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[quote=CONCHO]It’s in a really good neighborhood, there is not a lot available there, and many dual-income professional types want to live in that area. $625K is a good deal for the square footage, location, and current market. I agree it is funny looking with the 3-car garage, but there are a lot of funny looking houses in SD. Doesn’t mean people won’t still pay to live in them if they check off all the important boxes, especially location. Yeah you can get cheaper $/sf in other areas, but IMO that is a prime location in South Carlsbad.[/quote]

Never said it wasn’t a good area. IMHO it isn’t worth the price. Especially with the lack of upgrades and the style of the home. In this market you look for areas of weakness that have great potential in the future. That’s how you take advantage of the market and score a good deal. Anyone can give an extremely narrow criteria on their housing search. We all know what the end result will be.

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[quote=CONCHO]It’s in a really good neighborhood, there is not a lot available there, and many dual-income professional types want to live in that area. $625K is a good deal for the square footage, location, and current market. I agree it is funny looking with the 3-car garage, but there are a lot of funny looking houses in SD. Doesn’t mean people won’t still pay to live in them if they check off all the important boxes, especially location. Yeah you can get cheaper $/sf in other areas, but IMO that is a prime location in South Carlsbad.[/quote]

Never said it wasn’t a good area. IMHO it isn’t worth the price. Especially with the lack of upgrades and the style of the home. In this market you look for areas of weakness that have great potential in the future. That’s how you take advantage of the market and score a good deal. Anyone can give an extremely narrow criteria on their housing search. We all know what the end result will be.

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[quote=sdrealtor]touche! The funny thing is I think my house is too big too and its almost half the size as yours. I just love where its located. As for the subject house, you live on the inside of the house not the outside. Its not Carlsbad schools its Encinitas/San Dieguito schools which are highly coveted. I did the search and there are currently ZERO houses like that on the market. Not one, not ten and certainly not 46. Its a good deal.

Location, location, location!

Only thing growing on my slope these days is native plants and weeds but heading up to Napa again next week and will be talking to winemakers about what kind of grapes I might be able to grow on it in this climate.[/quote]

You live inside the house when there is nothing outside but weed filled slope with folks looking down. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time outdoors, play ball on the grass, and swim everyday.

As for the schools, plenty of good schools around. Quite frankly, I do believe la costa academy has not done well on API for a while. Even coming in lower than San Marcos. It has a not so great UC acceptance rate compared to other schools of similar demographic background.

You might have a problem with a guy 10 years younger with a house twice ad big, but
I frankly have no problem rotting in my mcmansion that was $160/sqft with my LTV at 60%.

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]touche! The funny thing is I think my house is too big too and its almost half the size as yours. I just love where its located. As for the subject house, you live on the inside of the house not the outside. Its not Carlsbad schools its Encinitas/San Dieguito schools which are highly coveted. I did the search and there are currently ZERO houses like that on the market. Not one, not ten and certainly not 46. Its a good deal.

Location, location, location!

Only thing growing on my slope these days is native plants and weeds but heading up to Napa again next week and will be talking to winemakers about what kind of grapes I might be able to grow on it in this climate.[/quote]

You live inside the house when there is nothing outside but weed filled slope with folks looking down. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time outdoors, play ball on the grass, and swim everyday.

As for the schools, plenty of good schools around. Quite frankly, I do believe la costa academy has not done well on API for a while. Even coming in lower than San Marcos. It has a not so great UC acceptance rate compared to other schools of similar demographic background.

You might have a problem with a guy 10 years younger with a house twice ad big, but
I frankly have no problem rotting in my mcmansion that was $160/sqft with my LTV at 60%.

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]touche! The funny thing is I think my house is too big too and its almost half the size as yours. I just love where its located. As for the subject house, you live on the inside of the house not the outside. Its not Carlsbad schools its Encinitas/San Dieguito schools which are highly coveted. I did the search and there are currently ZERO houses like that on the market. Not one, not ten and certainly not 46. Its a good deal.

Location, location, location!

Only thing growing on my slope these days is native plants and weeds but heading up to Napa again next week and will be talking to winemakers about what kind of grapes I might be able to grow on it in this climate.[/quote]

You live inside the house when there is nothing outside but weed filled slope with folks looking down. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time outdoors, play ball on the grass, and swim everyday.

As for the schools, plenty of good schools around. Quite frankly, I do believe la costa academy has not done well on API for a while. Even coming in lower than San Marcos. It has a not so great UC acceptance rate compared to other schools of similar demographic background.

You might have a problem with a guy 10 years younger with a house twice ad big, but
I frankly have no problem rotting in my mcmansion that was $160/sqft with my LTV at 60%.

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]touche! The funny thing is I think my house is too big too and its almost half the size as yours. I just love where its located. As for the subject house, you live on the inside of the house not the outside. Its not Carlsbad schools its Encinitas/San Dieguito schools which are highly coveted. I did the search and there are currently ZERO houses like that on the market. Not one, not ten and certainly not 46. Its a good deal.

Location, location, location!

Only thing growing on my slope these days is native plants and weeds but heading up to Napa again next week and will be talking to winemakers about what kind of grapes I might be able to grow on it in this climate.[/quote]

You live inside the house when there is nothing outside but weed filled slope with folks looking down. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time outdoors, play ball on the grass, and swim everyday.

As for the schools, plenty of good schools around. Quite frankly, I do believe la costa academy has not done well on API for a while. Even coming in lower than San Marcos. It has a not so great UC acceptance rate compared to other schools of similar demographic background.

You might have a problem with a guy 10 years younger with a house twice ad big, but
I frankly have no problem rotting in my mcmansion that was $160/sqft with my LTV at 60%.

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]touche! The funny thing is I think my house is too big too and its almost half the size as yours. I just love where its located. As for the subject house, you live on the inside of the house not the outside. Its not Carlsbad schools its Encinitas/San Dieguito schools which are highly coveted. I did the search and there are currently ZERO houses like that on the market. Not one, not ten and certainly not 46. Its a good deal.

Location, location, location!

Only thing growing on my slope these days is native plants and weeds but heading up to Napa again next week and will be talking to winemakers about what kind of grapes I might be able to grow on it in this climate.[/quote]

You live inside the house when there is nothing outside but weed filled slope with folks looking down. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time outdoors, play ball on the grass, and swim everyday.

As for the schools, plenty of good schools around. Quite frankly, I do believe la costa academy has not done well on API for a while. Even coming in lower than San Marcos. It has a not so great UC acceptance rate compared to other schools of similar demographic background.

You might have a problem with a guy 10 years younger with a house twice ad big, but
I frankly have no problem rotting in my mcmansion that was $160/sqft with my LTV at 60%.

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[quote=sdrealtor]and quite honestly that is why you are rotting in an oversized Scripps Ranch McManision. You beleive what you see on the internet. I just put 2000 sq ft and newer tyhan 1980 less than 600K and into the MLS and came up with 22 detached houses nowhere near 46. Then i added a 3 car garage and it went to 6. then I looked at which were in the encinintas/san dieguito school district and none were. Enjoy the view from 20mils away.[/quote]

and that’s why you rot in a small cookie cutter home with a huge unusable slope in the back. you can enjoy that view.

that home is what it is, a mid 80’s tract home that features its 3 car garage prominently. just look at the freaking picture, where is the house? where is the curb appeal? you drive up and you see your treasured 3 car garage. that look is so 3 decades ago. and for over $300/sqft? and you call that a good deal? what in the world are you smoking? what are you growing on that slope of yours?

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[quote=sdrealtor]and quite honestly that is why you are rotting in an oversized Scripps Ranch McManision. You beleive what you see on the internet. I just put 2000 sq ft and newer tyhan 1980 less than 600K and into the MLS and came up with 22 detached houses nowhere near 46. Then i added a 3 car garage and it went to 6. then I looked at which were in the encinintas/san dieguito school district and none were. Enjoy the view from 20mils away.[/quote]

and that’s why you rot in a small cookie cutter home with a huge unusable slope in the back. you can enjoy that view.

that home is what it is, a mid 80’s tract home that features its 3 car garage prominently. just look at the freaking picture, where is the house? where is the curb appeal? you drive up and you see your treasured 3 car garage. that look is so 3 decades ago. and for over $300/sqft? and you call that a good deal? what in the world are you smoking? what are you growing on that slope of yours?

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[quote=sdrealtor]and quite honestly that is why you are rotting in an oversized Scripps Ranch McManision. You beleive what you see on the internet. I just put 2000 sq ft and newer tyhan 1980 less than 600K and into the MLS and came up with 22 detached houses nowhere near 46. Then i added a 3 car garage and it went to 6. then I looked at which were in the encinintas/san dieguito school district and none were. Enjoy the view from 20mils away.[/quote]

and that’s why you rot in a small cookie cutter home with a huge unusable slope in the back. you can enjoy that view.

that home is what it is, a mid 80’s tract home that features its 3 car garage prominently. just look at the freaking picture, where is the house? where is the curb appeal? you drive up and you see your treasured 3 car garage. that look is so 3 decades ago. and for over $300/sqft? and you call that a good deal? what in the world are you smoking? what are you growing on that slope of yours?

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]and quite honestly that is why you are rotting in an oversized Scripps Ranch McManision. You beleive what you see on the internet. I just put 2000 sq ft and newer tyhan 1980 less than 600K and into the MLS and came up with 22 detached houses nowhere near 46. Then i added a 3 car garage and it went to 6. then I looked at which were in the encinintas/san dieguito school district and none were. Enjoy the view from 20mils away.[/quote]

and that’s why you rot in a small cookie cutter home with a huge unusable slope in the back. you can enjoy that view.

that home is what it is, a mid 80’s tract home that features its 3 car garage prominently. just look at the freaking picture, where is the house? where is the curb appeal? you drive up and you see your treasured 3 car garage. that look is so 3 decades ago. and for over $300/sqft? and you call that a good deal? what in the world are you smoking? what are you growing on that slope of yours?

[ocrenter]

[quote=sdrealtor]and quite honestly that is why you are rotting in an oversized Scripps Ranch McManision. You beleive what you see on the internet. I just put 2000 sq ft and newer tyhan 1980 less than 600K and into the MLS and came up with 22 detached houses nowhere near 46. Then i added a 3 car garage and it went to 6. then I looked at which were in the encinintas/san dieguito school district and none were. Enjoy the view from 20mils away.[/quote]

and that’s why you rot in a small cookie cutter home with a huge unusable slope in the back. you can enjoy that view.

that home is what it is, a mid 80’s tract home that features its 3 car garage prominently. just look at the freaking picture, where is the house? where is the curb appeal? you drive up and you see your treasured 3 car garage. that look is so 3 decades ago. and for over $300/sqft? and you call that a good deal? what in the world are you smoking? what are you growing on that slope of yours?

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currently there are 46 SFRs in Carlsbad for sale meeting the following criteria:
–over 2000 sqft
–newer than 1980
–less than $600k

if we expand the search to less than $650k, we get 73 SFRs for sale. 27 of the offerings are at least 500 sqft bigger than the subject at hand. restricting to just Carlsbad schools, we are still looking at 40 SFRs.

this house is a typical mid 80’s tract home. it is unique in ONE major feature: it is ALL garage, where’s the house???

[img_assist|nid=15081|title=where’s the house?|desc=|link=node|align=center|width=411|height=271]

[ocrenter]

currently there are 46 SFRs in Carlsbad for sale meeting the following criteria:
–over 2000 sqft
–newer than 1980
–less than $600k

if we expand the search to less than $650k, we get 73 SFRs for sale. 27 of the offerings are at least 500 sqft bigger than the subject at hand. restricting to just Carlsbad schools, we are still looking at 40 SFRs.

this house is a typical mid 80’s tract home. it is unique in ONE major feature: it is ALL garage, where’s the house???

[img_assist|nid=15081|title=where’s the house?|desc=|link=node|align=center|width=411|height=271]

[ocrenter]

currently there are 46 SFRs in Carlsbad for sale meeting the following criteria:
–over 2000 sqft
–newer than 1980
–less than $600k

if we expand the search to less than $650k, we get 73 SFRs for sale. 27 of the offerings are at least 500 sqft bigger than the subject at hand. restricting to just Carlsbad schools, we are still looking at 40 SFRs.

this house is a typical mid 80’s tract home. it is unique in ONE major feature: it is ALL garage, where’s the house???

[img_assist|nid=15081|title=where’s the house?|desc=|link=node|align=center|width=411|height=271]

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