• 135 Cross Road in the Claremont Pines neighborhood of Oakland’s Upper Rockridge area is a five-bedroom available for $2.985 million. Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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135 Cross Road in the Claremont Pines neighborhood of Oakland’s Upper Rockridge area is a five-bedroom available for $2.985 million.
135 Cross Road in the Claremont Pines neighborhood of Oakland’s Upper Rockridge area is a five-bedroom available for $2.985 million.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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The custom-built five-bedroom home sits on nearly half an acre.
The custom-built five-bedroom home sits on nearly half an acre.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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The living room features a fireplace, clerestory windows, and a beamed ceiling.
The living room features a fireplace, clerestory windows, and a beamed ceiling.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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Built-ins—like this window seat and floor-to-ceiling shelving—are found throughout the custom home.
Built-ins—like this window seat and floor-to-ceiling shelving—are found throughout the custom home.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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A butcher block island anchors an open kitchen offering stone counters and stainless steel appliances.
A butcher block island anchors an open kitchen offering stone counters and stainless steel appliances.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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The open kitchen includes professional appliances.
The open kitchen includes professional appliances.
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A tile terrace overlooks the landscape.
A tile terrace overlooks the landscape.
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The backyard features a fountain and stone patio.
The backyard features a fountain and stone patio.
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Multiple sets of doors on the west side of the home open to a stone patio.
Multiple sets of doors on the west side of the home open to a stone patio.
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The two-story Oakland home built in 1996 offers more than 6,000 square-feet of living space.
The two-story Oakland home built in 1996 offers more than 6,000 square-feet of living space.
Photo: Peter Lyons Photography
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Brothers Jeff Langer and Cameron Langer want what’s best for 135 Cross Road in Oakland.

Though they were adults when their parents built the five-bedroom, they still have fond memories of fundraisers, parties and holidays hosted at the expansive estate.

Nestled on nearly half an acre in Upper Rockridge’s Claremont Pines neighborhood, the shingled two-story offers an accessible, open floor plan. The wide entryways and elevator helped their mother navigate the home as her mobility decreased in her final years, Jeff Langer said.

“It’s a really well thought out house,” he said.

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Their father built the home in the mid-1990s after the house they grew up in turned to ash during the Oakland firestorm of 1991. He filled the new home with custom built-ins, madrone floors and several sets of French doors leading outside.

Beyond the foyer stands one of the home’s defining features, a grand staircase the brothers estimate cost $60,000 to build.

“The sweeping, curving staircase is really spectacular,” Jeff Langer said. “Mom would be peering over the crowd at parties and then go down the steps so she could make an elegant entrance.”

The living room features a coffered ceiling, clerestory windows, a fireplace and bookshelves. Multiple sets of French doors along the room’s west side lead to a stone terrace with a cascading waterfall.

A formal dining room opposite the living room also opens to this outdoor entertainment space.

A butcher block island with bar seating anchors the kitchen. Stone counters, a copper exhaust hood and stainless steel appliances accent the culinary hub. Windows framing garden views flank the adjoining breakfast nook.

While melancholy about putting the home on the market, the brothers recognize the time has come for a new family to fill the house with its own memories and traditions.

“We put tremendous effort into preparing the home,” Cameron Langer said. “We tried to do it right in memory of our mother, and we wanted to make sure it’s perfect for the next owners, so they could enjoy it like she did.”

To learn more, visit www.135cross.com.

Listing agent: Heidi Marchesotti, Better Homes & Gardens Highland Partners, (510) 387-7865, heidi@homesbyheidi.com.

Details

Address: 135 Cross Road,

Oakland.

Price: $2.985 million.

Features: Five-bedroom, five-bathroom custom home built in 1996 features an open floor plan, multiple terraces, an elevator and a one-bedroom apartment. A waterfall lends serenity to the landscape and a circular driveway sits in front of the shingled, two-story home.

Open home: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.