Comments on: $3k per square foot in Palo Alto http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/ San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley House Price and Mortgage Insanity Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nomadic http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41103 nomadic Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:30:56 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41103 SiO2 - you must be looking at the house next door on Zillow. I think the original owners have passed away or gone into nursing homes, so now the kiddies want to cash in and retire themselves. SiO2 – you must be looking at the house next door on Zillow.

I think the original owners have passed away or gone into nursing homes, so now the kiddies want to cash in and retire themselves.

]]> By: SiO2 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41102 SiO2 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:41:55 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41102 Zillow says 1.36m. While still high, that at least seems within the bounds of reason for PA. 1512 Mariposa Ave (2/2, 1500 sq ft) sold for $1.25m in Nov. I wonder what's going on with this listing. Owners died, left to kids, and the one in charge doesn't really want to sell it? Divorce proceedings, where one party can live in the house until it's sold? Why would a realtor take such a listing? Or more prosaically, perhaps one could build two houses on the lot. Check out the other side of Kellogg on Zillow's map view, there's houses with no street frontage. Usually such a house at least has a "flagpole" to the street. How do you get there, by helicopter? Also, the page on Zillow says $2.5m for the listing, not $3.1. I wonder why it's different? So many questions. Zillow says 1.36m. While still high, that at least seems within the bounds of reason for PA. 1512 Mariposa Ave (2/2, 1500 sq ft) sold for $1.25m in Nov.

I wonder what’s going on with this listing. Owners died, left to kids, and the one in charge doesn’t really want to sell it? Divorce proceedings, where one party can live in the house until it’s sold? Why would a realtor take such a listing?

Or more prosaically, perhaps one could build two houses on the lot. Check out the other side of Kellogg on Zillow’s map view, there’s houses with no street frontage. Usually such a house at least has a “flagpole” to the street. How do you get there, by helicopter?

Also, the page on Zillow says $2.5m for the listing, not $3.1. I wonder why it’s different?

So many questions.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41101 DreamT Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:38:25 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41101 It adds a <i>cachet d'aspirine</i>. It adds a cachet d’aspirine.

]]> By: Herve Estater http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41100 Herve Estater Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:29:56 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41100 <i>> ooooh, it has a “Porte-cochere!” Fancy-shmancy!</i> Nice, it adds a little <i>je ne sais quoi</i>, a certain <i>cachet</i>. > ooooh, it has a “Porte-cochere!” Fancy-shmancy!

Nice, it adds a little je ne sais quoi, a certain cachet.

]]> By: Herve Estater http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41099 Herve Estater Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:27:14 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41099 <i>> first time poster here</i> Welcome to the nut house! Now is a great time to buy a house, so $3.1M is not that much for that property. Don't even get me started on its proximity to Alma St and the railroad tracks! > first time poster here

Welcome to the nut house!

Now is a great time to buy a house, so $3.1M is not that much for that property. Don’t even get me started on its proximity to Alma St and the railroad tracks!

]]> By: SmilingCat http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41098 SmilingCat Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:52:38 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41098 Take that NYC, Booyah! Take that NYC, Booyah!

]]> By: Mimi http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41097 Mimi Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:22:20 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41097 first time poster here - i live in NYC where I think homes are expensive but my jaw drops at the prices of the homes in the Bay Area - i feel sorry for this sweet little house which will doubtless be torn down - but 3 mil for the property - insane. first time poster here – i live in NYC where I think homes are expensive but my jaw drops at the prices of the homes in the Bay Area – i feel sorry for this sweet little house which will doubtless be torn down – but 3 mil for the property – insane.

]]> By: nomadic http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41096 nomadic Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:12:29 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41096 ooooh, it has a "Porte-cochere!" Fancy-shmancy! :-P ooooh, it has a “Porte-cochere!” Fancy-shmancy!
:-P

]]> By: BuyersAreIdiots http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41095 BuyersAreIdiots Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:09:57 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41095 Here is what you get in Austin for that price range: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1009-Marly-Way_Austin_TX_78733_1111630668 So which owner do you think would be prouder of show-casing their home on MTV Cribs? ;-) Here is what you get in Austin for that price range:

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1009-Marly-Way_Austin_TX_78733_1111630668

So which owner do you think would be prouder of show-casing their home on MTV Cribs? ;-)

]]> By: sonarrat http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41094 sonarrat Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:29:59 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/01/04/3k-per-square-foot-in-palo-alto/#comment-41094 $3000 per square foot for a house with floral wallpaper, a shower over tub and exposure to a Caltrain level crossing. God bless the RBA. $3000 per square foot for a house with floral wallpaper, a shower over tub and exposure to a Caltrain level crossing. God bless the RBA.

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