12 E. Altarinda

This is the house everyone wants an invite to. Step through the brick courtyard entry into a 4 bedroom, 4 bath home built for a life that spills outdoors. The living room makes the first impression count, with soaring wood-beamed vaulted ceilings, a wall of windows pulling in natural light, and a classic tiled fireplace. Just a few steps up sits an office, tucked away enough for real focus without feeling cut off from the rest of the house. A dining room sits just off the living room, with large windows framing the pool. From there, a family room opens right into the kitchen, keeping the everyday flow of the house easy and connected. Past that, another bedroom and a generous bonus room give this home the flexibility a lot of families are looking for, a hangout space for teenagers or a playroom for younger kids, whichever the family needs. Out back, an oversized rectangular pool takes center stage. This isn’t a pool for the occasional dip. It’s the kind of pool that turns an ordinary Saturday into the place everyone wants to be, with plenty of surrounding patio for lounging, dining, and hosting a crowd. Four bedrooms give everyone their own retreat, and four full baths mean no one’s waiting in line on a busy morning. The three-car garage offers real storage for cars, bikes, and gear. And the location is genuinely hard to beat: minutes from downtown Orinda and downtown Lafayette, with easy freeway access that makes the daily commute or a weekend getaway equally simple. This is a home built for the way families actually live now: entertaining outdoors, flexing as needs change, and staying close to everything that makes Lamorinda living worth it. Come see it for yourself.