335 Vermont Ave

Mediterranean meets Mountain Cabin in Upper Thousand Oaks

A dream come true for mountain climbers, outdoor enthusiasts, and those wanting to live in a home surrounded by nature. This 3+ bedroom, 2 bath Mediterranean bungalow, home of famed mountain climber, author, and founder of the first outdoor travel adventure company in the United States, Allen Steck, evokes the feeling of a ski cabin. Glorious Japanese Maples and conifers grace the front and backyard, and a stone patio, built by the owner, provides the perfect place for outdoor gatherings. 

From the moment you enter the house, you instantly feel you have travelled to the mountains or a place removed from the urban hustle and bustle, or better yet, that you are on vacation in a verdant, tranquil setting.  The living room with its vaulted beamed ceiling, steel casement windows, random plank hardwood floor, and rugged fireplace welcomes you. Morning sun streams through the spacious eat-in kitchen, with rustic, wood cabinetry, wood paneled walls with niches and inset storage, a Wolf range, and a mosaic backsplash. This is the kind of kitchen one enjoys lingering in. The primary bedroom, with en suite bath, was added in the 60s. Its knotty-pine walls and vaulted ceiling continue the cabin ambiance.

This special home, owned and loved by the same family for 70 years, is now ready for its next stewards and a new chapter.

Features:

• Entry with coat closet
• Grand living room with vaulted, beamed ceiling, and fireplace flanked with built-in shelves
• Eat-in kitchen with wood cabinetry, quartz countertops, Wolf range, mosaic backsplash, and wood-crafted exhaust hood. The backsplash and hood were created by the owner.
• Up a few steps from the living room or kitchen, two guest bedrooms, a hall bath, and a primary bedroom with an en suite bath
• One flight down from the kitchen, a spacious plus room that opens to the backyard. This room is a wonderful great room, home office, playroom, hobby room, or more. It opens level-out to the backyard.
• Workshop and laundry area
• Attached 1-car garage

Amenities:

• Fresh interior paint throughout
• Newly refinished random plank hardwood floors
• Extensive drainage work in the basement/crawl space and outside, including a vapor barrier in the crawl space as well as a sump pump, installed by Clean Crawlspace, French drains around the rear and west side of the property, and a new sump pump installed on the west side of the property (5/26)
• Knob and tube wiring removed (4/26)
• New roof (2025)
• Located on a cul de sac, 0.6 miles to the shops on Arlington Ave , in Kensington, and 1.1 miles to the Solano Ave shopping district in Berkeley. So many wonderful destinations close by.