campus... and BART. This building attracts PhD students with an average tenancy of four years over the last ten years.

The building has an app operated laundry room on site (no coins). Water and garbage/recycling are included with rent. Parking included and internet service high speed fiber promotion (2 months for free – no contracts).

August 2022 following updates:
1. Completely repainted the entire unit
2. Backsplash in kitchen
3. Brand new bathroom fixtures
4. New kitchen rangehood
5. New wall heater
6. Abloy lock on door and system in the building – highest security lock system, meaning no duplicate keys exist and one key to access unit, mailbox, and common areas. Very few buildings in Berkeley, if any, feature this lock system.

Wood flooring throughout the unit is wood without any carpet anywhere, the kitchen has granite countertops, and the bathroom has marble walls with a Toto toilet and Kohler sink. Each bedroom is large enough to accommodate up to a king size bed with room for desk and dresser. There are two common area closets, and each bedroom has its own closet (a true three bedroom, not a converted unit)

The application fee is $50 and co-signor application fee is $30 (not required for PHD students with proof of funding). The security deposit is one month's rent, and no first or last month rent required. The lease term will be for one year.

No smokers and no pets of any are kind are allowed.

This building is fully compliant with Berkeley Soft Story Code (earthquake/seismic retrofit of buildings), fully compliant with E3 program (in response to the Berkeley Library Garden Balcony Collapse in June 2015), and the Rental Housing Safety Inspection Program. No red tag ever building. Read More