Stonebridge-Toll Brothers

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[quote=recordsclerk]Most of us on this blog have said at one time or another that Santuary by Shea is far superior to Montoro or Serenity in quality and appearance. At $895 that house is a better deal than any Serenity home on the market new or used.
Here is a sold comp that just closed for plan 1 Santuary. This is basically a single story home with two story master suite with loft.

http://www.sdlookup.com/Pictures-110000974

What a great deal.[/quote]

That is a great deal. No doubt about it.

With comparable lots selling for $350k, assuming $100/sqft building cost or $450k, plus $200k in upgrades and pool, it is very much at below replacement cost.

[ahewitson]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]That’s great for you! Let us know how it all works out a few year down the road newbie.[/quote]
Why the snark? I’m curious what he/she said that you felt the need for it?

(another example of my naivety I guess.)[/quote]

Who knows… Didn’t know where it came from either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]That’s great for you! Let us know how it all works out a few year down the road newbie.[/quote]
Why the snark? I’m curious what he/she said that you felt the need for it?

(another example of my naivety I guess.)[/quote]

Who knows… Didn’t know where it came from either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]That’s great for you! Let us know how it all works out a few year down the road newbie.[/quote]
Why the snark? I’m curious what he/she said that you felt the need for it?

(another example of my naivety I guess.)[/quote]

Who knows… Didn’t know where it came from either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]That’s great for you! Let us know how it all works out a few year down the road newbie.[/quote]
Why the snark? I’m curious what he/she said that you felt the need for it?

(another example of my naivety I guess.)[/quote]

Who knows… Didn’t know where it came from either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]That’s great for you! Let us know how it all works out a few year down the road newbie.[/quote]
Why the snark? I’m curious what he/she said that you felt the need for it?

(another example of my naivety I guess.)[/quote]

Who knows… Didn’t know where it came from either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=kcal09][quote=ahewitson][quote=DataAgent]”Holy crap! If zillow is correct they paid 1.5 in 2006. I can’t belive the asking price is under 900k. Something doesn’t seem right here?”

It’s probably just another short sale. The current owners haven’t paid their property taxes in several years.[/quote]

My realtor took us to this house and it’s definitely been lived in. The backyard has not been kept very well and the interior of the house has a very odd design. Regardless of what the house sold for 5 years ago, I don’t think it’s worth the $895K it’s currently listed for. Maybe about $50K less than that as a possibility. You’ll need at least that much to make it comfortable. Very poor natural lighting inside the house as well.[/quote]

If you don’t think it’s worth $895k then all the smaller “Serenity” homes should be around $700k. This home has more square footage with a larger lot and is supposedly of higher quality. Thus, are you implying that “Stonebridge” in general is still way overpriced?[/quote]

The home is extremely dark inside. Very little natural light comes into any room. The kitchen/livingroom/great room floor plan is very awkward as the kitchen bar “straddles” both rooms. Almost all of the landscaping in the rear is dead or dying and the overall condition of the interior/exterior is rundown. You can’t base your judgement on numbers and square footage alone. You should also consider the actual condition once if you’ve been in and out of this home. Some of these things can be changed and/or improved with work, time, and $$$ but you can only do so much to a home to make it into a different home before you’ve actually just rebuilt that home.

P.S. Anyone putting an offer on that home should stop by Costco first and get a palette of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to rid every surface of the “ick” and residue. Some air fresheners wouldn’t hurt either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=kcal09][quote=ahewitson][quote=DataAgent]”Holy crap! If zillow is correct they paid 1.5 in 2006. I can’t belive the asking price is under 900k. Something doesn’t seem right here?”

It’s probably just another short sale. The current owners haven’t paid their property taxes in several years.[/quote]

My realtor took us to this house and it’s definitely been lived in. The backyard has not been kept very well and the interior of the house has a very odd design. Regardless of what the house sold for 5 years ago, I don’t think it’s worth the $895K it’s currently listed for. Maybe about $50K less than that as a possibility. You’ll need at least that much to make it comfortable. Very poor natural lighting inside the house as well.[/quote]

If you don’t think it’s worth $895k then all the smaller “Serenity” homes should be around $700k. This home has more square footage with a larger lot and is supposedly of higher quality. Thus, are you implying that “Stonebridge” in general is still way overpriced?[/quote]

The home is extremely dark inside. Very little natural light comes into any room. The kitchen/livingroom/great room floor plan is very awkward as the kitchen bar “straddles” both rooms. Almost all of the landscaping in the rear is dead or dying and the overall condition of the interior/exterior is rundown. You can’t base your judgement on numbers and square footage alone. You should also consider the actual condition once if you’ve been in and out of this home. Some of these things can be changed and/or improved with work, time, and $$$ but you can only do so much to a home to make it into a different home before you’ve actually just rebuilt that home.

P.S. Anyone putting an offer on that home should stop by Costco first and get a palette of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to rid every surface of the “ick” and residue. Some air fresheners wouldn’t hurt either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=kcal09][quote=ahewitson][quote=DataAgent]”Holy crap! If zillow is correct they paid 1.5 in 2006. I can’t belive the asking price is under 900k. Something doesn’t seem right here?”

It’s probably just another short sale. The current owners haven’t paid their property taxes in several years.[/quote]

My realtor took us to this house and it’s definitely been lived in. The backyard has not been kept very well and the interior of the house has a very odd design. Regardless of what the house sold for 5 years ago, I don’t think it’s worth the $895K it’s currently listed for. Maybe about $50K less than that as a possibility. You’ll need at least that much to make it comfortable. Very poor natural lighting inside the house as well.[/quote]

If you don’t think it’s worth $895k then all the smaller “Serenity” homes should be around $700k. This home has more square footage with a larger lot and is supposedly of higher quality. Thus, are you implying that “Stonebridge” in general is still way overpriced?[/quote]

The home is extremely dark inside. Very little natural light comes into any room. The kitchen/livingroom/great room floor plan is very awkward as the kitchen bar “straddles” both rooms. Almost all of the landscaping in the rear is dead or dying and the overall condition of the interior/exterior is rundown. You can’t base your judgement on numbers and square footage alone. You should also consider the actual condition once if you’ve been in and out of this home. Some of these things can be changed and/or improved with work, time, and $$$ but you can only do so much to a home to make it into a different home before you’ve actually just rebuilt that home.

P.S. Anyone putting an offer on that home should stop by Costco first and get a palette of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to rid every surface of the “ick” and residue. Some air fresheners wouldn’t hurt either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=kcal09][quote=ahewitson][quote=DataAgent]”Holy crap! If zillow is correct they paid 1.5 in 2006. I can’t belive the asking price is under 900k. Something doesn’t seem right here?”

It’s probably just another short sale. The current owners haven’t paid their property taxes in several years.[/quote]

My realtor took us to this house and it’s definitely been lived in. The backyard has not been kept very well and the interior of the house has a very odd design. Regardless of what the house sold for 5 years ago, I don’t think it’s worth the $895K it’s currently listed for. Maybe about $50K less than that as a possibility. You’ll need at least that much to make it comfortable. Very poor natural lighting inside the house as well.[/quote]

If you don’t think it’s worth $895k then all the smaller “Serenity” homes should be around $700k. This home has more square footage with a larger lot and is supposedly of higher quality. Thus, are you implying that “Stonebridge” in general is still way overpriced?[/quote]

The home is extremely dark inside. Very little natural light comes into any room. The kitchen/livingroom/great room floor plan is very awkward as the kitchen bar “straddles” both rooms. Almost all of the landscaping in the rear is dead or dying and the overall condition of the interior/exterior is rundown. You can’t base your judgement on numbers and square footage alone. You should also consider the actual condition once if you’ve been in and out of this home. Some of these things can be changed and/or improved with work, time, and $$$ but you can only do so much to a home to make it into a different home before you’ve actually just rebuilt that home.

P.S. Anyone putting an offer on that home should stop by Costco first and get a palette of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to rid every surface of the “ick” and residue. Some air fresheners wouldn’t hurt either.

[ahewitson]

[quote=kcal09][quote=ahewitson][quote=DataAgent]”Holy crap! If zillow is correct they paid 1.5 in 2006. I can’t belive the asking price is under 900k. Something doesn’t seem right here?”

It’s probably just another short sale. The current owners haven’t paid their property taxes in several years.[/quote]

My realtor took us to this house and it’s definitely been lived in. The backyard has not been kept very well and the interior of the house has a very odd design. Regardless of what the house sold for 5 years ago, I don’t think it’s worth the $895K it’s currently listed for. Maybe about $50K less than that as a possibility. You’ll need at least that much to make it comfortable. Very poor natural lighting inside the house as well.[/quote]

If you don’t think it’s worth $895k then all the smaller “Serenity” homes should be around $700k. This home has more square footage with a larger lot and is supposedly of higher quality. Thus, are you implying that “Stonebridge” in general is still way overpriced?[/quote]

The home is extremely dark inside. Very little natural light comes into any room. The kitchen/livingroom/great room floor plan is very awkward as the kitchen bar “straddles” both rooms. Almost all of the landscaping in the rear is dead or dying and the overall condition of the interior/exterior is rundown. You can’t base your judgement on numbers and square footage alone. You should also consider the actual condition once if you’ve been in and out of this home. Some of these things can be changed and/or improved with work, time, and $$$ but you can only do so much to a home to make it into a different home before you’ve actually just rebuilt that home.

P.S. Anyone putting an offer on that home should stop by Costco first and get a palette of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to rid every surface of the “ick” and residue. Some air fresheners wouldn’t hurt either.

[sdrealtor]

I have been in the house. The front rooms in the house dont get much natural light but the rest of the house gets plenty. As I am sure you know, the light will change as the sun shifts relative to the house throughout the year. It is a north/south facing home so most of the natural light comes in the back of the house where you want it. It does not come in directly as you would have in an east/west facing home that would be much hotter so you would save a lot on your a/c.

As far as the lanscaping goes, as you know, roughly 90% of the cost of landscaping is the hardscaping (concrete patios, walls and patio covers), brininging in top soil, low voltage lighting, drainage and sprinklers. The dead plant materials represent no more than 10% of the cost in most cases and could be replaced with new grass and plants at a pretty modest amount.

As for the condition? I thought the condition was fine. It needed no more work than the average resell home I see. I asked for a got a copy of a recent inspection report that verified that.

I’m sorry you dont like it. Go find something else.

[sdrealtor]

I have been in the house. The front rooms in the house dont get much natural light but the rest of the house gets plenty. As I am sure you know, the light will change as the sun shifts relative to the house throughout the year. It is a north/south facing home so most of the natural light comes in the back of the house where you want it. It does not come in directly as you would have in an east/west facing home that would be much hotter so you would save a lot on your a/c.

As far as the lanscaping goes, as you know, roughly 90% of the cost of landscaping is the hardscaping (concrete patios, walls and patio covers), brininging in top soil, low voltage lighting, drainage and sprinklers. The dead plant materials represent no more than 10% of the cost in most cases and could be replaced with new grass and plants at a pretty modest amount.

As for the condition? I thought the condition was fine. It needed no more work than the average resell home I see. I asked for a got a copy of a recent inspection report that verified that.

I’m sorry you dont like it. Go find something else.

[sdrealtor]

I have been in the house. The front rooms in the house dont get much natural light but the rest of the house gets plenty. As I am sure you know, the light will change as the sun shifts relative to the house throughout the year. It is a north/south facing home so most of the natural light comes in the back of the house where you want it. It does not come in directly as you would have in an east/west facing home that would be much hotter so you would save a lot on your a/c.

As far as the lanscaping goes, as you know, roughly 90% of the cost of landscaping is the hardscaping (concrete patios, walls and patio covers), brininging in top soil, low voltage lighting, drainage and sprinklers. The dead plant materials represent no more than 10% of the cost in most cases and could be replaced with new grass and plants at a pretty modest amount.

As for the condition? I thought the condition was fine. It needed no more work than the average resell home I see. I asked for a got a copy of a recent inspection report that verified that.

I’m sorry you dont like it. Go find something else.

[sdrealtor]

I have been in the house. The front rooms in the house dont get much natural light but the rest of the house gets plenty. As I am sure you know, the light will change as the sun shifts relative to the house throughout the year. It is a north/south facing home so most of the natural light comes in the back of the house where you want it. It does not come in directly as you would have in an east/west facing home that would be much hotter so you would save a lot on your a/c.

As far as the lanscaping goes, as you know, roughly 90% of the cost of landscaping is the hardscaping (concrete patios, walls and patio covers), brininging in top soil, low voltage lighting, drainage and sprinklers. The dead plant materials represent no more than 10% of the cost in most cases and could be replaced with new grass and plants at a pretty modest amount.

As for the condition? I thought the condition was fine. It needed no more work than the average resell home I see. I asked for a got a copy of a recent inspection report that verified that.

I’m sorry you dont like it. Go find something else.

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