At
Berkeley Town House

Tell me more!

More about Berkeley Town House …

What is it?

• The U.S.’s first senior housing cooperative.
• Co-op? Yes, like a condo association, only better: Co-op members co-own the building, work together to run it, and form a friendly, supportive community.
• Many Berkeley treasures (including UC) are an easy walk from BTH.

What’s available at BTH?

A few apartments are now vacant. One is mine: apartment 2C. I’m Jonathan. My wife and I upgraded the apartment in 2009. Now our professions are calling us away from Berkeley. I’ve chosen an agent to find a new owner who will enjoy the benefits of living at BTH. My agent is:

Joann Sullivan, Realtor
Seniors Real Estate Specialist
California Bureau of Real Estate Broker License 01453021.

Details about: BTH apartment 2C

Picture tour of: BTH apartment 2C

Please contact me

Features of Berkeley Town House

At BTH you can …

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Make fascinating friends.

Look at what people at BTH have recently done in …

Human services: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Baby-sit grandchildren
• Give home-bound persons daily phone calls
• Offer volunteer income-tax assistance to seniors
• Provide legal advice to immigrants
• Serve hot meals to folks in People’s Park
• Tutor in public schools

Literature and art: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Author articles in a community newspaper
• Direct and produce a documentary
• Maintain blogs
• Make pottery
• Publish a novel
• Mount an exhibition at a Boston art gallery
• Write a poem and perform it as a Youtube video

Professions: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Run a high-tech (GIS/CAD) company
• Build databases
• Develop full-stack web applications
• Fulfill FOIA requests for the U.S. government
• Judge proficiency in paragliding
• Patent a medical-imaging device
• Serve as an official of an international professional organization
• Represent a client before a California regulatory agency
• Teach watercolor painting
• Teach statistics
• Work as a technical lead at a virtualization company

Other domains: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Celebrate a 104th birthday
• Get elected as a director of a local history society
• Contribute personal papers to university archives
• Help get a California law enacted
• Work part-time on the UC Berkeley campus
• Protest government policies
• Travel to Antarctica

Next ▶

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Co-own a
pioneering co‑op.

About this co‑op:

• Founded in 1960.
• The U.S.’s first-ever senior housing cooperative!
• A self-governing “cooperative corporation” with 60 shareholders.
• You own a share of the corporation, which owns the entire property.
• Directors budget and charge members monthly assessments to cover costs.

Becoming a member:

• You are eligible if at least one 55+ person in your household intends to make BTH a permanent primary residence (Calif. Civil Code Sec. 51.3).
• If you have a trust, it may buy on your behalf.
• You negotiate a price and terms with a current shareholder.
• You get seller disclosures about the apartment and BTH.
• You can apply to National Cooperative Bank or First Republic for a co‑op home loan (“share loan”).
• You get screened, interviewed, and approved by the BTH directors.

Next ▶

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Help run the co‑op.

How members participate:

• Elect directors.
• Advise directors on appointments of officers, committees, contractors, employees, approval of new BTH members, and budgets.
• Exchange information and ideas at board meetings. pic
• Meet with committees and officers as they weigh options. pic
• Vote on any changes in fundamental rules.
• Advise the Board on proposed changes in operating rules. pic

You can offer to serve as:

• A director
• A corporate officer
• A member of a board-appointed committee

You can also join those who:

• Discuss issues facing the co‑op pic
• Examine co‑op finances pic
• Make landscaping improvements pic
• Design remodeling projects pic
• Plan equipment modernization pic
• Improve water and energy conservation (recognition) pic
• Prepare for emergencies pic
• Maintain the garden pic pic
• Decorate common spaces pic
• Collect and deliver recyclables pic

Next ▶

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Enjoy extensive
facilities and services.

Personnel: Show examples … Hide examples …

• On-site Office Manager
• On-site Facility Manager
• Contracted professional community management and accounting
• Daily janitorial service

Spaces: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Secure covered entrance pic
• Library pic
• Lounge pic
• “Multipurpose” (media) room pic
• Dining room pic
• Kitchen pic
• Pantry pic
• Secure mail room pic
• Laundry room available at all times
• Storage rooms
• Patio with planter garden pic pic
• Roof “Skyroom” (currently out of service) pic
• Common-space walls hung with members’ art and photos pic pic
• 100% no-smoking property since 2008

Equipment: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Wi-fi throughout first-floor common space
• Oven, microwave, and refrigerator/freezer in kitchen pic
• Energy-efficient washers and dryers ($1.25/load) pic
• Audiovisual system with 60-inch plasma display pic
• Grand piano pic
• Table tennis pic
• Bocce ball
• “Give-away bench” pic
• Eight bulletin boards pic
• Personal message compartments pic
• Co-op message compartments pic
• Passenger and passenger/freight elevators pic pic
• Central fire alarm in common areas and units pic
• Borrowable shopping carts pic
• Indoor bicycle racks pic

Next ▶

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Have your own apartment.

• Each shareholder (“member”) gets one apartment (“unit”).
• Legally, you are a tenant of the corporation in your unit, under a lease that is renewable as long as you are a member.
• The building is almost entirely owner-occupied, because subleasing to others is limited.
• For property and income tax purposes, you are treated as the owner of your unit.
• BTH insures, maintains, and repairs the entire property outside members’ units, plus the entire heating system. You insure, maintain, and repair the interior of your unit except for the heating equipment.

Next ▶

Tell me about apartment 2C

Next ▶

At BTH, you can …

Walk to UC and other Berkeley treasures.

Academics: Show examples … Hide examples …

• UC Berkeley (public events) pic
• Lawrence Berkeley Lab pic

Books: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Academic Libraries pic
• Law Library pic
• Public Libraries pic
• Book stores pic

The arts: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Berkeley Art Museum pic
• Pacific Film Archive pic
• Cinemas pic
• Stage theaters pic
• Music venues pic

Food: Show examples … Hide examples …

• World-class restaurants pic
• University cafeterias pic
• Cheap student eateries pic
• Cafés pic
• Berkeley Bowl Marketplace pic

Health, fitness, physical activity: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation pic
• Berkeley Eye Center pic
• UC Berkeley Recreational Sports pic
• Tool Lending Library pic

Transportation: Show examples … Hide examples …

• 2 BART Stations pic
• Buses to all of East Bay, San Francisco, and Bay Area pic
• Car sharing (Zipcar and Getaround) pic
• Bicycle sharing (Ford GoBike) pic
• Resident-only all-day parking pic

Outdoors: Show examples … Hide examples …

• Botanical Gardens pic
• People's Park pic
• Tilden Regional Park pic

Map of BTH neighborhood Map

Tell me about apartment 2C

At Berkeley Town House …

Apartment 2C is now available.

Size, shape, location: Show details … Hide details …

• 2nd floor, facing south onto Parker Street pic
• 1 bedroom, living/dining room, kitchen area, bathroom, foyer, sunroom pic
• view from front door pic
• living room, kitchen, sunroom pic
• sunroom pic
• bedroom pic
• bathroom pic

Remodeled in 2009: Show details … Hide details …

• 2009 remodel permitted, inspected, approved pic
• 50-amp electrical rewiring and new panel pic
• Modernized, energy-efficient lighting pic
• Semi-industrial floor finishes (epoxy, commercial linoleum) pic

Kitchen: Show details … Hide details …

• Kitchen completely remodeled pic
• Full-size dishwasher pic
• New built-in 2-level microwave oven pic
• Space for 30" wide range/oven
• Extra-deep unitary kitchen sink pic
• Tall kitchen cabinets (no particle board) pic
• Floor-to-ceiling pantry with rollout trays pic

Bathroom: Show details … Hide details …

• New bathroom cabinetry (no particle board) pic
• Tub-size walk-in shower pic
• Low-flow toilet (exempt from state-mandated 2018 replacement) pic
• Two recessed medicine cabinets pic

Other features: Show details … Hide details …

• Sunroom enclosed with double-glazed low-E windows pic
• Vertical blinds on all windows pic
• Wired for dual-line DSL (22 mbps) and cable
• Gigabit fiber preordered for September 2018 pic pic
• Built-in hand-made queen bed with 27 ft³ of drawer storage pic
• 3 storage shelves in basement pic
• Utility room across the hall pic

Financial and purchase information: Show details … Hide details …

• Asking price $370,000.
• Disclosures provided before you make an offer to buy.
• Pre-closing improvements negotiable.
• 2017–2018 assessment rate $434.39 per month.
• Assessment covers heat, hot/cold water, waste disposal, and BTH services, spaces, and equipment.

Real estate listing

Please contact me

Berkeley Town House, Apartment 2C:

Contact

Joann Sullivan, Realtor
Seniors Real Estate Specialist
California Bureau of Real Estate Broker License 01453021.

• Email: Joann Sullivan <joann@joannsullivan.com>
• Text or telephone: 510-393-7889