If you buy this trilevel home for sale in Berkeley hills, you’ll get $2000/yr in parcel tax discounts. The home is 2665 ft2 according to the realtor, but is only charged Berkeley’s dwelling-square-footage-based taxes for 1250 ft2, only one of its three levels. The permitted 1450 ft2 living space plus storage basement addition in 1979 were not captured by Berkeley Finance, so are entirely untaxed!

However, in South Berkeley you’ll have to pay extra for a lower-ceilinged storage basement, shown in the following photo, even though you can’t walk upright in this dank space. Higher parcel taxes are common in South Berkeley for this reason. So, here on Ashby Ave. the unwitting buyer will pay more for schools, library, parks, fire department, etc. than on Woodmont in the hills!