[quote=ltsdd][quote=bearishgurl][quote=ltsdd]^^^I am just shaking my head
Anyways, agree with xbox suggestion. Drive around the ‘hood and go to open houses will give you a better feel of what’s available and how much. Also opportunity to see and talk to the agents – you might find your agent that way. For $700K, you should be able to get something in west clairemont/bay ho/morena; and maybe even one with a view of the bay.[/quote]
Agree with the italicized portion. Homes in northern 92110 and the southern and western portion of 92117 (as opposed to 92111/northern and eastern 92117) are “worth” ~$700K. I really feel like the OP may still be able to find a cosmetic fixer, especially in SW 92117 … that is, IF he has given up on parking a big toy on his lot.
You can “shake your head” all you want, ltsdd, but most of those early ’60’s tracts in Clairemont (92111) weren’t built very well. They were built for an ~$11K purchase price primarily to house defense workers and their families who relocated here from “flyover country.”[/quote]
Give a counter example to Clairemont’s “weren’t built very well” claim. Which community in San Diego that was built in the 50s & 60s that was not “weren’t built very well.”[/quote]I’m sure I already covered this subject in depth on another thread that I would have to dig deep to find, ltsdd. Suffice to say, many Clairemont tract homes were NOT built with insulation, attics or gas dryer hookups and some tracts were built with nearly flat roofs with no eaves. Also, some of these tracts were built without central or forced air heat. This type of house has suffered a lot of issues over the years, not the least of which was extensive dry rot. Some plans were built with a few (leaky) glass shutter windows (similar to the kind used in HI). SD’s climate gets too cold at night for these type of windows.
These subdivisions were built fast and cheap to cure a housing shortage at a price point necessary to house badly needed incoming workers for defense contractors. And that’s primarily who bought them.
There are a LOT of SD metro areas which have much better-built homes than Clairemont (92111/17) but the bulk of those homes were built in the mid ’50’s and prior.
