Carlsbad or Penasquitos for 500K?

[Scarlett]

Thanks! I’ll try my best to see it this weekend.

[Scarlett]

I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

[Scarlett]

I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

[Scarlett]

I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

[Scarlett]

I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

[Scarlett]

I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

First thing – the bedrooms. There is no way those bedrooms were the dimensions stated – weird shaped (corners were cut for example). I know that for a fact since we live in a 3 bdr with the exact same dimensions – and I checked those in my house. We couldn’t have even fit all the furniture. It was more like a 2 SMALL bdr + office. Not enough if you have kids. An additional good bedroom was required. Second – kitchen was a disaster. It needed to be redone immediately as the cabinets were broken, and tiles missing. BTW, it fell out of escrow after an inspection and we’ve hear there was a water leak somewhere, not surprising. Anyway, kitchen was WAY too tiny. But the sizes of bedrooms and kitchen was the real deal breaker.

Then, it had a lot of termite damage; garage was a half-a$$ job – made of planks! No way one can fit 2 cars in that garage either.

Trees were way too close to the house, including a ficus and driveway was already raised by roots. It probably was affecting the foundation too.

The drainage of the soil and patio was an issue too. there was some mold in spots as well.

Tiles everywhere made it very cold but that wasn’t a deal breaker. Very nice yard and large family and living (family rm was clearly an addition, as it was one of the bedrooms)

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Scarlett]I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

-snip-

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.[/quote]

Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Scarlett]I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

-snip-

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.[/quote]

Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Scarlett]I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

-snip-

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.[/quote]

Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Scarlett]I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

-snip-

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.[/quote]

Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Scarlett]I’ve seen the 1600 sf Ramsay.

I think the yard and location was all it was good about it. To make it work for us it would have required a lot of work, and perhaps we would have been better off tearing it to the ground and building a nice 2 story small house on it.

-snip-

Probably need it at least 100K work done to make it nice and still the space wouldn’t have been enough for us.

Otherwise the location and neighborhood was nice, but this house simply wasn’t worth the trouble, even it would have been 300K. There is no way in hell that house goes for 500K. This was not a cosmetic fixer for us.[/quote]

Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.

[Rhett]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.[/quote]

Scarlett lowballed the termite problem.

Without me wasting too many keystrokes, let me suggest that you Google the address, do an overhead view, and tell me how in the world you’d “move the garage”? Where would you propose moving the driveway?

The only acceptable thinking out of the box would be to buy the lot, bring in bulldozer, and start over. There’s nothing wrong with your logic in general, but this was not the place to do it. It’s one thing to argue a strategy, but how in the world can you defend a place if you are looking at it from SDLookup only?

[Rhett]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.[/quote]

Scarlett lowballed the termite problem.

Without me wasting too many keystrokes, let me suggest that you Google the address, do an overhead view, and tell me how in the world you’d “move the garage”? Where would you propose moving the driveway?

The only acceptable thinking out of the box would be to buy the lot, bring in bulldozer, and start over. There’s nothing wrong with your logic in general, but this was not the place to do it. It’s one thing to argue a strategy, but how in the world can you defend a place if you are looking at it from SDLookup only?

[Rhett]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.[/quote]

Scarlett lowballed the termite problem.

Without me wasting too many keystrokes, let me suggest that you Google the address, do an overhead view, and tell me how in the world you’d “move the garage”? Where would you propose moving the driveway?

The only acceptable thinking out of the box would be to buy the lot, bring in bulldozer, and start over. There’s nothing wrong with your logic in general, but this was not the place to do it. It’s one thing to argue a strategy, but how in the world can you defend a place if you are looking at it from SDLookup only?

[Rhett]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Scarlett . . . uh, hello??

You said yourself that the family room was taken from the sf of a bedroom. Had you ever considered whether this property might qualify for an FHA 203K loan?? You would put little down and save cash for future repairs/rehab (as well as the cash you are eventually loaned over and above your purchase-money amt which could be used for repairs/rehab).

Had you ever thought of moving this (probably 19′ x 19′) “substandard garage” to the ample backyard? How much $$ do you think this takes?? Try $25-$30K.

And this is coming from the “queen” of SD mid-century development. It’s all “small potatoes” from here on out.

Why don’t you use the current inspection report on file to attempt to obtain this “estate” property in the $350-$375K range??

Just a “suggestion,” nothing more. Just think of the possible future tax savings from acquiring Radcliffe at rock-bottom prices :=]

Think outside of the box or DRIVE. Those are your choices, here, the way I see it.[/quote]

Scarlett lowballed the termite problem.

Without me wasting too many keystrokes, let me suggest that you Google the address, do an overhead view, and tell me how in the world you’d “move the garage”? Where would you propose moving the driveway?

The only acceptable thinking out of the box would be to buy the lot, bring in bulldozer, and start over. There’s nothing wrong with your logic in general, but this was not the place to do it. It’s one thing to argue a strategy, but how in the world can you defend a place if you are looking at it from SDLookup only?

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