Here comes another weekend, so let’s end on a high note.  This one is on the high end of the Peninsula: Daly City!  If you went any further north you’d be out of the burbs!

38 CLAYTON Ct
Daly City, CA 94014
$549,950

BEDS: 3
BATHS: 2
SQ. FT.: 1,870
$/SQ. FT.: $294
LOT SIZE: 3,978 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Attached Single Family
STYLE: Contemporary
STORIES: 2
VIEW: City Lights
YEAR BUILT: 1977
COMMUNITY: Blossom Valley
COUNTY: San Mateo
MLS#: 81222584
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 1 day
NEW LISTING (24 HOURS)

Three bedrooms, two bathrooms upstairs with an in-law unit down (not warranted). Remodeled kitchen. Updated bathrooms. Beautiful city views. Two car side by side garage. Quiet cul-de-sac location.

We didn’t even know that there was more than one Blossom Valley, let alone a Blossom Valley with City Lights views.  And there are indeed City Lights views in the first picture, thanks to the glare off the car in the driveway. 

Wonder why the listing copy isn’t screaming “Views! Views! Views!”  Because this one ought to be adding another $150K to the asking price.

And we meant it about the big lot.  Take a look!

And check out the listing history!  This house could be the basis of its own soap opera.

Finally, it’s about time we ran another pink house in honor of our founder’s taste in paint.

DEALS, DEALS, DEALS, we’re going to keep them coming for you!  Let’s see what kind of DEAL we can find in the land of little boxes on the hillside.  If they all look just the same, then grab yourself the cheapest one!

If there’s somewhere you want to see a DEAL, let us know in comments!  We want to be sure these DEALS represent your favorite places!  Remember, Black Friday Deals run right up until Christmas!

Today’s DEAL is is a discount for the city misspelling the street name.

322 ACCACIA St, Daly City, CA 94014
$199,000

BEDS: 2
BATHS: 1
SQ. FT.: 610
$/SQ. FT.: $326
LOT SIZE: 2,500 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STORIES: 1
YEAR BUILT: 1924
COMMUNITY: Southern Hills
COUNTY: San Mateo
MLS#: 81133268
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 136 days

Subject to lender’s approval of short sale. Open house Sunday August 7 at 1-3pm

Wow, Open House!  Everyone, let’s go to the Open House!  It’s going to be on… um… dang, we missed it!

Here’s another flipping find from the Redfin Bay Area forums, thanks to Lysistrata. Wow, talk about a convenient location, upgraded kitchen, and generous oversized lot!  Too bad a flipper got to it ahead of you! Now you have to pay a premium to live here!

 

46 CARMEL Ave, Daly City, CA 94015
$460,000

BEDS: 3
BATHS: 2
SQ. FT.: 1,150
$/SQ. FT.: $400
LOT SIZE: 3,400 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STORIES: 1
YEAR BUILT: 1957
COMMUNITY: Westlake Heights
COUNTY: San Mateo
MLS#: 81129477
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 29 days

Reduced! Just remodeled, this 3 bed 2 bath home boasts an updated kitchen, stainless steel appliances, new hardwood floors, a new furnace, recessed lighting, and fresh paint inside and out. With an open, inviting floor plan and landscaped front and rear yards, this beautiful home just steps to the ocean is not to be missed! Close to Northridge Park, shopping and freeway access for an easy commute!

Hardwood, granite, and stainless may await inside, but the real surprise will be finding out who would pay for them given where this house is located!  No wonder the first picture is the kitchen rather than the front yard, but we’re sure you want to see the exterior shots.  In fact, we insist!

Convenient to San Francisco and I-280, this house is perfect for the two-income couple, one with the trendy creative class career in SoMa and the other with an equally high-powered position in Silicon Valley!  Perfect, that is, as long as you never let your colleagues know where you sleep at night.

Face it, you should have snapped this opportunity up and sold it to one of your less-entrepreneurial associates.  But there’s hundreds more just like it up and down the street, and all the other streets, so don’t despair!

And “steps to the ocean”?  Looks like about 500 steps.  Anyone know how easy it is to step down that sea cliff?  There is nearby Thornton Beach State Park if you head somewhat north (more than a few 500s of steps), but dang, the state has closed it.

Malvina Reynolds wrote a song in 1962 that epitomized the blandness of tract-house suburbia, built from shoddy construction materials.  What place inspired this classic folk song (called the most sanctimonious song ever by no less than Tom Lehrer)?  Was it Levittown, New York? 

Hell, no, this was an authentic Bay Area composition, triggered by Westlake in Daly City.  Now you can live in the very place that inspired a folk song!

There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

LISTEN

And Live the Ticky Tacky Life!

359 IRVINGTON St, Daly City, CA 94014 | MLS# 80941830
$589,888
359 IRVINGTON St Daly City, CA 94014

Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 790
$/Sq. Ft.: $747
Lot Size: 2,500 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Attached Single Family
Style: Contemporary
Stories: 2
Year Built: 1910
Community: ‘Original’ Daly City
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 80941830
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 75 days
REGULAR SALE !!!! NO WAITING ; -) !!, come see this 2 bedrooms , 1 bathroom upstairs plus 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom downstairs (unwarranted). One block from Mission Street, walking distance to BART and Bus Stations. If you; re tired of waiting !!!

Thanks to Burbed reader sonarrat for this find.

Wow, the investment opportunities keep pouring in. This house comes witn an unwarranted (meaning you don’t really deserve it) 2br/1ba downstairs for you to rent out. Cha-ching!

Of course this probably means you’ll never be able to park your car anywhere… but, hey, revenue trumps everything.

There’s a few other things I love about this listing:

1. The smiley face. It tells you Gen-Y/millennials that the Realtor gets you. He speaks your language. LOL OMG!

2. The yellow and blue house next door. Wow. How awesome would to live next door to that. If you’re a Cal fan you can say it is Bear pride. If you’re a Farm fan, then you can… uh… say that you don’t live in that house. Either way you win!

In light of Sunday’s post on houses for $400,000 across the nation, this week Burbed is featuring a selection of Bay Area houses for the same price.

758 SKYLINE Dr, Daly City, CA 94015 | MLS# 80927229
758 SKYLINE Dr Daly City, CA 94015
Price: $411,000

Beds: 3
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 1,120
$/Sq. Ft.: $367
Lot Size: 3,300 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Contemporary
Stories: 1
Year Built: 1958
Community: Westlake Terrace
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 80927229
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active
On Redfin: 26 days
This 3 bdrm 1 ba is a must see! Remod kit w/ custom cabinets, tile counter tops, ceramic floors w/ new lighting fixtures. Remodeled bathroom. Wood floors refurnished. Fireplace in living room. Buyers are responsible for $75 doc fee due @ close of escrow. Any offers or counter offers by Indymac bank are not binding unless entire aggrmnt is ratified by partners. Offers to be submitted by 5pm on 6/12.

All the time you hear people demand greater transparency. Well this house offers it. Now, you as the buyer won’t be left wondering “Gosh, who will be paying the $75 doc fee.”

Yes, I know. This could be a potential deal breaker. Sure it is 1.82e-4 of the purchase price, but still – money is money!

So cheers to the listing agent for making this clear. Cheers to the fact that the bank it mentions doesn’t really exist. Cheers to this gerat opportunity to live in a house in Daly City that looks a lot like a shipping container.

Cheers all around!

50 Theta Ave, Daly City 94014
$499,000

* Status: Active
* Bedroom: 2
* Bathroom: 2
* Year Built: N/A
* Lot Size: 4900
* Square Footage: N/A
* List Date: 7/21/2007
* Garage Spaces: 0
* MLS#: 740690
*
very close to public tranportation,freeway 280,shopping center,bart 2 bedrooms 1 full bath and kitchen. now rental $1700.00 month to month.seller will carry 2nd

So right now this rents out for $1700 a month. Now, you could rent it, or you could buy it for $499. $499000/(1700*12) is only 24! That’s a pretty good ratio don’t you think?

Not only that, but the seller will carry the mysterious 2nd.

Frankly, this is a fantastic investment opportunity if you ask me. It’s all about cashflow, and cash will be flowing for sure. Wouldn’t you agree?

Hey everyone,

I’m sure you’ve been wondering whatever happened to the yellow house in Daly City. To refresh your memory, here’s what happened:

January 2007:

August 2007:

December 2007:

January 2008:

Well, bad news my friends. It’s been sold, so you can’t buy it. It sold for $445k – meaning the new owner scored a sweet $405,000 in instant equity that you didn’t.

Here’s the final sales history:

4/20/2007     $558,763     Trustee’s Deed upon Sale     Resale     Recontrust Co Na     HSBC Bank USA     600316737

5/30/2006     $815,000     Grant Deed     Resale     Serano, Camilo     Cumberworth, Carmen     400528853

4/5/2004          Grant Deed     Resale     Diaz, Jorge N     Melendez, Mayda C     255774005

4/5/2004          Grant Deed     Resale     Calalang, Charito B     Calalang, Tennyson M     255773232

4/5/2004     $575,000     Grant Deed     Resale     Cornelius, Maria L     Serano, Camilo     255766895

4/5/2004          Grant Deed     Resale     Alvarado, Juan A     Cornelius, Maria L     255766767

7/5/1996          Grant Deed     Resale     Cornelius, Edwin E     Cornelius, Maria L     255770445

7/5/1996               Refi     Cornelius, Maria L     Cornelius, Maria L     255768149

6/12/1992     $205,000     Grant Deed     Resale     Fielder, John W &     Cornelius, Edwin&Maria     255771475

Thanks to Burbed reader Renter for notifying me of this!

January 2007:

August 2007:

December 2007:

January 2008:

Oh. My. God.

This is the deal of the century: starting bid, $219k. Previously valued to:  $815k $850k (Thanks to this site!)

If you’re not bidding for this house, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. Obviously the final bid will be closer to $1 million than $219k, so now’s the time to open your checkbook and buy the Daly City house of your dream!

Yellow house, you still have me at hello.

(Thanks to Burbed reader Tracey for this find!)

Let’s start the New Year strong! Happy 2008 everyone!

Single Family Home – 726 Niantic Ave, Daly City, CA, 94014 – Realtor.com
$435,000

726 Niantic Ave
Daly City, CA 94014
MLS ID# 332746
3 Bed, 1 Bath, 1,470 Sq. Ft.

Single Family Property, Area: Original Daly City, County: San Mateo, City view, Golf course view, Hill/mountain view, Waterview, Three story

Wow… that’s certainly a unique house. According to Movoto, the Realtor notes read:

Value in the land. This is a large multi-unit lot. Daly City Planning says another home or Multi-Unit Building can be built on this property. Per Seller, Architectural plans for Multi-Units available. Property in desired location close

Close…? Oh no! A cliff hanger!

How large is this large multi-unit lot? “Approximate lot is 3175 sq ft”.

Wow… you could build the next Trump Tower Daly City right here!

The other day, a commenter named Martin posted this (edited) comment:

SFGate: Bay Area is too Expensive. Burbed:Bay Area is too Affordable [Burbed.com]
Look at this house:
http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/CA/Daly-City/1125-Hanover-St-100_728944.htm

I selected a decent house in Daly City. It costs $514,900. Other houses before this one I consider a junk.
Sorted by price from low to high. So, it’s 9th, out from 339.

[snip]

A tiny amount has a household income above 150k.

So, what can justify this kind of house pricing???!
Why it costs so much and who can afford it???!
Daly City is a dirty neighborhood with a worst weather on a peninsula.

I wouldn’t buy this house even for 100k!

Let’s look at the house he found:

Hey that looks familiar!

Why, it’s from the famous “Yellow house that had me at hello” post from back in August…

And the original post back in January:

Wow! What a wild year it’s been!

Come on Martin – this house has already been reduced 39%. Buy it! It was meant for you!