[quote=sdduuuude]$400K for a very old 1800 sq. ft 3 bed, 1.5 bath home on .13 acres (about a 6,000 sq. ft lot) seems completely unexciting to me. Nice woodwork, but not really any more real-estate for the money than many parts of SD.[/quote]
Until you realize that this is a better neighborhood than mission hills, and there is a 1000 sqft semi finished basement which does not count in the sq footage.
The yard was small, and it was not an entirely good deal. But the architect was quite famous in MN.
If this house were located in a similar neighborhood in SD, it would be 30-40% more, at least in my experience.
Taxes are high, but I guess that is why one moves to Minnetonka or Edina (great old suburbs with cheap taxes and schools that rival Del Mar)
