Great quaint cottage in Los Gatos for just $595,000
Beds: 2 Baths: 1 Sq. Ft.: 847 $/Sq. Ft.: $702 Lot Size: 2,800 Sq. Ft. Property Type: Detached Single Family Style: Cottage/ Bungalow Stories: 1 Year Built: 1910 Community: Los Gatos/Monte Sereno County: Santa Clara MLS#: 80946584 Source: MLSListings Status: Active On Redfin: 91 days
It’s like living in a storybook… a fairy tale… but in Los Gatos!
You kids would love this house. Sure it might be 847 square feet, but they’ll love the gingerbread house feel to it. And when it’s time to get away from the kids, you can go over to the 120 sqft artist studio. Oh… wait… that was included in the original square feet.
So… uh… yeah… this 727 sqft house will be rather cozy. But just think of the fact that you can spend all your time with your kids, instead of spending it cleaning a big McMansion. And, it’s even got double paned windows! Woohoo!
Finally, you’ll be able to reduce your carbon footprint. With just 2800 sqft, this lot will require virtually no maintenance.
Yep, this house is definitely perfect for a family focused family.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Originally listed for $749,950. HILARIOUS!
Sure, it’s better in some ways than a comparably priced condo, but the condo would be 25-50% more spacious.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:54 am
You missed the best part: the asking price was $749,950 back in September… Instant equity!
By the way, panhandling is now banned in Los Gatos.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:37 am
echo?
March is going to be interesting. The Fed is going to stop buying MBS.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-27/fed-may-take-chance-end-to-debt-purchases-won-t-hurt-housing.html
January 27th, 2010 at 9:53 am
When you put the address into Google Maps, it finds real estate at that address for $398K. A link takes you to “the Foreclosure Store,” but you have to register for $1 for the first month to see it, then I’m sure $10/ month after that while being impossible to cancel. And I’m relatively certain adding/ building in Los Gatos is next to impossible.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:02 am
727 sqft cottage = dog house
January 27th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
the house itself is okay, if tiny and overpriced. but the fence around it looks like it contains a state park restroom.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
karen, you nailed the description.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Los Gatos schools though. Think of it as buying a right to Daves, Fisher, LG High.
This is the 95030. You are buying a lifestyle. Seriously, your family would have one of a smallest homes/lots in district.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
$600K for this shithole? Nice.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Mike in 847sqft where are you going to fit your kids?
Perhaps a tent in the yard would be nice. That should get them used to the type of environment that they will have to deal with when they are adults.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Bye RBA…. Hello Texas
http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/mint-map-moving-for-money/
January 27th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
> Bye RBA…. Hello Texas
Ultimately everyone will have deserted California. Only bob will stay.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
bob and his landlord
January 27th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
> bob and his landlord
RE?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:03 am
herve, classic!
jojo, according to the pretty picture less than 1/3 of movers nationally have a college eduction and fewer than 15% have (or had) annual incomes exceeding 75K.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012604115.html?source=patrick.net
>> “In California, Florida, in the ground-zero zones,
>> it could take 15 years to fully recover,” said
>> Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National
>> Association of Realtors.
OMG. Lawrence Yun the NAR shill said something negative about real estate!
January 28th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
That’s not negative, Mike – that means that home prices are going to go back up!
Ergo buy now.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
In all seriousness, nice find, Mike.
Here’s a good quote: “To achieve a healthy recovery, the housing market would need to avoid the quick run-up in prices experienced during the housing boom, economists said. If home prices rise significantly faster than inflation, it could lead to another housing bubble, they said.”
Are you listening, real estater, you slime?
Houses don’t appreciate faster than inflation except in a bubble.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
anon, have you learned nothing here? It’s special here! They’re talking about those godforsaken places that should never have had houses built. Like Manteca, Elk Grove and (gasp) even Livermore.
The RBA is close to jobs. Those “realities” don’t apply here.
January 28th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Why would anyone pay a premium to live in Los Gatos when they can be in Saratoga, and be closer to everything?
January 28th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Saratoga’s a ghost town in comparison. Better for old people. Beats the flat lands of the peninsula though.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Don’t get me wrong. I like Los Gatos; I just don’t like where’s it’s located. If you live there your employment and even entertainment options are limited.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:28 am
#22 -
LG downtown has all sorts of restaurants. Reasonably close to SJ for Sharks games and shows. Close to mountains, parks, bike trail, etc. Houses tend to have bigger lots than PA, and no Eichlers!
LG downtown is definitely livelier than Saratoga downtown. And if you are going up the peninsula, driving an extra 5 minutes on 85 doesn’t really matter. (more time during commute of course).
A longer commute to most employment than PA for sure, but it’s also cheaper. And it’s farther away from EPA for what that’s worth.
so, both have their ups and downs. I can see why someone would pick one over the other.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
“And it’s farther away from EPA for what that’s worth.”
I’d have put that one bold, square and center.
January 29th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Los Gatos is close enough to the companies along N1st, montague, tasman, zanker.
There are plenty of people who commute up the sunol grade or come from over the hill.
Los Gatos borders saratoga, monte sereno, campbell, cambrian.
It is insulated from less desirable cities and neighborhoods.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
[...] Last November we added trackbacks to the site so that any time a blogger links to Redfin we link back. This means that home-buyers browsing Redfin can quickly see what bloggers are saying about a home giving them even more info about the home, its neighborhood or history. Here’s an example of a listing in Los Gatos which links back to Burbed.com who recently blogged about the listing. [...]
October 28th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Are the latrine flippers back?
Oct 19, 2010 Pending
Oct 07, 2010 Relisted
Sep 29, 2010 Pending
Sep 16, 2010 Price Changed $579,950
Aug 26, 2010 Price Changed $599,950
Aug 11, 2010 Price Changed $639,950
Jul 16, 2010 Listed $669,950
Jun 10, 2010 Sold (Public Records) $434,900
October 28th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Aren’t all flippers latrine flippers?
October 29th, 2010 at 9:04 am
What a fantastic idea: buy a foreclosure that the fb’s couldn’t unload in a short sale when it was listed for $595k, then immediately put it back on the market for $670k.
The listing appears to be flat out lying about the “major remodel” being completed in July – just 4-5 weeks after it was purchased. Then again, I guess you could repaint a wall and call that the finishing touch.
Oh well – it’s pending now.