♡ The MINIMALIST - Modern | Zen | Minimum Impact ♡

A private ground-floor Garden Queen Bed Guest Suite in our California Craftsman - with a separate entrance, surrounded by lush greenery. Outdoor patio with a lemon tree and koi fish pond.

It’s minimalist, modern and peaceful.

Located in the heart of Emeryville.
Close to San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland.

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.

FREE & EASY Street Parking!

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Our Garden Queen Guest Suite is a comfortable and minimalist one-bedroom, wrapped in greenery with a separate, private entrance. It boasts ample closet space, a fully equipped kitchen, and a spacious living room. The suite is meticulously designed to prioritize comfort, functionality, and minimal environmental impact.

Sleek, modern, and perfectly sized. This compact flat maximizes every inch with stylish design; open concept living at its finest. The seamless flow between kitchen, bedroom, and living areas is both functional and visually appealing.

Minimalist elegance and a cozy sanctuary.
There is also a koi pond with a waterfall out back, with a lush garden.

It’s perfect for business travelers, visiting UC Berkeley professors, visiting couples.

Max occupancy 2 people at all times.

It's 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.

With its clean lines, The Minimalist offers a contemporary atmosphere with the serenity of an urban oasis.

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 the summer, eliminating the need for an AC, thus minimizing its environmental impact.

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

It has a beautiful small outdoor patio, access to our lush tropical backyard with a koi fish pond and plenty of unrestricted parking on our street and a Lyft 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 and outdoor pool across the street, and an outdoor gym a few houses up the street from us.

Very central Bay Area location, close to major highways and Bay Bridge.

It's an easy commute to downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and moments away from local businesses, Emeryville Marina and bay side nature trails.

It's 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! 🌿

NOTE:

Being a ground floor, the Minimalist 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:

https://www.airbnb.com/h/thestargazer-modern-minimalist-loft-apartment-urban-oasis-near-sanfrancisco

🔻📸 outdoor surveillance installed for our own and house safety, monitoring outdoor patio and wooden gate 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 we've 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 don't 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, Peet's 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.

There are two steps down to the apartment, and the interior has only one level.

PLEASE communicate your check-in / check out times. Helps tremendously with being on alert to assist if need be for a smooth check-in.

Guests have access to the entire private apartment:

~ 1 bedroom with a comfortable, new QUEEN bed with a luxury mattress;
~ Fully equipped kitchen
~ chocholate marble bathroom with a rain shower and a heated seat toilet with a bidet
~ Plenty of storage
~ Dedicated work station
~ Heated floors
~ Flowering garden patio with a small table and two chairs;

~ Access to our shared backyard with a hammock and a koi fish water lily pond

~ Free and easy street parking 🅿️ which is a rare city find

~ SHARED Washer and Dryer

Welcome to use our laundry facility between 9 am and 6 pm. This is to ensure a peaceful environment for everyone in the house. Thanks!

We are just a text away and we respect each other's time and privacy!

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

We are looking for self-sufficient, respectful, KIND and friendly, 5-star rated guests with previous stays 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.

It's 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, Pete's coffee, Clift bar), authentic food scene ( Public Market, Ike's 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 you'd 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 Joe's, 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 www.drivekyte.com

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

Please confirm the following information when sending a booking request, as it’s essential for both us and our insurance company to confirm your booking:

1. What brings you in town?

2. Total number of ALL guests?

3. Full NAMES ( first and last name ) and AGE of all guests who will be staying.

4. Your approximate CHECK-IN / CHECK-OUT times, to ensure we are on the lookout for your arrival and ensure a smooth check-in should you need any assistance at check-in / check-out times.

• FYI, our check-in time is: 4 pm
• Our check-out time is: 11 am

*** NOTE 🔻:

• EARLY CHECK-IN:

Subject to availability and a $25/hour fee. Please request at booking or at least 48 hours in advance. Same-day or short-notice requests cannot be accommodated. Early check-in only available when we are away and not using our home ourselves.

• LATE CHECK-OUT:

Subject to availability and a fee $25/h. It needs to be approved by us in writing at least 48 hours prior.

1. ✅ Confirm REFUNDABLE $300 AIRBNB DEPOSIT Policy:

We have $300 fully refundable security deposit, placed 48 hours prior arrival and released 48 hours after if no damages and all house rules are followed.

It’s authorized via our guest portal on Hospitable which is an Airbnb Official Authorized Partner.

Your deposit is refundable in full unless there is a case of a damaged property or violated house rules like max occupancy, unauthorized guests without being approved prior by us in writing, unauthorized party / get together, smoking, animals, etc. .
In such case, we reserved the right to communicate to you and Airbnb any damage/ violation of house rules and your deposit might be partially or fully claimed!

In rare incidents of severely damaged property including but not limited to an artwork, you might owe more than your deposit is worth.

• ALLERGIES DISCLAIMER:

Guests with allergies are responsible for bringing any necessary medications or supplies to manage their condition. Our property is a pet-free and smoke-free environment, and we use mostly organic, natural, and harsh chemical-free cleaning supplies. Bedding is 100% cotton, and we use scent-free laundry wash pods. However, we cannot guarantee that our property is free from allergens, including but not limited to dust, pollen, or other potential triggers. While we maintain thorough cleaning protocols, we do not provide specialized allergen-free environments. By booking, you acknowledge that you assume full responsibility for managing your allergies and that we are not liable for any allergic reactions or related issues during your stay. Please carefully assess the suitability of our property for your needs before making a reservation.

Please note 🦋:

For longer stays 7+ night, we provide a STARTER PACK of essentials. Guests are responsible for replenishing any additional items they may need as described in our listing. You can use instacart to order whatever you need for yourself and they will deliver it to you or purchase from nearby stores.

Sheets and towels refresh?
You are welcome to use our laundry and refresh your own sheets and towels or hire our cleaning service for $150. Ask for scheduling.

• Wildlife:

Although we are in an urban environment, we are close to a row of redwood trees and tons of greenery. We've 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 don't 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 alternative accommodations that suits your needs.

Check-out our other listings on the link below, some are in the same location. If you need 5-6 coworkers or family members to stay in the same spot, ask us about it:

http://www.airbnb.com/p/modernlivinginsanfranciscobay