With governor’s house for sale, folks turn up for the open house

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It’s unclear how many of those touring the four-level home in the Oakland hills Sunday had the intent or the $2.6 million to buy the place or were looky-loos, wanting to see where a California governor brushed his teeth or a more famous first dog slept.

But whoever buys it will be the second owner of a 4,200-square-foot house with sweeping views, right after the first owners, Gov. Jerry Brown, Anne Gust Brown and their corgi, Sutter Brown.

On Sunday, potential buyers and inquisitive folks flocked to a three-hour open house that offered an inside peek at the governor’s Oakland digs.

“I’ve been very curious about this house,” said Tripp Borstel as he stood on the spa-level deck, which is accessed by metal roll-up doors. “It’s a one-of-a-kind property,” and fitting for a one-of-a-kind governor once nicknamed “Moonbeam.”

While Borstel is looking to buy a home, he noted that Brown’s house is probably out of his price range.

The three-bedroom house, with an automated dumbwaiter, has an Asian aesthetic, with wood floors, wood ceiling beams and an open floor plan on each level. There are four full bathrooms and two half baths. The master bedroom, which takes up one floor, has two walk-in closets, a sitting room and a spacious bathroom, where presumably the governor brushed his teeth.

The house, at 7257 Skyline Blvd., is listed for $2,595,000 and offers “privacy and serenity,” with undeveloped lots on both sides, according to the listing agent, Robin Dustan.

“You can be on your deck and the neighbors won’t be like, ‘Oh, hi!’”

Neighbor Dave Nock decided to take a break from the Warriors game Sunday afternoon to tour the house — about a mile down the road from his home.

“I used to see the governor here walking his dog,” Nock said. “It’s kind of nice to know I live on the same street as the governor.”

That won’t be the case much longer.

Brown and his wife are selling the home, which they bought in 2006 for $2.4 million during the politician’s second term as the city’s mayor. He kept the place as a second home even after he left for Sacramento to serve first as attorney general and then governor.

He has been an Oakland resident since the mid-1990s and mounted his political comeback in the city, campaigning on a promise to revitalize the downtown area and lure new residents to the city. He previously lived near Jack London Square in a loft.

Brown and his wife, with Sutter Brown, recently moved into the 15-bedroom Governor’s Mansion in downtown Sacramento and reportedly have no plans to retire in Oakland once Brown’s current term expires in 2018.

Jill Tucker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jilltucker