For Halloween… the scariest house in San Francisco!
6252 3rd St San Francisco, CA 94124
Price: $187,900
Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 695
$/Sq. Ft.: $270
Lot Size: -
Property Type: Single-Family Home
Property Style: Traditional
Year Built: 1915
Stories: 1
Region: San Francisco District 10 (Southeast)
Area: Bayview Heights
County: San Francisco
MLS#: 348172
Source: San Francisco MLS
Status: Active
On Redfin: 22 days
Located steps from the new 3rd Street rail line, there is a large rear yard, two bedrooms, a large eat-in kitchen, one bath, dining room and living room. This would be the perfect property to put your own personal stamp on. This is a great opportunity at a great price! This bank owned property is only accepting all cash offers at this time.
I honestly had to do a double take when I saw this listing that Burbed reader Indoor Adventure sent. This is what he had to say:
Hey Burbed,
We totally love your site, i’ve never laughed so hard from reading a housing blog. You have a great writing style, keep up the good work
I just found this GEM tonight and thought of you and your site immediately.
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/6252-3rd-St-94124/home/1727218
I think I’d title this “The bottom in San Fransico has arrived!” or something like that
I will also note that the “backyard” pic is very sureal <G>, but hey another title, “A yard in San Francisco!!!?” how rare is that?
Thanks again for making me laugh every day.
-IA
Gem indeed. ZOMG! Hey San Francisco… if you don’t improve your performance soon and cut crap like this out, you are going to face being removed from the Real Bay Area association. Shape up or ship out!
That said, let’s take a quick look at this backyard that IA is so fascinated with:
Interesting how that building in the background is just a facade. Clearly if you buy this house, you will be living on a movie set! That said, the house on the right could probably use some tilex….
And remember! This house requires all cash. Come on! At this price, you could Coinstar it! The price is so low, it’s downright scary!
Thanks for the find Indoor Adventures. Be sure to tell all your friends about this fine site!
October 31st, 2008 at 7:21 am
The kitchen was clearly modeled on the opening scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit—right down to the bizarre, skewed perspective.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:35 am
you’re ALL easily amused.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:36 am
More pink, yeah!
October 31st, 2008 at 8:43 am
maybe John Mellancamp’s “Pink Houses” should be the theme song for this site.
I’m not sure I’d want to go in today’s house without putting on a HazMat suit first. It looks like a mold factory. High on the “ick” factor.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:47 am
I figured it was scary because it’s wearing a mask.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:54 am
Sales History
Jan 25, 1974 - $12,500
Jul 14, 2008 - $255,000 (9.1%/yr)
Last sold only 3 ½ months from now, that was quick!
October 31st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Off-topic, but since burbed may not run it: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10850179
October 31st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Hazmat suit? Better to bring your bulletproof vest and some weapons. This *is* District 10 we’re talking about here.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:07 am
Herve, that guy should’ve hired the attorney who helped Larry Ellison with his asssessment. Sigh - to have the problems of the ultra-rich…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:19 am
Looks like someone went a little nuts with all the Linoleum. Looks like they even stuck it on the walls of the bathroom. So, how bad is this area? Even though its kind of a dumpy house, 187k is almost getting into somewhat reasonable territory.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Third Street is the main drag for the Bayview. Depending on the zoning, you could probably tear it down and put a business there with loft apartments on top.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
“This bank owned property is only accepting all cash offers at this time. ”
Translation:
“We need a big bag holder for this one. We (the bank) is worried that this property may actually become worth less than it would cost to foreclose it.”
I remember RE discussing woman’s lack of interest in dating/marrying a renting man.
Any woman worth her salt would prefer to live here than in a rented town home. Proper family values.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
>>I remember RE discussing woman’s lack of interest in dating/marrying a renting man.
I think any rational woman would give some thought to the fact that a guy is over 40 years old and still living in a rental. More over, the guy blew a significant amount of his savings on a SUV he cannot actually afford to drive for indulgence reasons.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
heh oh jeez .
RE, If you knew anything about me, you wouldn’t be saying that. But, alas, you assume you know. For your purposes, a presumption of knowledge is just as good as actual knowledge. Did you know its possible to have an interest in RBA property without actually having bought it yourself?
What do you believe are those rational thoughts the woman may have? I wasn’t aware you thought they could have rational thoughts.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Bleen, I love your observations. You totally nailed that kitchen. WTF is going on with that lens? Do they even make 2 mm wide angles? I kept waiting for the checkerboard in the bathroom to do something spacy too.
Herve, great find on that article. Sure, the house isn’t worth what he paid for it because it’s all “option money.” That’s really going to fly with a cash-strapped county government. I’m going to sell my overpriced shack that way too, and then in the ad I can say
* Cupertino Schools — Lower Your Taxes!!
* Buy for a million — pay taxes on half!!
anon, what’s all this about women and rented homes? Some of my best tenants live in them.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
>>Did you know its possible to have an interest in RBA property without actually having bought it yourself?
You mean an inheritance from your mom? I suppose that does add a few points.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
bam - another bizarre tangent.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Lol bizzare indeed. It appears to be a thinly-disguised “your mom” joke.
He’s not all that far off base, actually.
MH: I think its funny that, given chuck’s views on women, he extrapolates what a ‘rational woman.’ Such an entity cannot exist in Chuckieland.
It’s funny because chuck is both irrational and male (or so we think). And yet he thinks himself qualified to put himself into the shoes of a ‘rational female.’
October 31st, 2008 at 2:32 pm
tsk, tsk, anon. You know an aspiring trophy wife would not date a lowly renter. Why would RE be interested in anything else?
LOL - can you imagine him with an intellectually challenging woman? (Empasis on -ing, NOT challenged!)
October 31st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
It’s funny because chuck is both irrational and male (or so we think). And yet he thinks himself qualified to put himself into the shoes of a ‘rational female.’
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That would be Melvin Udall’s description of women. Except Chuckie is not even 0.00000001% talented as Udall. It’s possible that both are misanthropic though.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Such an entity cannot exist in Chuckieland.
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LOL! What could better name than this! Is it neighboring land of another fantasyland NeverNeverLand?
In Chuckieland everybody is talented. Everybody is homeowner. Renting is prohibited. All their kids are widely traveled and well-round. Everybody has trophy wife and sub-zero refrigerator.
Peter PanChuckie manages multi-timezone, multi-country, multi-million-dollar multi-NDS mega-projects for 24×7 IT infrastructure. Only one problem there - CaptainHookWipro. Sometimes Captain Wipro changes all the clocks in multi-timezones. As a result mistakenly Chuckie needs to stay up till 2AM.October 31st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Here’s another thing. Does anyone think that Chuck has ever been to the east bay? I know our nickname for him would indicate he’s everywhere at once…but…
http://www.redfin.com/CA/PIEDMONT/50-BELLEVUE-Ave-94611/home/647752
http://www.redfin.com/CA/OAKLAND/1535-Grand-View-Dr-94705/home/11913297
http://www.redfin.com/CA/PIEDMONT/70-SOMERSET-Rd-94611/home/1343211
http://www.redfin.com/CA/PIEDMONT/44-SIERRA-Ave-94611/home/1544923
http://www.redfin.com/CA/PIEDMONT/3-MAXWELTON-Rd-94618/home/17318819
http://www.redfin.com/CA/BERKELEY/55-GYPSY-Ln-94705/home/2099901
http://www.redfin.com/CA/BERKELEY/2649-RUSSELL-St-94705/home/1143778
What’s the matter, Chuck? Can’t see the east bay hills from Palo Alto? How can you be so wrong and yet so close in proximity?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
“well-round”
LOL. Yeah. Too man sprinkles cupcakes.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
“What could better name than this! Is it neighboring land of another fantasyland NeverNeverLand?”
Therein lies the RBA.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Tip: Comments with too many links go straight to the spam delete folder. I don’t even get a warning that its potential spam.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Might be actual spam — from anon or Pralay. I’d support filtering.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
What? I’m here to discuss high end property buddy. Suddenly you’re not interested?
October 31st, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Might be actual spam — from anon or Pralay. I’d support filtering.
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Or let’s make it (ability to do filtering) a work item in Chuckie’s mega-project.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:18 pm
*chuck takes the work item* He states, matter-of-factly: “Alright, I’ll forward this item over seas - should be done shortly.” If anyone needs me I’ll be in my office.
Pralay, what has chuck said about the east bay?
October 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I don’t know, but look what Irvine housing blog has to say:
“Today’s featured property is representative of stress at the high end of the market. Most of the properties I have profiled to date have been at the low end because this is where the market stress is the most acute. The big push in prices occurred because many people took out 100% financing to buy starter homes. More expensive homes were generally move-up properties, and the buyers transferred the equity from the sale of their starter home. This puts many of them in a somewhat stronger financial position, so the acute stress of the credit crunch hasn’t impacted them to the same degree. ”
Chuck, he rents - and he’s in the housing development business.
This begs the questions:
Does he know what he’s talking about because he’s in the business?
Or does he not know what he’s talking about because he rents?
October 31st, 2008 at 6:48 pm
This should be fun:
Bank of America Sues Bear Stearns Execs
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202425673267
October 31st, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Let me put it this way, if I had a choice between taking advice from IrvineRenter (the dude who writes IrvineHousingBlog) or from Chuckie… well, this David Sedaris quote perfectly sums up how I’d react if anybody here didn’t immediately click over to IHB.
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
madhaus: Yes, although Sedaris takes it as given that the Republicans are the plate of crap. Meanwhile, Obama has pretty much flat-out said that he’s going to tax the shite out of anyone making more than $250K–er, $200K–no, $150K—do I hear $120K?–how about SEVENTY THOUSAND, like he said back in 2003, and which includes every employee of the Bay Area government apparatus along with the entire staff of Google and Apple Computers.
Remember that when you cream your jeans as you pull the lever for straight-ticket Democrat. Remember that you’re voting for a man who thinks you are a rich bastard sucking the life out of the poor middle-class, and that you’re voting for someone who thinks you have too much money and don’t deserve it.
November 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Density: stick to real estate. You clearly have been drinking the right-wing talkshow Kool-aid for so long that you don’t even know how to talk to normal people anymore.
I swear, people like you are either willfully ignorant or proud of stupidity. You cannot keep indefinitely cutting taxes without destroying infrastructure. The collapse of the interstate bridge in Minnesota is just a taste of what’s coming thanks to Bush’s cutting taxes and raising spending on this idiocy in Iraq (and it isn’t even included in the budget! they were shipping PALLETS OF MONEY out there and not counting it!)
But no, keep screaming My Taxes Are Too High, which makes little difference for someone in your tax bracket but gives a huge gift to somebody like McCain. It is in those people’s interest to have folks like you chanting this, but you get NOTHING out of it.
Why you’d vote to give the top .01% a huge tax cut and destroy your entire country is beyond me, but you guys clearly don’t value logic, reason, intelligence, knowledge, or sense.