Comments on: $425k house in San Mateo – RV parking in back of home

By: anon

anon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:13:30 +0000

It’s going to be great watching the knife catchers squirm once the ARMS start blowing up.

By: Mister Handy

Mister Handy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:53:36 +0000

Very late to the party, but this sold about a month ago. Been waiting for the price to hit public records, looks like it sold for $380k. Dead cat bounce is clearly not all it’s cracked up to be.

By: Pralay

Pralay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Until the owners’ family cleaned it out, good lord the place was a mess.
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LOL! I guess what’s what called Joy Of Home-ownership.

By: nomadic

nomadic — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:17:22 +0000

#15 – I was wondering if the track was gone yet. I heard they wanted to tear it down but didn’t check before I posted. Thanks for the update.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:42:55 +0000

I like the house. but what would really be cool is to be close to a LAGOON. you could rig up a raft and explore its waters, searching for creatures. too bad re the grocery trucks and the freeway air.

By: Zanon

Zanon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:28:43 +0000

I think dwell is out of business

By: AmusedLurker

AmusedLurker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:07:21 +0000

#3 – Sadly, Bay Meadows Racetrack was torn down starting in Sept of last year and is now a pile of rubble and dirt due to the economic crisis, the developers just couldn’t wait to tear it down…the same developers are getting ready to do the same to Hollywood Park in Inglewood.

I guess Google Maps still hasn’t updated their photos.

By: sonarrat

sonarrat — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:22:50 +0000

Mister Handy, your spelling is too good to be the guy I knew. You might know him. He used to run a shipping business out of his house.

By: Mister Handy

Mister Handy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:50:10 +0000

In other high tax states that lack something like prop 13 (some others have a more limited equivalent that applies to fixed income seniors or similar), the property taxes going up encourages them to move to a cheaper rental or to a nursing home.

Not especially cool, and very un-cool for those seniors who actually can keep up a home by themselves. But for a lot of seniors the tax savings are generally enough to let them stay in the home, at all, rather than providing enough for them to pay for maintenance that they paid for themselves.

By: nomadic

nomadic — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:02:28 +0000

Thank you for the thoughtful comments, Mister Handy. This part confuses me:

As for “why do people get old and stop maintaining stuff???” I have two words for you: “Proposition 13.”

With all of the money saved on taxes, why not maintain the property?

My original question was more general than that, however. I know old people in other states that don’t maintain their homes like they used to. Maybe they just don’t care about stuff like that once their aches & pains (and whatever else) take on a bigger part of their lives. My mom seems to be falling into that pattern somewhat.