Comments on: Rent: $4200/month. Sale Price: $1.6m. El Cerrito http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/ San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley House Price and Mortgage Insanity Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: muggeseggele http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11252 muggeseggele Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:48:56 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11252 Hi, I live in EC - just bought an awesome property there. I smile everytime I pass (BART) by the tiny little (& old) houses in Albany... I enjoy my almost 2k sqft (4 bd/ 2 bath) for an affordable price. For the money I saved I could afford a private school - but why? Madera Elementary (9 out of 10) is good enough. Sometimes it helps to read your kids a book or just spend some time with them - awake the curiosity in them. Then they 'survive' a mid-level school and still get their PhD from a decent University. Hi,

I live in EC – just bought an awesome property there. I smile everytime I pass (BART) by the tiny little (& old) houses in Albany… I enjoy my almost 2k sqft (4 bd/ 2 bath) for an affordable price.

For the money I saved I could afford a private school – but why? Madera Elementary (9 out of 10) is good enough.

Sometimes it helps to read your kids a book or just spend some time with them – awake the curiosity in them. Then they ‘survive’ a mid-level school and still get their PhD from a decent University.

]]> By: madhaus 94087 Did I mention Cupertino schools that's right Cupertino http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11251 madhaus 94087 Did I mention Cupertino schools that's right Cupertino Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:14:56 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11251 <i> You guys are over-reacting. Since you guys take so much pride in your Cupertino branded schools, I honestly didn’t know that there’s a part of Cupertino that doesn’t have good schools for itself.</i> What are you talking about? I never mention anything about the school district! You guys are over-reacting. Since you guys take so much pride in your Cupertino branded schools, I honestly didn’t know that there’s a part of Cupertino that doesn’t have good schools for itself.

What are you talking about? I never mention anything about the school district!

]]> By: Real Estater http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11250 Real Estater Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:10:24 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11250 >>you’ll have to grant that RealEstater’s posts are uncannily Pavlovian. He remains unmatched at triggering reactions. You guys are over-reacting. Since you guys take so much pride in your Cupertino branded schools, I honestly didn't know that there's a part of Cupertino that doesn't have good schools for itself. >>you’ll have to grant that RealEstater’s posts are uncannily Pavlovian. He remains unmatched at triggering reactions.

You guys are over-reacting. Since you guys take so much pride in your Cupertino branded schools, I honestly didn’t know that there’s a part of Cupertino that doesn’t have good schools for itself.

]]> By: madhaus aka guitar hero http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11249 madhaus aka guitar hero Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:05:15 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11249 <i>I see some bad loans recasting I see double monthly pain I see unemployment lasting I see bad times today Don't buy a house for years Unless you wanna be in arrears There's a bad loan gonna rise</i> Heh heh. I can definitely play that one. I see some bad loans recasting
I see double monthly pain
I see unemployment lasting
I see bad times today

Don’t buy a house for years
Unless you wanna be in arrears
There’s a bad loan gonna rise

Heh heh. I can definitely play that one.

]]> By: Factcheckin http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11248 Factcheckin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:47:47 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11248 (Re: Tuscany in El Cerrito.) And when John Fogerty (Creedence) started raking in the dough, he bought a house in Kensington...on Sunset Drive, just up the hill from El Cerrito. Kensington kids *do* go to El Cerrito High School. Unless, of course, their parents put them in Head-Royce or send them back East to Phillips-Exeter. Check out Kensington. Its truly Burbed quality...in a artsy/f.rtsy sort of way. (Re: Tuscany in El Cerrito.) And when John Fogerty (Creedence) started raking in the dough, he bought a house in Kensington…on Sunset Drive, just up the hill from El Cerrito.

Kensington kids *do* go to El Cerrito High School. Unless, of course, their parents put them in Head-Royce or send them back East to Phillips-Exeter.

Check out Kensington. Its truly Burbed quality…in a artsy/f.rtsy sort of way.

]]> By: mrbogue http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11247 mrbogue Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:44:19 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11247 <i>...I can use your song as a lead-in if you tell me what tune you had in mind...</i> hehehe Madhaus, I was actually using this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk alittle Southern Californian history right there... :-) …I can use your song as a lead-in if you tell me what tune you had in mind…

hehehe Madhaus, I was actually using this tune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk

alittle Southern Californian history right there… :-)

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11246 DreamT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:34:34 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11246 madhaus - you'll have to grant that RealEstater's posts are uncannily Pavlovian. He remains unmatched at triggering reactions. madhaus – you’ll have to grant that RealEstater’s posts are uncannily Pavlovian. He remains unmatched at triggering reactions.

]]> By: madhaus 94087 better than Rancho Stinko Nada http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11245 madhaus 94087 better than Rancho Stinko Nada Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:15:15 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11245 <b>DreamT</b>, great minds think alike, or at least weakness seldom differs. You know, you can lead a donkey to water, but you can't make him burro. DreamT, great minds think alike, or at least weakness seldom differs.

You know, you can lead a donkey to water, but you can’t make him burro.

]]> By: madhaus +22 karma from song parodies http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11244 madhaus +22 karma from song parodies Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:11:07 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11244 Wow, look at that. Not only is it uglier than a box of triscuits, it's got the one school in the district whose API scores went down last year: Sedgewick! Plus an added bonus, worst middle school in the district! You're not proposing that Rancho Rinkydinky is the "real Cupertino," are you? RE, did you notice when this house last sold? 1993! For $195K. Around that time I bought my house for over $300K. Hmmm... you think even then people figured out this part of Cupertino wasn't that Special? That place is even smaller than my shack, but one good thing! The lot size is just like those in Palo Alto! Undersized! A whopping 5300 sf! And if you buy this place you will get the pleasure of watering your own lawn, because if you don't, it's fixin' to die soon. <b>burbed</b>, you should feature that house. It put the Ech! back in Eichler. Wow, look at that. Not only is it uglier than a box of triscuits, it’s got the one school in the district whose API scores went down last year: Sedgewick! Plus an added bonus, worst middle school in the district!

You’re not proposing that Rancho Rinkydinky is the “real Cupertino,” are you?

RE, did you notice when this house last sold? 1993! For $195K. Around that time I bought my house for over $300K. Hmmm… you think even then people figured out this part of Cupertino wasn’t that Special?

That place is even smaller than my shack, but one good thing! The lot size is just like those in Palo Alto! Undersized! A whopping 5300 sf! And if you buy this place you will get the pleasure of watering your own lawn, because if you don’t, it’s fixin’ to die soon.

burbed, you should feature that house. It put the Ech! back in Eichler.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/07/02/rent-4200month-sale-price-16m-el-cerrito/#comment-11243 DreamT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:09:02 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2062#comment-11243 RE - Rancho Riconada is now back to being in the 'real Cupertino'? In any case I am convinced both Sunnyvale CUSD and Santa Clara CUSD are better deals than the neighboring Cupertino. * Better be in one of the best neighborhoods of a city than in its worst * Paying a premium only to have a different zip? No thanks * 3/1 and 5304sqf is comparatively smaller * Greatest ROI potential based on expected improvement in city planning, school scores and current valuations? Cupertino is already on the frothy side, so less attractive. RE – Rancho Riconada is now back to being in the ‘real Cupertino’? In any case I am convinced both Sunnyvale CUSD and Santa Clara CUSD are better deals than the neighboring Cupertino.
* Better be in one of the best neighborhoods of a city than in its worst
* Paying a premium only to have a different zip? No thanks
* 3/1 and 5304sqf is comparatively smaller
* Greatest ROI potential based on expected improvement in city planning, school scores and current valuations? Cupertino is already on the frothy side, so less attractive.

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