San Diego Housing Bubble News and Analysis

Is it considered a good purchase?
Borderline, 250 a foot is okay.

Or will we have lot of trouble during resale?
Yes and no, cul de sac is a plus but being the 1st trac next to the freeway a real minus. Also you're in by Camino Del Sur so you are stuck using the 56 (get nasty during rush hour) in either direction

Worries me that it's been listed for 9 months. Price is wrong or there's something else

Being next to a freeway long-term I think would bring health issues (respiration, exhaust).

We owned a home that backed up to a major freeway many years ago. People told us we would get used to the noise. We never did. In fact, the noise seemed to get worse every year. And we had a very difficult time selling the place 5 years later.

I lived next to a freeway once. I will live in a tent before I do that again. At night, the noise is amplified beyond anything tolerable. Unless you are deaf, you will absolutely regret it.

I agree with Data and Noob. I owned a home right by the freeway. It was beautiful inside and out. Didn't matter... the highway noise ruined it. Miserable.

Thanks so much for the responses.

This was a short sale which got approved only a week ago, hence the long time on market. Also, we travelled through 56 and it seems very decent during our commute hours and not to mention it is a scenic route.....

My other concern is the empty space behind the yard. Anyone knows what is planned in that area?

Noise dint seem that bad at all even in the peak hours however resale is the biggest worry factor for us.

Two more lanes in each direction will be added to 56.

I don't think it's correct to say that you would "have trouble selling it." You might have trouble accepting the price it will bring. Any home will sell fast if priced right.

Amen brother! If only society accepted that truism... life would be easier for everybody.

poisonous to live too close

the slow exhaust cloud cannot be healthy

Things to consider living close to a freeway (or large, heavily traveled road.) You may get used to the noise... but depending on how close you are - if you open you windows in moderate weather - you'll have more dust... dust of a greasy-stick-to-stuff kind.

That said - I live above freeway 52 - about 10 house away - but we still get the noise. It's far enough away the noise doesn't bother us... but you CAN hear it.

we lived in a community that was freeway close. we thought by living at the end that was away from the freeway we would not be affected. wrong. the freeway was ever present even 2000 feet away. of course the freeway side of the community was far worse.

I would stay away.

The fact that you're concerned about it should tell you a lot. If you're concerned about it, what will others feel?

In this crummy market there have to be better properties that you can look at.

Don't sacrifice your health and the peace and quiet you deserve.

It's not worth it to pay for it with yours and your kid's health. Within 1 mile from freeways, you will have much higher risk for asthma.

put it to you this way, I would rather be under a high voltage line.

Nobody has mentioned that the home in question has a shared driveway with the home right next to it.

From listening to friends who have had that situation, that will cause you more grief than the freeway noise.

So here is what we have: freeway noise, shared driveway, undetermined future construction (apts? condos? businesses? sfr?) directly behind....this taken together probably explains the length of time on market. One of those three probably spooks any potential buyer.

After you bought it, you might like it if you'd not really mind of the free way noise and possible air emission pollution at all.

But when you'd like to sell it in future, you'd have the same hard time as the current owner has.

I'd certainly pass it, unless it takes another 50-100k cut.

Don't be fooled by Zillow's estimated Home Value, it posts quite high Mello Roos fee.