Charming 1BR cottage in Orinda, Bay Area

This one-bedroom cozy cottage is fully furnished and equipped to make you feel at home. The living-room has a couch, an office corner, a dining table and opens to an outdoor porch where you can dine outside. The kitchen is fully equipped with electric stove and full-size oven, small oven, microwave, refrigerator, washer-dryer, and wood cabinets with cookware and tableware. TV is Roku.

The free-standing inlaws apartment is unique in its location in Orinda's selective and quiet environment, where you can work, rest and enjoy the natural surroundings. The apartment is located close to the main house designed by NorCal modernist architect Roger Lee. It has a scenic entrance through a Japanese-style garden, and stunning views over a beautiful valley. The apartment is set close to a hill where deers roam free and wild birds fly over the valley. The location offers an unparalleled silent and secluded working/resting environment. Orinda has been rated the second friendliest town to live in the US by Forbes magazine (https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0622/Orinda-Named-the-Second-Friendliest-Town-in-America-by-Forbes.html).

As for transportation, the apartment is a 4-minute drive from Orinda city center, with its restaurants, shops, cinema, library, BART station and wonderful community infrastructures. It's a 10 minute-drive from the lively Lafayette city center, while the Berkeley campus is 20 minutes away. The BART station in Orinda offers direct connections to Berkeley, to San Francisco, for world class dining, shopping and cultural attractions, and to the international airport.