Catherine Moss/Barry Pilger

This flexible, private and hospitable home hosts these most-desired features: Spaciousness, intimacy, serenity, gentle kinship with its natural setting as well as level outdoor living spaces perfect for enjoying in both warm and cool weather. 6900 Buckingham invites nature in at every turn from its perch in the canyon between the Claremont Hotel and the Caldecott Tunnel in the North Oakland hills. Enormous patio and over-sized windows and glass doors look out to redwoods and to south bay views Dramatic glass-ceilinged entry opens to a generous great room with hardwood floors and fireplace and tucked between built-in seating. A highly functional eat-in kitchen with excellent storage and home office anchors one end of the great room while library/den with deck opens to the left. Mud room and powder room on main level provide utility and convenience. On the lower level, the primary en-suite bedroom opens to private garden space and has two separate walk-in closets and abundant storage surrounding twin vanities. Third bedroom has separate entrance which opens to patio through sliding glass doors and connects via side stairs to street level. Laundry room, full second bath, Harry Potter storage closet and furnace/utility room. Air conditioning, security system, landscape irrigation. Uncommonly commodious garage with 12-foot ceiling, work bench and wall of storage. Mature redwood trees planted when the home was built in 1994 surround and shelter this home and its drought-tolerant landscaping. New redwood gates and fence provide additional privacy. The property, measuring almost 12,000 square feet, includes a secluded lower seating area ideal for reading or conversation on warmer days. Congenial, cooperative neighborhood and neighbors.