Small, dated house on tiny lot fails to break a million
And it’s time for yet another week of Real Bay Area Realty. Really! Let’s begin the week in Mountain View, because it’s the Borg of Burbed. You WILL be assimilated. Thanks very much to Burbed reader ctar for sending us this magnificent manse… which of course has already sold.
683 Mountain View Ave
Mountain View, CA 94041
Listed for $985,000
Sold 9/25/12 for $940,000Zestimate® $1,008,421
Est. Mortgage $3,289/mo
Beds: 3
Baths: 2
Sqft: 1,272
Lot: 4,999 sq ft / 0.11 acres
Type: Single Family
Year built: 1946
Construction quality: 6.0
County: Santa Clara
Garage sqft: 360
Last remodel year: 1946
Legal description: –
Lot depth: 100
Lot width: 50
Parcel #: 15430046
Per floor sqft: 1,272
Total rooms: 6
# Stories: 1.0
Structure type: OtherCarefully maintained 1 owner home in desirable location near downtown. Fresh interior paint and great curb appeal, this home has a gas stove, refrigerator and dishwasher in the kitchen, featuring a breakfast bar and nook. Ceiling fans in the eating area and all bedrooms. 2 car garage partially converted to finished room; parking is now 1 car garage plus carport. Beautifully landscaped yard.
When ctar sent this find to burbed, here was the accompanying commentary:
Thought you would appreciate this one – ridiculous.
burbed noted, when forwarding this submission on to our extensive team of content creators:
You’re right! It’s ridiculously below market!
As we’ve been telling you for months, Mountain View is hot, hot, HOT so the home 
sold long before we could get to it. What do you think the lucky new owner is going to do with this vintage decor? We’d be disappointed if the house got flipped, because the current fixtures are so full of win.
Also this is one of the few houses with pictures of every room that managed not to show any of the toilets. For that we award this listing the 
Burbed George “the Grocer” Whipple Bath Tissue Award, for real estate bathroom photography most appropriate for a 1960s sitcom.
There weren’t any toilets in those 1960s television houses, either.
Bunus: Close to Shoreline Boulevard. Real close!
October 22nd, 2012 at 8:12 am
2011 Year
$55,505 Tax assessment
$613 Property taxes
October 22nd, 2012 at 9:44 am
That’s an awful lot of taxes for a one-owner house built in 1946. I was expecting something like $61.30.
October 22nd, 2012 at 1:08 pm
How many more weeks until this flip goes back on the market? What could it sell for once there’s lipstick (pergranisteel) on this pig?
October 22nd, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Don’t forget new vinyl windows with mismatched fake mullions. That is worth a couple hundred thousand right there.
Dang it, poor Mole Man went to the spam queue again. Wonder what it is that makes this email so canned pork shoulder and hammable? Sorry about that. –ed.
October 22nd, 2012 at 5:41 pm
just think how much pricier this would be if located just one block north – on palo alto ave. double lotto!
October 26th, 2012 at 11:04 am
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