Duc & Elliot built good houses in Cupertino
It’s Day 3 of our “Bay Area versus New York: Which suburbs are more expensive?” smackdown. To be fair, we’ll only look at reasonable houses: $1-$1.5 million.
For our next set of companions, we’ll look at two ranch style houses that are a bit more suburban. Again, let’s start with the Bay Area:
22009 OAKDELL Pl, Cupertino, CA 95014 | MLS# 80938691
$1,335,000
22009 OAKDELL Pl Cupertino, CA 95014
Beds: 4
Baths: 2
Sq. Ft.: 1,952
$/Sq. Ft.: $684
Lot Size: 7,659 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Ranch
Stories: 1
View: Neighborhood
Year Built: 1964
Community: Cupertino
County: Santa Clara
MLS#: 80938691
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 108 days
For the meticulous homeowner! This lovely house has been updated & it sparkles! Duc & Elliot built good houses & the remodeling & upgrades here will fit most anyone’s lifestyle. Spacious open kitchen with lots of deep cabinets & pantry, separate dining room, formal living room with beautiful fireplace mantle surround & built in bookcases cabinets, familyroom, nice bedrooms & hdwd floors!
Hey… Duc and Elliot built good houses. It says it in the listing. It must be true!
And, it’s in one of the Bay Area’s other top school districts! What a fantastic deal!
Alright… let’s see what NY can dish up in response!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Price reduced to $1.299M. Bummer – purchased 5/06 for $1.305M.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Another ridiculously overpriced wally beave house. Next…
December 16th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Price reduced to $1.299M. Bummer – purchased 5/06 for $1.305M.
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And look at Similar Sales (in redfin).
10039 Peninsula Ave: 2007 purchase price: $1.0M, 2009 sale price: $869K
10333 Nodel Ave: 2005 purchase price: $1.1M, 2009 sale price: $1.034M
10293 Nodel Ave: 2006 purchase price: $1.05M, 2009 sale price: $1.034M
Also, Similar Listing:
941 Highlands Circle (Los Altos): 2006 purchase price: $1.56M, Now listed: $1.499.
I thought Cupertino and Los Altos are the places where “property values always go up”.
December 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Nice house, just 10X as expensive as it should be.
December 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Thanks for the response to my posting yesterday, guys. Herve, the counter tops are granite slab. And, the upgrades were done with permits and through contractors. I think the total cost of the upgrades is around $50k. I’ve heard that a new kitchen costs roughly 35k.
I guess what I’d like to find out is the historical median prices in the Monterey area. Then I can determine what the price should be in relation to the historical mean.
December 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
MSG – http://www.redfin.com/city/12514/CA/Monterey
(scroll down a little)
and
http://www.altosresearch.com/research/CA/monterey-real-estate-market
December 16th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
> the counter tops are granite slab
I was actually wondering about what grade the granite was. Although there is no universal/official grading system (Father bob can correct me if I’m wrong), different granites have different prices. This is similar to foie gras in a way. Grade A, also known as the 94301 of foie gras, is typically the highest in fat and is well suited for low-temperature preparations. Grade B (not as fat) is ok for high temperature preparations since it won’t miserably melt when seared. Grade C is usually for sauces. Now, you obviously would not want to use foie gras for a counter top: foie gras needs to be refrigerated or frozen. But I digress.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Regarding the Tenafly smackdown, check this out from Mr Roadshow in the Mercury News.
“A report out today by a Washington-based transportation think tank called TRIP says California has the second-highest share of roads in poor condition in the nation — 35 percent. Only New Jersey has worse roads.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_14002512
CA’s new state slogan: Thank God for New Jersey.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Shameless plug:
http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=500
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) presented a plaque to the City of Santa Clara for being recognized as the Best All-Around Pavement Management Program. Out of all the participating agencies within the 9 Bay Area counties, the City of Santa Clara earned a multi-year average PCI of 84, indicating “very good” roads by the MTC – far above the all agency average score of 64.
December 17th, 2009 at 8:27 am
#8 – I hear stories like that often but I find it so hard to believe. The roads in Michigan are 10x worse than 90% of the ones in CA. Once when I was visiting there and called home, my friend thought I was on a train. I was actually just driving on a slightly worse than average road in Michigan with patches on it about every 50′ or so. The thumping sounded like a train.
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
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