[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=yuhtey]it’s a-sian, not b-sian.
we implement the kneeling on dry rice technique on our 16-month-old when he can’t get the animal puzzle pieces back in place in under 30 seconds. discipline!
i will clarify that the assumption about my wife is wrong. she is from orange county and they all think san diego is for losers. i have a hard time disagreeing with her most of the time. although – stories from the irvine battlefield are not pretty these days. apparently the fobby chinese and indians are driving everyone south to mission viejo. ouch.
we are in agreement about the locations here. CV no doubt has some of the highest end homes in the county, but the real draw is the school system and the low tax/hoa proposition. we could “take it our leave it” but are watching closely because every once in a while a really great place comes up in our price range. as you can imagine, we are getting good at spotting turds online without needing the viewing. “oh, is that an old-timey grandfather clock next to her majesty’s dining set? oooh, look at that pointless square-tiled granite countertop…REJECT”
they are not terribly overpriced, but one would think 100k to 200k off of sticker would allow for some updating. we are the type of buyers who don’t lowball.[/quote]
If I were you and absolutely had to buy in CV I’d find a house that needs a lot of updating then do the remodel. Contact the listing agent directly and put in strong offer.[/quote]
Thanks for re-posting the OP’s post of yesterday here, FIH. I referred to it from memory this morning cuz I had to go somewhere. It was the actually the “pointless” kitchen countertop, not the kitchen floor that made the OP and his spouse reject this CV listing and call it a “turd.” They didn’t like the pattern in the granite countertops so rejected the listing outright for that reason, people!! This happened in a chronically low, trickling-in inventory situation. Umm, beggars can’t be choosers.
OP, if that “’90’s palace” had “granite” in it, it’s already been “freshened up.” In the ’90’s, 6″ square ceramic tile and Corian was used by developers on countertops in coastal CA tract homes. Sorry you don’t “like it.”
Most cosmetic fixers still have Formica or ceramic tile (with what’s left of the crumbling molded grout) for kitchen-countertop material (or Corian with cigarette burns in it).
I’m not sure you two are cut out to purchase a cosmetic fixer. Just an obviously recently-replaced kitchen countertop with the “wrong” pattern/color throws you guys off to where you are paralyzed and in a tailspin … instantly rejecting a listing for a really dumb reason.
FIH may be able to set you up with a good granite person, to replace a perfectly good countertop should you come to your senses and make an offer on said listing and (God forbid) get it accepted.
OP, why don’t you post the “turd listing” you rejected here so some of these very knowledgeable Piggs can “critique it” and tell you what they think it’s worth … in their “expert opinion.”
That’s what you should have done when you created this thread. In SD County, it doesn’t get any better than Piggington when a new buyer needs advice on current values in a given area. And you desperately need it.
