And if it is, does that mean time to look at Open Houses? Let us know what’s out there. We hear overbidding happens sometimes. Let us know about it because we’re going back to bed.
This is also your weekend open thread! Speak up before somebody croaks.
Let’s see how the other half lives again. No, not the have-nots versus the haves, the other half of the Bay Area! Yes, it’s time for another East Bay Extreme Edition! Thanks very much to Burbed reader Stefan in Lafayette for sending us this super siting story!
1571 Hunsaker Canyon Rd
Lafayette, CA 94549
$800,0002 Beds
1 Baths
1,100 Sq. Ft.
$727 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1980
Lot Size: —
On Redfin: 77 days
Property Type: Single-Family Home
View: Woods, Forest
County: Contra Costa
Style: Contemporary
Community: Walnut Creek/Lafayette
MLS#: 405200OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY 1 – 4. Extreme Privacy – Small house with wall-to-wall windows overlooking FOUR spectacular acres of trees, nature, peace and tranquility. Room for horses or 20+ cars. 2 or 3 bedrooms. Feels like a million miles away, yet only 15-minutes to the freeway. Road is paved from freeway to front door. Lafayette Schools are exceptional – some of the highest-ranked Public Schools in California. Also Open Houses on Saturday 03-02 and Sunday 03-03 from 1pm to 4pm. Please no drive-by’s on weekends during non-Open House hours or after 5pm. Offers reviewed Monday 03-04 at 3pm.
Paging Stefan in Lafayette, white courtesy phone!
Here is a two bedroom house that has room for….um, two bedrooms? But on the bright side you can have up to 20 plus cars. But the date and time for reviews of the offers has passed…does that mean me and my 20 cars are out of luck?
Wow, so many numbers in this listing you’re going to need a CPA to audit it for you. FOUR acres, 20+ cars, 2 or 3 bedrooms, a million miles away yet only 15 minutes to the freeway.
Too bad the Open Houses were 60 days ago. Wouldn’t have wanted to be at that agent’s desk Monday 03-04 at 3 pm!
Bunus: If you were thinking this street name sounded awfully familiar, you were right. Can anyone find a murder at this house too, preferably San Jose Sharks-related?
Yesterday we featured a humongous three and a half million dollar spread on half an acre in San Jose. It was a block from the actual Rose Garden that gives the Rosegarden district its name, but still, San Jose. For three and a half million. Yeah, we don’t think it computes either, unless we want to talk Bay Area Bubble 4.0 some more.
Now, today’s property and its pricing won’t make your eyes pop out because it’s in the Real Bay Area! Let’s find out why it won’t sell! Thanks very much to Burbed reader nomadic for sending in this Real Realty Reject.
11860 FRANCEMONT Ave
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
$3,999,0006 Beds
6 Baths
5,250 Sq. Ft.
$762 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 2006
Lot Size: 1 Acre
On Redfin: 387 days
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: 3
Community: Los Altos Hills
MLS#: 81214828
Style: Mediterranean
View: Neighborhood
County: Santa ClaraProperty available at full price. Fabulous nearly new 5250 square foot home in a quiet cul-de-sac location on 1 acre with easy access and outstanding quality. Excellent floorplan with a huge kitchen/breakfast/family "Great Room" opening to a beautiful backyard. Luxurious master suite. Guest suite on main floor. Excellent Los Altos schools. 6 bedrooms, 6 baths.
Upcoming Open Houses
Saturday, May 18: 2:00-4:30 pm
First let’s check in with nomadic.
I sent this to a friend a few minutes ago before taking a good look at the listing copy and history. This should go on burbed. “Available at full price.” It’s been on the market since November 2010 and went pending twice, failing to close both times. The price has been raised at least twice in the past year – now up $700k from last April.
The icing? It’s an REO.
Well, it doesn’t say it’s an REO in the listing, but the history admits to a foreclosure back in June. June, 2010. But still, compare this property to yesterday’s! It’s on a full acre instead of a half, it’s got an extra bed and bath, and it’s in the RBA! All this for just “not a lot of money” more! Yet it’s been a languishing listing for at least a year, and that doesn’t even cover all that time before it went pending twice.
Why didn’t this place sell? There are definitely homes in this price range on this street. Maybe this comment on short sales from a local Realtor might explain things:
The only active short sale in Los Altos Hills, located on Francemont, has been on and off the market since 2006. While it’s a nice house, it has had many offers and still seems to be having trouble closing. It’s unusual for any home to remain on the market so long. In my opinion this is an issue with the bank and not the home.
And the owner of the home is… BAC Home Loans Servicing, through ReconTrust! Thanks a lot, B of A! We all know it really stands for Bunch of A-holes.
Bunus: Virtual tour guaranteed to give you motion sickness.
This was a National Geographic Photo of the Day for Wednesday, May 8th. Yes, it’s real. No, we don’t care if you think it’s shopped and that you can tell by the pixels. It’s real. We swear we are not making this up.
Click to learn more about where in Mexico this was taken and what the photographer noticed about this place. Then tell us if you saw any Open Houses today that were in a tract of suburban sameness.
Yes, this is indeed your Weekend Open Thread!
Let’s continue looking at some homes untouched by Bay Area Bubble 4.0 fever! Thanks very much to Burbed reader dollarbin for this fantastic find: over 200 days on the market and wait until you see the price history! Amazing!
1915 83RD Ave
Oakland, CA 94621
$189,0003 Beds
2 Baths
1,526 Sq. Ft.
$124 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1963
Lot Size: 5,400 Sq. Ft.
On Redfin: 210 days
Type: Detached
Stories: 1
County: Alameda
Style: Custom
Community: East Oakland
MLS#: 40592548Come and see this custom built Eichler in Oakland. You will own the house that everyone talks about. This house is an architectural masterpiece and the additional master bed and bath make it incredible. This is the only Eichler in this part of Oakland. Open House April 6th, 10 AM- 12PM.
Here’s what dollarbin thought of the place:
I’ve been sitting on this one for quite some time and it’s finally pending but as a short sale, I bet it will have a long luxurious escrow. Check out the listing price history, more ups and downs than a whack-a-mole game. Bring on the Eichler lovers!
There’s so much to salute about this property, it’s hard to figure out where to start the rollout. How about we take a look at all the attractive price points it has offered in search of the One True Buyer.
No wonder it’s selling shortly! Don’t miss the Open House, either! Um, whoops. Hey, this is the only Eichler in this part of Oakland!
Happy Saturday and weekend! We’re one Letter Less than halfway through the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Remember blog Life before this Lunacy when a Lousy Los Gatos Lanai would Light up the comment thread? Yeah, we don’t either.
So we’ll play what’s Laid, and that’s this Lulu of a Listing in Los Altos with a Likely Large Lot.
757 N SAN ANTONIO Rd
Los Altos, CA 94022
$1,199,0003 Beds
2 Baths
1,330 Sq. Ft.
$902 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1952
Lot Size: 9,270 Sq. Ft.
On Redfin: 23 days
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: 1
County: Santa Clara
Style: Ranch
Community: North Los Altos
MLS#: 81308943Charming and welcoming Los Altos ranch home. Freshly painted inside and outside. Multiple recent upgrades: kitchen, roof, garage door, double pane windows, floors, etc. Award winning Los Altos Schools. Close to schools, shopping and restaurants.
Upcoming Open Houses
Saturday, Apr 13: 1:00-5:00 pm
Sunday, Apr 14: 1:00-5:00 pm
Look, Listing Lusciousness is all Location, Location, Location. And this Location says it’s close to schools, shopping, and restaurants. Let’s Learn how Close. Across the (very busy) street is Bullis Charter School, already Lovingly Lauded on this website! (And you know when we Lovingly Laud something, that means the exact opposite of Lovingly Laud.)
Like the Landscaping? This Low-maintenance approach not only saves time, money, and Liquids, you’ll never have to Lift a Limb watering the front Lawn. (That’s because it Lacks one.)
Lug yourself north and you’ll find the restaurants. Lots of them. Actually you have Little choice about Leaning north; the Lean-to is on the northbound side of a divided four-Lane thoroughfare.
Other than that, why hasn’t this Locale sold in 23 days, in this Lava-hot market? The Listing agent already Lowered the price at Least 14%!
Let us know if you Look in at the Open House this weekend!
Steve Wozniak’s former Los Gatos mansion for sale for $4.4 million
By Dan Nakaso, San Jose Mercury News
Posted: 03/19/2013 06:19:05 AM PDT; Updated: 03/20/2013 02:22:17 PM PDT
LOS GATOS — A six-bedroom, six-bath home formerly owned by Apple (AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak — complete with a bedroom mural of the "Little Mermaid," outdoor grotto and firefighters pole for the kids — is up for sale for $4.4 million.
The 7,500-square-foot home on Santa Rosa Drive near Shannon Road includes lots of high-end finishes and a few low-end personalized touches from Wozniak, such as the initials "S" and "W" that were scratched inside a drawer in the music room, said realty agent Arthur Sharif of Sotheby’s International Realty, who is listing the property.
In a brief telephone interview from an airplane as he prepared to fly from Florida to San Francisco on Monday, Wozniak told this newspaper that he liked the original three-bedroom home when he bought it for more than $1 million about 1986.
"I liked the architecture very much but the home kind of grew as my family extended," Wozniak said.
300 SANTA ROSA Dr
Los Gatos, CA 95032
$4,395,0006 Beds
7 Baths
7,500 Sq. Ft.
$586 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1986
Lot Size: 1.19 Acres
On Redfin: 12 days
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: Tri-Level
Community: Los Gatos/Monte Sereno
MLS#: 81307599
Style: Modern/High Tech, Contemporary
View: Mountains, Canyon, Valley
County: Santa ClaraOriginally built for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, This exquisite 7500 sq/ft, 6 Bed, 8 Bath on 1.19 acres, minutes to Los Gatos Blvd, combines post-modern style with majestic natural views. It is a natural abode full of light and warmth Euro chefs kitchen, wraparound terraces. Recent major re-design and renovation, one of a kind indoor/outdoor kids play area, pool w/ waterfall, Koi Pond +++.
Upcoming Open Houses
Sunday, Mar 24: 1:00-4:30 pm
Yes, open today! Burbed meet-up! The password is When can I submit my overbid?
News media from all over are falling all over themselves reporting that a house once owned by Steve Wozniak is for sale. For some reason, when it was for sale last year, this did not happen. We mentioned it, though.
It’s interesting reading all these sites. You might learn something if you do, like where Woz is living now. (Yes, that’s it on the right. Where he is now, not the place above.)
And the comments show most of them haven’t sussed to the fact that Woz hasn’t lived at the Santa Rosa house since 2004. Some of the improvements he put in the house are still there, but articles don’t mention all of them. The secret kids’ room complex is still there:
It’s a warren of rooms accessed through a tiny, kid-size door surrounded by elaborate molding with a dinosaur design. The complex is a series of little rooms, nooks and crannies connected by ladders, stairs and crawl spaces. Any child would love to wiggle through the complex and curl up on the floor pillows with a book or toy. You can exit via the dinosaur door or slide out on the fireman’s pole.
The listing history is fairly interesting. After the curve-inducing renovation in 2006, the house was listed for even more (we heard ten million but it’s not in Zillow’s listing history). Whoops.
Also, don’t worry about The Woz running off to Australia. That’s not planned for a few more years. So if you do buy his old house, feel free to ring him up and him the best way to unstop the grotto drain.
How crowded are the Open Houses you're looking at today? The one we visited was not very busy and the Realtard didn't understand the difference between a Census tract, a tract house, and a County parcel.
We wish we were making this up. Meanwhile, make up whatever you wish, because this is an Open Thread.
Let’s continue our DEALS DEALS DEALS as we look at the cheapest houses in every one of the Bay Area Counties, and then in some favorite cities! Today, “The City by the Bay.” Wait, if you live in the Bay Area, that means some of your County is already by the Bay.
Okay, today’s Black Friday DEAL is from The City In San Francisco County By The Bay. Game on!
320 Harkness
San Francisco, CA 94124
$359,0002 Beds
1 Baths
840 Sq. Ft.
$427 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1900
Lot Size: —
On Redfin: 5 days
Status: Active
Property Type: Junior, Single-Family Home
Community: Visitacion Valley
MLS#: 403079
Style: Contemporary
County: San FranciscoShort sale subject to lender approval. Tax records show 2 bds, 1ba; however, there are 2 bds and 1 ba downstairs–currently unknown as to legality. Owner occupied, vacant at COE. Open Sunday, Nov. 25 from 2-4pm. Agents please see agent remarks.
Yes, you can check out this 112 year old “Contemporary” at the Open House today! Let us know about the legality of what you find downstairs. Note that during our Black Friday Deals we are not responsible for the loss or misplacement of any street name qualifiers.
You know what else this property offers?
Instant equity, baby! It’s Baaaaaack!
Anyone been to an Open House lately? Are buyers waiting for a drop? Are sellers trying to hold it?
Open the door and tell us what you found inside.
Location, location, location! Burbed is everywhere you click.
