[quote=Ren]With emphasis on the fact that taste is subjective…

Yeah I’m gonna have to agree that that east county house is awful on a whole new level of awfulness. Not bagging on the area, mind you, which I wouldn’t live in personally, just the house. Ignoring the fixable yet really scary paneling, molding, carpet, cabinets, siding, windows, roof, etc., the bad layout makes it a teardown in my view. I would personally throw the switch to blow up that fireplace, but I’d MUCH sooner pay $400k for virtually anything else – a townhome closer to the coast, a tiny house in Bay Park, a golf course pool house in Temecula, anything.[/quote]

If you read the comments on the listing, Ren, it states there is hardwood floor under the carpet. These houses have an 18-24″ crawlspace. This particular house would have a red oak floor comprised of 2.5″ slats. That was the hardwood used for the era it was built. Since the sellers were longtime owners and kept the floor covered with their (tacky) carpet, then the hardwood floor could very well be in excellent shape today :=)

Get an estimate on a floor like this (as I recently have) and I can guarantee you it would cost $8-10K JUST to install the living room :-]

There is absolutely no comparison between a Bay Park (92110) 1000 sf “ranchette” of the same age located in the flats (behind the fish market) with the same knotty pine kitchen as this listing (but half the size), situated on a 5K lot with a one-car garage for the same price as this Granite Hills bargain. There is so much more value in the Lanai property, hands down.