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[quote=AK][quote=bearishgurl]
AK, I am seriously considering retiring in Norcal. I don’t think the popular “San Rafael” listing you posted here is subject to fumes from “the 101”.[/quote]

True the house itself is a couple of miles from the freeway. But the 101 itself is a frickin nightmare. That much hasn’t changed since I was a kid :)[/quote]

AK, are you referring to this leg of the 101 or the lo-o-o-o-ong stretch of it south of SF? There aren’t near as many people coming back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge to work in the City as there are traveling back and forth through SV. A large percentage of the population of Marin Co. is “retired.”

I see the portions of Hwy 101 on either side of the City as two different animals.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK][quote=bearishgurl]
AK, I am seriously considering retiring in Norcal. I don’t think the popular “San Rafael” listing you posted here is subject to fumes from “the 101”.[/quote]

True the house itself is a couple of miles from the freeway. But the 101 itself is a frickin nightmare. That much hasn’t changed since I was a kid :)[/quote]

AK, are you referring to this leg of the 101 or the lo-o-o-o-ong stretch of it south of SF? There aren’t near as many people coming back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge to work in the City as there are traveling back and forth through SV. A large percentage of the population of Marin Co. is “retired.”

I see the portions of Hwy 101 on either side of the City as two different animals.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK][quote=bearishgurl]
AK, I am seriously considering retiring in Norcal. I don’t think the popular “San Rafael” listing you posted here is subject to fumes from “the 101”.[/quote]

True the house itself is a couple of miles from the freeway. But the 101 itself is a frickin nightmare. That much hasn’t changed since I was a kid :)[/quote]

AK, are you referring to this leg of the 101 or the lo-o-o-o-ong stretch of it south of SF? There aren’t near as many people coming back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge to work in the City as there are traveling back and forth through SV. A large percentage of the population of Marin Co. is “retired.”

I see the portions of Hwy 101 on either side of the City as two different animals.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK][quote=bearishgurl]
AK, I am seriously considering retiring in Norcal. I don’t think the popular “San Rafael” listing you posted here is subject to fumes from “the 101”.[/quote]

True the house itself is a couple of miles from the freeway. But the 101 itself is a frickin nightmare. That much hasn’t changed since I was a kid :)[/quote]

AK, are you referring to this leg of the 101 or the lo-o-o-o-ong stretch of it south of SF? There aren’t near as many people coming back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge to work in the City as there are traveling back and forth through SV. A large percentage of the population of Marin Co. is “retired.”

I see the portions of Hwy 101 on either side of the City as two different animals.

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[quote=flu]Napa RE has come down, so I’m told….[/quote]

Yeah, flu, parts of Napa County became overbuilt in the nineties and early 2000’s. What probably happened there is that SF and SAC commuters bought into these tracts (some with NINA loans) and then discovered how arduous it was to wait in line on those two-laners to get to I-80 every workday.

Most of Napa County is not very practical to commute from. I DO like to visit it, flu, but am not interested in retiring in an endless tract. I would be looking for a custom property on the order of the San Rafael property featured here (“vintage” kitchen a bonus . . . lol).

My choice retirement counties are Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco (flat only), Contra Costa, Sonoma and El Dorado, in that order.

Or who knows?? Maybe I’ll be able to eventually swing two “retirement” properties (both smaller and/or fixers) one in an urban/suburban county of choice and the other in El Dorado County (for the weekends, vacations and skiing) :=)

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]Napa RE has come down, so I’m told….[/quote]

Yeah, flu, parts of Napa County became overbuilt in the nineties and early 2000’s. What probably happened there is that SF and SAC commuters bought into these tracts (some with NINA loans) and then discovered how arduous it was to wait in line on those two-laners to get to I-80 every workday.

Most of Napa County is not very practical to commute from. I DO like to visit it, flu, but am not interested in retiring in an endless tract. I would be looking for a custom property on the order of the San Rafael property featured here (“vintage” kitchen a bonus . . . lol).

My choice retirement counties are Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco (flat only), Contra Costa, Sonoma and El Dorado, in that order.

Or who knows?? Maybe I’ll be able to eventually swing two “retirement” properties (both smaller and/or fixers) one in an urban/suburban county of choice and the other in El Dorado County (for the weekends, vacations and skiing) :=)

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]Napa RE has come down, so I’m told….[/quote]

Yeah, flu, parts of Napa County became overbuilt in the nineties and early 2000’s. What probably happened there is that SF and SAC commuters bought into these tracts (some with NINA loans) and then discovered how arduous it was to wait in line on those two-laners to get to I-80 every workday.

Most of Napa County is not very practical to commute from. I DO like to visit it, flu, but am not interested in retiring in an endless tract. I would be looking for a custom property on the order of the San Rafael property featured here (“vintage” kitchen a bonus . . . lol).

My choice retirement counties are Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco (flat only), Contra Costa, Sonoma and El Dorado, in that order.

Or who knows?? Maybe I’ll be able to eventually swing two “retirement” properties (both smaller and/or fixers) one in an urban/suburban county of choice and the other in El Dorado County (for the weekends, vacations and skiing) :=)

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]Napa RE has come down, so I’m told….[/quote]

Yeah, flu, parts of Napa County became overbuilt in the nineties and early 2000’s. What probably happened there is that SF and SAC commuters bought into these tracts (some with NINA loans) and then discovered how arduous it was to wait in line on those two-laners to get to I-80 every workday.

Most of Napa County is not very practical to commute from. I DO like to visit it, flu, but am not interested in retiring in an endless tract. I would be looking for a custom property on the order of the San Rafael property featured here (“vintage” kitchen a bonus . . . lol).

My choice retirement counties are Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco (flat only), Contra Costa, Sonoma and El Dorado, in that order.

Or who knows?? Maybe I’ll be able to eventually swing two “retirement” properties (both smaller and/or fixers) one in an urban/suburban county of choice and the other in El Dorado County (for the weekends, vacations and skiing) :=)

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]Napa RE has come down, so I’m told….[/quote]

Yeah, flu, parts of Napa County became overbuilt in the nineties and early 2000’s. What probably happened there is that SF and SAC commuters bought into these tracts (some with NINA loans) and then discovered how arduous it was to wait in line on those two-laners to get to I-80 every workday.

Most of Napa County is not very practical to commute from. I DO like to visit it, flu, but am not interested in retiring in an endless tract. I would be looking for a custom property on the order of the San Rafael property featured here (“vintage” kitchen a bonus . . . lol).

My choice retirement counties are Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco (flat only), Contra Costa, Sonoma and El Dorado, in that order.

Or who knows?? Maybe I’ll be able to eventually swing two “retirement” properties (both smaller and/or fixers) one in an urban/suburban county of choice and the other in El Dorado County (for the weekends, vacations and skiing) :=)

[patb]

Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances

[patb]

Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances

[patb]

Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances

[patb]

Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances

[patb]

Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances

[bearishgurl]

[quote=patb]Flu

a modern appliance uses 30% the energy of that aging fridge and with simple improvements i can get that halved again. There are solid state magnetic fridges that look even better.

There are reasons to recap the appliances[/quote]

patb, this is SO TRUE. We replaced the aging-but-still-working green “Coldspot” with the fancy 1981 “Frigidaire” (with its etched thick glass shelves and “leather-look” trim) because of its “new” yellow “Energy Star” sticker touting electricity savings.

That now dead Frigidaire is too costly to run compared to the 2000’s models.

I liked the appls in the listing because their condition obviously indicated that the rest of the property was very well-cared for over the years :=)

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