[quote=Scarlett]Hello, you haven’t been in there! I didn’t say the sf was taken from a bedroom. I said the family was an addition. Also one of the bedrooms seem to be an addition. This was originally a 1100-1200 sf SFR.
GO SEE it, look carefully up and down and then talk. The floorplan was really bad. Forget about the garage – we could live with it. That wasn’t the deal breaker Let’s even assume the foundation was fine and the termite damage was limited – which I don’t think was. I described them only to make a more complete report not to argue about it.
You dismissed my comments about what WAS the deal breaker and talk about me not thinking about out of the box on minor points – when YOU have NOT been inside the place.
A lot of walls would have needed to be torn down and the floorplan completely redesigned to make 3 suitable bedrooms and decent sized kitchen. It wasn’t simply moving only one or two walls to partition better. We thought about it, we even looked to see if we can make an additional room to the house. So THAT was the deal breaker.
I don’t think that tearing down the house and rebuilding costs only 100K do you? I highly doubt that one could get the house for 350K. Only the land is worth more I believe, in UC.
No thanks, I’ll pass. Let other people who don’t mind the hassle do it. Minor cosmetic fixers, this was NOT.
There will ALWAYS be other houses. If not here, then someplace else. Why go to such extreme lengths to fit a square peg in a round hole?[/quote]
Scarlett, I looked at the configuation of the 7600 sf corner lot on the Ramsey/Haworth corner in UC (4636 Ramsay Ave). I looked at the plat map in miniature, as offered online by ARCC. 4636 Ramsey is the biggest lot on that block and the lots are all the same shape on that block (7600 sf).
Homeowners in Chula Vista ROUTINELY place HANDSOME 22′ x 22′ (and up) sf detached garages on lots only 60′ wide. These are on properties 6000-9000 sf and built between 1948 and 1962.
How do you KNOW the sellers won’t take $350K?? Have you tried making a lowball offer?? What if they reject your offer and it doesn’t sell at their “dream” price and they call you back in March/April? They just had a buyer who obtained an UNFAVORABLE inspection report and backed out, lol. Lots are NOT WORTH over $300K (unimproved) in UC unless they are at least a quarter acre (approx 11K sf).
The master closet/bathroom is VERY adequate in this house. How are you going to get a lot this big in your price range, and this close to work to boot?? Non-supporting walls are cheap to tear down.
Once again, I believe you’re sweating the small stuff. You would NOT be “going to extremes” to make this place livable for your family, IMO. Your last statements make me think you will be a perpetual fence-sitter.
I don’t need to go “inside the place.” Even as a buyer, I could care less. Bring on the tent fumigator. You won’t be paying for it.
Just remember, PRICE and LOCATION. That’s all that’s important here.
