A Spanish Mediterranean in Crocker Highlands Echoes Santorini

Homebuyers can enjoy what feels like a permanent vacation home full of windows and arches in this Holman Road gem.

By Angela Hill - Oakland Magazine

The charming, leafy, rolling streets of Oakland’s desirable Crocker Highlands neighborhood, lined with original 1920s street lamps, lead through a virtual catalog of architectural design, from Tudor and Beaux Arts to Art Deco and Spanish styles — even classic all-American homes with white picket fences.

One such architectural gem is the two-bedroom, two-bath at 1427 Holman Road, a ’20s Spanish Mediterranean astride a gentle slope. It is compact in terms of square footage at just 1,275, but the split-level floor plan, frameless arched passageways and walls of windows — so many windows — make it feel like a spacious vacation home.

“I love the arched walls and windows, cobblestone walkways, and the beautiful semicircular courtyard with bougainvillea and birds of paradise,” said listing agent Pier Porrino of Caldecott Properties. “Buyers have commented that they feel transported to Santorini or the south of Spain.”

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