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bearishgurl
Participant[quote=zk] . . . Here’s a place where none of your neighbors will be entitled baby boomers, weirdos, hipsters, people with man buns, humbugs, democratic voters, old pricey bitches, or audi-driving fuckfaces:
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Baker/0-KELBAKER-Unknown/home/49801209
You’d fit right in. And, it says canyon view![/quote]
I think I just drove by that listing about six weeks ago … even stopped for gas to get a closer look. Gosh, I didn’t realize it was such a big lot! I can’t imagine why its been on the market for 2.3 years and there’s only been $2k in price reductions. Sellers need to get with the program “if they want to move product.”
OP, this one comes with breeding lizards. There are so many of them, you will have a lifetime supply … and then some … now, if you could just figure out how palm your way through a bureaucratic maze to bring utilities in … :=0
Participantbtw, yuhtey, CV consists of 96%+ tract homes. IF there is a small “custom” enclave (or two) in there, you can’t afford it.
Participant[quote=njtosd][quote=yuhtey]the only positive about mira mesa is that wings n things. mmmm.
i love all the CV folks trying to tell me that, because it’s not to my taste, that i “just can’t afford it” and that it’s above my class. has my point been proven without me saying anything?[/quote]
You’re the only one whose mentioned your “class”. And if it’s not to your taste why are you keeping such close track of theCV RE offerings?[/quote]
Just saw this. Bingo!
Participant[quote=yuhtey]bearishgurl – please come back….
[snip ignorant commentary][/quote]
yuhtey, I’m firmly in the “boomer camp” and I don’t have time to sit on park benches staring at people. Nor do any of the boomers I know and I know plenty of them.
This thread reminds of the hundreds out-of-town posters considering transferring into SD County from OH, IN, TN and all manner of “flyover country” (even lesser-expensive parts of the east coast) on city-data.com.
They ALL seemed to have kids in school (or about to go to school) and wanted a ~3000 sf newer or new single-family home close to the beach with excellent schools for $350K. The moderator had to end up posting a “sticky” in there, in effect telling new posters not to ask stupid questions of the helpful-but-frustrated locals and be specific as to their actual new job location and actual price range because the good advice of the longtime locals trying to help them was falling on deaf ears. Many, many of these out-of-state posters were beyond delusional because they enjoyed a past vacation in SD so much and felt a “connection” to it. Some actually stated in so many words, “I was meant to live out the rest of my life in SD and will find a way. God will provide.” Most were undoubtedly bored housewives sitting at home at the computer while their kid(s) were in school.
Even though your stated price point is higher, you’re no different than these ignorant bozos. I take it from your posts that you transferred into SD County within the past 2 years with one or more kids in tow at the time and have been renting (a condo/apt)? I have a few questions for you:
1. If you knew you (and/or your spouse) preferred to live in CV when you moved here, why didn’t you buy something there at that time (instead of rent)? Prices have been inching up monthly for about 3 years now and by your own admission, you are now priced out of a SFR there … at least one which you will accept, lol.
2. If your agent has only been showing you listings in CV and you didn’t like what was on offer there, why didn’t you ask his/her advice on where you could get the house you wanted? If your agent has advised you on areas which would have what you are looking for, why haven’t you viewed his/her suggested listings?
3. Have you actually placed any offers on a home and if so, what was the result of those offers? (No addresses needed, here, but area(s) of listing(s) you placed offers on would be helpful.)
4. Do you intend to pay all cash for your residence purchase? (In many cases, this will make the difference whether your offer is accepted or countered by the seller(s) … or not.)
I’m flabbergasted that your agent keeps sending you new CV listings (as late as this morning?) and showing you “’90’s tract palaces” (which is what North County Coast or “NCC” is full of in your price range, btw) when you can’t stand them. Something is going on here that you’re not sharing with the Piggs. Either your agent is truly incompetent or you’re giving him/her different housing criteria than you’re giving us.
Please, do share, yuhtey, to help us understand your situation a bit better!
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]OK Last one here too,
It’s a price thing. and its about 90 minutes not 3 hours.[/quote]
Uhh, shoveler … I just finished checking the Altamont Corridor Express webpages:
The train takes 2 hours, 12 minutes to get from Stockton to San Jose and vice versa. And it has nine quick stops and NO STOP LIGHTS and NO TRAFFIC JAMS to contend with. So the trip HAS to take ~3 hours in a car.
http://www.acerail.com/Getting-You-There/Maps-Stations/Stockton
A rider has four chances to catch it in the am in Stockton and four chances to catch it going home in the evening. If they want to come and go at any other part of the day or run some errands at lunchtime, they are SOL.
It costs a SV worker who lives in Stockton $345.75 for a monthly pass! $345.75!! WTF!
http://www.acerail.com/Getting-You-There/Timetable-and-Fare-Chart/train-schedule
I can get all the way to flyover country and back for a little less than that … using mid-grade gas. That’s a 3500+ mile round trip, folks.
WOW … ’nuff said. Hope your worker-bee “friends” who moved out to Farmville are having a nice life!
Participant[quote=yuhtey][quote=bearishgurl]
Why don’t you consider viewing this listing?
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is that… el cajon? gee i’m not sure i’d fit in there, i don’t hang fake testicles from the back of my pickup. do you think they’d embrace me, even still?[/quote]
Uhh, yuhtey, I think you’re getting this area mixed up with Santee … or Temecula. Folks around 92019 typically drive luxury cars and SUVs. Yes, it has an EC zip code, but it’s actually County. Very “upscale” with room to roam and excellent public schools!
I was only trying to help. That home was on ONE FLAT ACRE with a VIEW and basically needed just landscaping. I haven’t checked the current sold comps around there but I feel it will likely go for the mid-high $800’s. You don’t even have to install the landscaping yourself. There are plenty of reasonable peeps around there who can not only install it for you, but come back 2-4 times per month to maintain it for you. Ask the neighbors. They will most certainly know. They’ve all got someone. If you’re “real” with them and not putting on airs or cracking El Cajon jokes, they just might “embrace you” and try to help you.
You can’t have it both ways, dude. Will it be red … or blue for you? Do you actually believe the north coastal area is mostly red? Is it?? What size lot do you think you will get up there? 6K? 7K? For ~$1M?? Didn’t you state that you didn’t want to view anymore “cardboard” or “particle board” tract homes? If that’s the case, then why would you look in north county coast in your price range?? Ha, ha … do you actually think you’re going to snag a “custom home” along the SD North County Coast with “authentic” finishes in your price range?? And, oh, I forgot. You don’t want a “small” home, either. Oh, and some north county coastal cities WILL be more than 19 miles from your job making your daily commute a clusterfuck on the ONE aging and narrow freeway they have going for them. We have a fitting expression for it on this forum. It’s called “gridlocked Nirvana.”
GOOD LUCK to you, yuhtey and I hope you’re not driving your agent mad. You need him/her more then they need you, lol ….
ParticipantBasically, flyer makes a good point here about workers spending too many of their off-hours commuting to/from an area where the value isn’t really there (and never was to begin with, because it is agricultural).
Life IS short and that is too many hours to waste every day.
The reality is that a Patterson or Tracy homebuyer working in SV could have likely purchased a 50 year-old plain-jane, 1500-1600 sf 3-bdrm cosmetic fixer tract home in a much closer-in Alameda County city for the same money they spent on a slapped-together “mcmansion” in Podunk Farmville with 100+ degree heat more than half the year and been home every night ~20 minutes after crossing a bridge. But they chose not to.
I don’t want to hear any school arguments either as the Fremont Unified School District is great! As are the further-out Dublin and Pleasanton Unified School Districts (of which I am a product).
I received an excellent elementary education but I’m so old that elementary was K-8 back then, not K-5 or K-6 as it is now, lol . . . Dublin was out in the stix back then and NOT surrounded by interstate highways.
The “Tri-Valley Area” (Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon) has always been a cheaper alternative for families of Oakland and Walnut Creek workers (financial and insurance centers). With this area now being the epicenter of the I-580/I-680 Jct, it can now truly be called a “hub” in the center of town.
I wonder how long it takes this train to make the nine stops from Stockton to San Jose every day? And vice versa.
http://www.acerail.com/Getting-You-There/Maps-Stations/Pleasanton
There is no excuse whatsoever to live in farmville if you work in the bay area. The two regions are night and day from one another. That’s just crazy stupid and unwise.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]I believe that something like the Astoria condos in Irvine would be great for buyers who just want low maintenance and a carefree lifestyle. Lock and go.
People are used the noisy lowrise condo that are built of wood. The highrises are built solid like an office building/hotel.
Yes, those look nice but in SD, there is Marina Park. Although it would be considered a “low-rise” project (dtn SD circa 1982), it is built like a fortress (with brick) and quiet inside the units and inner common/pool area. Brittany Tower on Laurel in Banker’s Hill was built in about 1981 with special glass installed at an angle to shield its units from plane-landing noise. Both of these projects were probably built better than most of the newer projects in East Village. It’s still hard for even a single retiree with a dog to live in a condo like this, especially if they need to leave the dog home by themselves periodically. The only type of condo that would work for this group would be a ground floor unit with a small private walled-in patio with yard. These type of units do exist but most of them have 1.5 or 2 sets of stairs in them … even stairs leading to the garage, which I myself detest.
That project in Irvine is good for all ages who travel for business or pleasure frequently (singles or couples) and have no pets (maybe 1-2 cats) or a fish tank.
Participant[quote=flyer]Many of our relatives who have lived in the Bay Area for years can’t believe where people are willing to buy homes up there now.
It’s understandable that affordability is the driving factor, but if/when things slow down again, they might have some challenges getting rid of some of those outlier properties, and, in the meantime, I don’t think the lifestyle is really be what you might call optimum.
It’s just my opinion that life is too short not to live the life you want to live, where you want to live it. We’ve known quite a few people who have waited for “retirement,” and never made it to that point, or found their time was cut short later in life, so–to the OP–find something you like, and start enjoying it now.[/quote]
So true. Great advice, flyer!
Participant[quote=AN]Back to the OP, it really depend on the type and age of houses you’re looking for. If I’m looking for a low $1M house, I would consider South West UC, something like this one: http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-150049752-5561_Stresemann_San_Diego_CA_92122, put $100k to upgrade and spend the other $100-500k in private school.[/quote]Very nice close-in listing, AN. I see concrete issues, a possible pool deck issue (OP said he really didn’t want a pool) and possibly rotted wood garden walls outside but very little, if anything, wrong with the inside. And the outside issues are likely not urgent.
It appears that this listing is in the Curie Elem attendance area (walking distance) so not sure why you suggested private schools. I know this micro area fairly well and some of its (irregular-shaped) lots are pretty awesome!
OP, you should really consider this listing for its location, putting aside the possible “political persuasion” of its neighborhood inhabitants and the existence of a pool (which can be fenced for about $2K). It’s a good house for you and it doesn’t get that much better than this for you, location wise.
Thanks for sharing!
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]Whatever you should try buying a home in Norco. it’s quite expensive these days. . . .[/quote]
Are any new Norco subdivisions adjacent to the infamous “CA Rehabilitation Center?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Rehabilitation_Center
[img_assist|nid=25628|title=CRC – Norco, CA|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=199]Is that “haze” I see in the background? Count me in! Where is the sales trailer for me to sign up for a new home plan!!
sca-a-a-a-r-dey. Hello? Next time you visit one of your esteemed “clients,” I wanna come with you (if they’ll let me in, lol). I haven’t been on a tour of this esteemed “CA Big House” in decades!!
ParticipantLast threadjack …. What about Fremont, Castro Valley, Hayward, Union City, Newark, Milpitas, etc? What about the outer exurbs of Dublin and Pleasanton, etc and that nice green bedroom city and former cow pasture known as Livermore? Aren’t these places all still there? Do they not have any SFR listings??
What am I missing here??? Why do some SC County workers feel they “need” to double their commute from 1 hour to 2-3 hours two counties over, one way????
Is it really “worth it” for workers to do this?
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]LOL BG Again whatever, that is where they are building and that is where people who work in SJ are buying and living.[/quote]If you say so, shoveler. It is unbelievable to me that SV workers would commute that far when Alameda County is much closer and has a lot of cities to choose from. And it is even MORE unbelievable to me if Stockton has now decided to allow more subdivision permits on former feedlot land.
Will the feedlot odor still be included for free with the purchase of a new home in Stockton??
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]Out by Tracy (to the east) then Stockton to the north etc..
to the south I am not sure the towns current name(s) but I know co-workers to bought new homes to the south (not cheap by the way)
They are not great areas currently but I bet they improve quickly.[/quote]Shoveler, Tracy and Stockton are NOT anywhere near SJ (Santa Clara County). Not by a long shot. They are not even located in the bay area! They are in San Joaquin County, within the states’ interior “Central Valley.” The City of Stockton has filed for BK protection in recent years, all due to allowing too many subdivisons to be built during the ’00’s and being unable to adequately service them with city services (incl police and fire).
To the south of Stockton and Tracy is Turlock, Modesto and Patterson, situated in Stanislaus County (also located in the state’s “Central Valley,” which boasts mostly of lower-paying agricultural and warehousing jobs).
Uhhh, if workers are actually commuting daily to/from SM and SC counties to higher-paying tech/biotech jobs from these remote locales, they all have some screws loose and need their heads examined, IMO.
I can’t imagine in my wildest dreams that the Stockton City Council has recently approved more subdivision permits after all the BS they have gone through in recent years! At one point, they actually had to subcontract out more than half of the city services that they were supposed to provide to Lodi and other adjacent cities and the county because they themselves could not provide them to their burgeoning population … nor could they even pay for some of them.
Big Fail ….
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