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$698 per sqft house in Redwood City that you missed [Burbed.com] [Burbed.com] — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:25:30 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:12:50 +0000

> I’ve heard that there are some pretty smart architects in SoCal
> that can build a new house, while keeping one existing exterior
> wall so that your house can still retain its Prop 13 status.

They do that in the Bay Area too — I’ve seen houses torn down to a single wall in the San Jose area. This house probably will never become a pink stucco mansion if only because it’s on a 3000 square foot lot. Not to mention the location.

Not all the post-war houses in the Bay Area suck this much; the ones in Belmont, next to Bay Meadows, or even San Bruno (above El Camino) have been maintained quite nicely. I still don’t want one, thank you.

By: burbed

burbed — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:43:11 +0000

I’ve heard that there are some pretty smart architects in SoCal that can build a new house, while keeping one existing exterior wall so that your house can still retain its Prop 13 status.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:14:21 +0000

“But why don’t the Levittown houses in as awful shape or look as awful?”

Because in Levittown, it’s worth it to consolidate the properties, tear the houses down, and build something new. Thanks to Prop 13 and insane real-estate prices, doing that would be a massive loser out here in El Baya. Prop 13 won’t let you remodel without killing you on taxes, and the land prices mean that a parking space is worth $100K.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:37:11 +0000

Actually Levittown is a pretty nice area nowadays. But you can all brag to your friends back here on how great the Bay area is and how you paid 700,000 for a sh*tbox…lol! We see many of you moving here to Connecticut already….

By: burbed

burbed — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:19:22 +0000

Yeah, it’s a good idea – i just need some free time…

By: sonarrat

sonarrat — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:11:14 +0000

Burbed, you oughta do a retrospective and follow-up on some of your older posts. See what they sold for and what the state of them is now. I looked at some of the oldest ones, and there are some real doozies.

By: TomM

TomM — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:15:09 +0000

Number street (4th, 5th, 6th, etc.) in Redwood City == not good neighborhood.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:20:40 +0000

> But why don’t the Levittown houses in as awful shape or look as awful?

Because the Bay Area’s such a wonderful place that you’d never go to Long Island to see how badly some of those houses aged?

And Van Nuys is justly famous for how well all the postwar housing has been maintained.

Robert

By: burbed

burbed — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:24:57 +0000

But why don’t the Levittown houses in as awful shape or look as awful?