Are we crazy for paying this price?

[sdrealtor]

Hey Apple, Hey….Hey Apple
That house rocks! In between an appraisal in Mission Valley and an inspection in PQ I had to run up to NH to drop some keys in a lockbox on my listing there. I was 2 blocks away so I dropped by. I was walking through that house less than an hour ago. While it is not my style of house or location, I loved it just the same. If you invited me to party there, I’d go. It has ample size master suites up and downstairs both with ample size baths and walk-in closets. It has a great office up stairs, a nice open kitchen, large dining room, lots of big windows (so plenty of natural light) a nice size yard in front and back. I loved the detached studio/flat out back also. While I’m not privy to the inspection, on the surface the house had tons of appeal. The street looks great and the homes are well maintained as are yards. I dont know the comps for a house like that off the top of my head but if that is the style of house you are looking for I say winner, winner chicken dinner.

BTW the house is in pretty good condition and does not appear to need any major repairs or remodelling. Only what a new owner desires to personalize it with.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=sdrealtor]FYI, I does not have endless possibilities and is maxed out right now. Before spouting off you might want to actually know something about the property.[/quote]

sdr, don’t you have anything better to do than to troll after my posts??

This lot DOES have endless possibilities. It’s a nice property in a nice location at a very competitive price, IMO.[/quote]

No BG it does not. I was in it less than an hour ago and it is pretty much maxed out. Much of what you seem to think is an endless possibility is only an endless cliff one could jump off. The view is ok to good but there is freeway noise and quite honestly lots of better/quieter views to be had in the NC communities you always condemn. You are dangerous in your authoritative posts which are more often than not flat out wrong. I’m just protecting the piggfolk from the lunatic fringe.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=sdrealtor]FYI, I does not have endless possibilities and is maxed out right now. Before spouting off you might want to actually know something about the property.[/quote]

sdr, don’t you have anything better to do than to troll after my posts??

This lot DOES have endless possibilities. It’s a nice property in a nice location at a very competitive price, IMO.[/quote]

No BG it does not. I was in it less than an hour ago and it is pretty much maxed out. Much of what you seem to think is an endless possibility is only an endless cliff one could jump off. The view is ok to good but there is freeway noise and quite honestly lots of better/quieter views to be had in the NC communities you always condemn. You are dangerous in your authoritative posts which are more often than not flat out wrong. I’m just protecting the piggfolk from the lunatic fringe.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=sdrealtor]FYI, I does not have endless possibilities and is maxed out right now. Before spouting off you might want to actually know something about the property.[/quote]

sdr, don’t you have anything better to do than to troll after my posts??

This lot DOES have endless possibilities. It’s a nice property in a nice location at a very competitive price, IMO.[/quote]

No BG it does not. I was in it less than an hour ago and it is pretty much maxed out. Much of what you seem to think is an endless possibility is only an endless cliff one could jump off. The view is ok to good but there is freeway noise and quite honestly lots of better/quieter views to be had in the NC communities you always condemn. You are dangerous in your authoritative posts which are more often than not flat out wrong. I’m just protecting the piggfolk from the lunatic fringe.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=sdrealtor]FYI, I does not have endless possibilities and is maxed out right now. Before spouting off you might want to actually know something about the property.[/quote]

sdr, don’t you have anything better to do than to troll after my posts??

This lot DOES have endless possibilities. It’s a nice property in a nice location at a very competitive price, IMO.[/quote]

No BG it does not. I was in it less than an hour ago and it is pretty much maxed out. Much of what you seem to think is an endless possibility is only an endless cliff one could jump off. The view is ok to good but there is freeway noise and quite honestly lots of better/quieter views to be had in the NC communities you always condemn. You are dangerous in your authoritative posts which are more often than not flat out wrong. I’m just protecting the piggfolk from the lunatic fringe.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=sdrealtor]FYI, I does not have endless possibilities and is maxed out right now. Before spouting off you might want to actually know something about the property.[/quote]

sdr, don’t you have anything better to do than to troll after my posts??

This lot DOES have endless possibilities. It’s a nice property in a nice location at a very competitive price, IMO.[/quote]

No BG it does not. I was in it less than an hour ago and it is pretty much maxed out. Much of what you seem to think is an endless possibility is only an endless cliff one could jump off. The view is ok to good but there is freeway noise and quite honestly lots of better/quieter views to be had in the NC communities you always condemn. You are dangerous in your authoritative posts which are more often than not flat out wrong. I’m just protecting the piggfolk from the lunatic fringe.

[Scarlett]

It seems to me that YOU are not really in love with the house – for example, layout. And that you care about your family’s opinion. I am not going to offer any advice on the property or the price. You are not confident about this. Then I’d say let it go, it’s too big of a purchase to make it half-heartedly by one of you. Especially with the baby coming so soon, it might make you feel better to go thru the first difficult months without having to second guess your choice of house and deal with criticisms. Just my 2 cents. I think there will be enough to choose from at this price range so that you’ll find a house that both you and your husband would REALLY like.

P.S. I totally agree with nocommonsense

[Scarlett]

It seems to me that YOU are not really in love with the house – for example, layout. And that you care about your family’s opinion. I am not going to offer any advice on the property or the price. You are not confident about this. Then I’d say let it go, it’s too big of a purchase to make it half-heartedly by one of you. Especially with the baby coming so soon, it might make you feel better to go thru the first difficult months without having to second guess your choice of house and deal with criticisms. Just my 2 cents. I think there will be enough to choose from at this price range so that you’ll find a house that both you and your husband would REALLY like.

P.S. I totally agree with nocommonsense

[Scarlett]

It seems to me that YOU are not really in love with the house – for example, layout. And that you care about your family’s opinion. I am not going to offer any advice on the property or the price. You are not confident about this. Then I’d say let it go, it’s too big of a purchase to make it half-heartedly by one of you. Especially with the baby coming so soon, it might make you feel better to go thru the first difficult months without having to second guess your choice of house and deal with criticisms. Just my 2 cents. I think there will be enough to choose from at this price range so that you’ll find a house that both you and your husband would REALLY like.

P.S. I totally agree with nocommonsense

[Scarlett]

It seems to me that YOU are not really in love with the house – for example, layout. And that you care about your family’s opinion. I am not going to offer any advice on the property or the price. You are not confident about this. Then I’d say let it go, it’s too big of a purchase to make it half-heartedly by one of you. Especially with the baby coming so soon, it might make you feel better to go thru the first difficult months without having to second guess your choice of house and deal with criticisms. Just my 2 cents. I think there will be enough to choose from at this price range so that you’ll find a house that both you and your husband would REALLY like.

P.S. I totally agree with nocommonsense

[Scarlett]

It seems to me that YOU are not really in love with the house – for example, layout. And that you care about your family’s opinion. I am not going to offer any advice on the property or the price. You are not confident about this. Then I’d say let it go, it’s too big of a purchase to make it half-heartedly by one of you. Especially with the baby coming so soon, it might make you feel better to go thru the first difficult months without having to second guess your choice of house and deal with criticisms. Just my 2 cents. I think there will be enough to choose from at this price range so that you’ll find a house that both you and your husband would REALLY like.

P.S. I totally agree with nocommonsense

[bearishgurl]

[quote=applejack]Thanks for all of the comments! Regarding my personal feelings towards the house — well, initially I liked it. Then I started to think about all of the impractical things about it, mainly the layout and the schools in the neighborhood. Also, the finishes in the house aren’t “perfect”. (Meaning, eventually I would like to redo the bathrooms and paint the house and change the trim.) My husband never thinks about the practical side of things, lol! My husband really loves the house. My family feels that it is really expensive, and they don’t see the appeal of living in the urban neighborhoods. They think we could get more for our money and find a more practical house in the suburbs. I was really shocked when my family had the negative reaction to the house. I thought they would walk in and be really excited about the “uniqueness” of the house, but instead they were opnely negative and it really shook my confidence. The problem is that I don’t know what I want anymore, I am sick of thinking about house buying and want to focus on getting this baby out and into the world![/quote]

applejack, I understand that you need to focus on the impending birth of your baby right now and that is what you should do.

You state you liked it until your family interjected their opinions and your spouse loves it. However, you will be living there with your spouse and not your family, I presume? The items that you want to redo are not very big projects, in the big scheme of things. Owning property and living in an area such as Hawley Ave is truly something to be proud of.

Is your family aware of how much Mello-Roos bonds cost in newer construction tracts? Some, especially in tracts with $650K and up properties, can be exorbitant ($5K or more per year) on top of your property tax. These bonds last from 25-40 years, depending on when the tract was built and how many years are left to pay it. When you add these bonds to the cost of an outlying suburban or exurban newer home, it adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount to your purchase price.

You stated you opened other recent escrows which did not close. Was it because you decided you didn’t want to buy the property or your spouse didn’t want to buy it . . . or was it because of defects in the property?

Is there any possible way you can increase your contingency period for Hawley Ave 2-4 more weeks by stating you need to bring other inspector(s) out, just to buy some time to have the baby?

[bearishgurl]

[quote=applejack]Thanks for all of the comments! Regarding my personal feelings towards the house — well, initially I liked it. Then I started to think about all of the impractical things about it, mainly the layout and the schools in the neighborhood. Also, the finishes in the house aren’t “perfect”. (Meaning, eventually I would like to redo the bathrooms and paint the house and change the trim.) My husband never thinks about the practical side of things, lol! My husband really loves the house. My family feels that it is really expensive, and they don’t see the appeal of living in the urban neighborhoods. They think we could get more for our money and find a more practical house in the suburbs. I was really shocked when my family had the negative reaction to the house. I thought they would walk in and be really excited about the “uniqueness” of the house, but instead they were opnely negative and it really shook my confidence. The problem is that I don’t know what I want anymore, I am sick of thinking about house buying and want to focus on getting this baby out and into the world![/quote]

applejack, I understand that you need to focus on the impending birth of your baby right now and that is what you should do.

You state you liked it until your family interjected their opinions and your spouse loves it. However, you will be living there with your spouse and not your family, I presume? The items that you want to redo are not very big projects, in the big scheme of things. Owning property and living in an area such as Hawley Ave is truly something to be proud of.

Is your family aware of how much Mello-Roos bonds cost in newer construction tracts? Some, especially in tracts with $650K and up properties, can be exorbitant ($5K or more per year) on top of your property tax. These bonds last from 25-40 years, depending on when the tract was built and how many years are left to pay it. When you add these bonds to the cost of an outlying suburban or exurban newer home, it adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount to your purchase price.

You stated you opened other recent escrows which did not close. Was it because you decided you didn’t want to buy the property or your spouse didn’t want to buy it . . . or was it because of defects in the property?

Is there any possible way you can increase your contingency period for Hawley Ave 2-4 more weeks by stating you need to bring other inspector(s) out, just to buy some time to have the baby?

[bearishgurl]

[quote=applejack]Thanks for all of the comments! Regarding my personal feelings towards the house — well, initially I liked it. Then I started to think about all of the impractical things about it, mainly the layout and the schools in the neighborhood. Also, the finishes in the house aren’t “perfect”. (Meaning, eventually I would like to redo the bathrooms and paint the house and change the trim.) My husband never thinks about the practical side of things, lol! My husband really loves the house. My family feels that it is really expensive, and they don’t see the appeal of living in the urban neighborhoods. They think we could get more for our money and find a more practical house in the suburbs. I was really shocked when my family had the negative reaction to the house. I thought they would walk in and be really excited about the “uniqueness” of the house, but instead they were opnely negative and it really shook my confidence. The problem is that I don’t know what I want anymore, I am sick of thinking about house buying and want to focus on getting this baby out and into the world![/quote]

applejack, I understand that you need to focus on the impending birth of your baby right now and that is what you should do.

You state you liked it until your family interjected their opinions and your spouse loves it. However, you will be living there with your spouse and not your family, I presume? The items that you want to redo are not very big projects, in the big scheme of things. Owning property and living in an area such as Hawley Ave is truly something to be proud of.

Is your family aware of how much Mello-Roos bonds cost in newer construction tracts? Some, especially in tracts with $650K and up properties, can be exorbitant ($5K or more per year) on top of your property tax. These bonds last from 25-40 years, depending on when the tract was built and how many years are left to pay it. When you add these bonds to the cost of an outlying suburban or exurban newer home, it adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount to your purchase price.

You stated you opened other recent escrows which did not close. Was it because you decided you didn’t want to buy the property or your spouse didn’t want to buy it . . . or was it because of defects in the property?

Is there any possible way you can increase your contingency period for Hawley Ave 2-4 more weeks by stating you need to bring other inspector(s) out, just to buy some time to have the baby?

[bearishgurl]

[quote=applejack]Thanks for all of the comments! Regarding my personal feelings towards the house — well, initially I liked it. Then I started to think about all of the impractical things about it, mainly the layout and the schools in the neighborhood. Also, the finishes in the house aren’t “perfect”. (Meaning, eventually I would like to redo the bathrooms and paint the house and change the trim.) My husband never thinks about the practical side of things, lol! My husband really loves the house. My family feels that it is really expensive, and they don’t see the appeal of living in the urban neighborhoods. They think we could get more for our money and find a more practical house in the suburbs. I was really shocked when my family had the negative reaction to the house. I thought they would walk in and be really excited about the “uniqueness” of the house, but instead they were opnely negative and it really shook my confidence. The problem is that I don’t know what I want anymore, I am sick of thinking about house buying and want to focus on getting this baby out and into the world![/quote]

applejack, I understand that you need to focus on the impending birth of your baby right now and that is what you should do.

You state you liked it until your family interjected their opinions and your spouse loves it. However, you will be living there with your spouse and not your family, I presume? The items that you want to redo are not very big projects, in the big scheme of things. Owning property and living in an area such as Hawley Ave is truly something to be proud of.

Is your family aware of how much Mello-Roos bonds cost in newer construction tracts? Some, especially in tracts with $650K and up properties, can be exorbitant ($5K or more per year) on top of your property tax. These bonds last from 25-40 years, depending on when the tract was built and how many years are left to pay it. When you add these bonds to the cost of an outlying suburban or exurban newer home, it adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount to your purchase price.

You stated you opened other recent escrows which did not close. Was it because you decided you didn’t want to buy the property or your spouse didn’t want to buy it . . . or was it because of defects in the property?

Is there any possible way you can increase your contingency period for Hawley Ave 2-4 more weeks by stating you need to bring other inspector(s) out, just to buy some time to have the baby?

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