391 6th St, Montara, CA 94037 East of Highway 1 MLS# 80828469 – Property Details
391 6th St, Montara, CA
94037

(East of Highway 1)
$549,000

* Status: Active
* Bedroom: 1
* Bathroom: 1
* Year Built: 1965
* Lot Size: 9000
* Square Footage: 560
* List Date: 8/17/2008
* Garage Spaces: 1

* MLS#: 80828469
This quaint one bedroom one bath cottage, plus loft, sits on a marvelous 9000 square foot lot with ocean and mountain views. New deck, new fireplace, new carpet, new kitchen counters and lovely stained glass windows add to the charm of this unique home. A short walk delivers you to breathtaking Montara State Beach and miles of panoramic hiking trails. Truly a one of a kind property!

One of a kind indeed! Wow, imagine how awesome it would be to live on the coast. Ever see Lost? Yeah, it’d be like that, except you’d be living in an amazing cottage with stained glass windows.

Here’s what else Burbed reader sonarrat had to say:

Yeah.. that makes lots of sense for access to the coldest water south of Alaska.

Oh ok. So it’s like Lost, but colder. That’s still… uh… ok. Just think of the benefits. No heat exhaustion!!

BTW, was I the only person who didn’t know where Montara is?

360 2nd AVE Colma, CA 94014

Price: $399,000
Buy with Redfin and Save $7,980*
Beds: 1
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 600
$/Sq. Ft.: $665
Lot Size: -
Property Type: Detached, Single-Family Home
Year Built: 1902
Stories: 1
Region: San Mateo County/Northwest
Area: Colma
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 335990
Status: Active
Contractor special. Small house on a big lot. Potential for new construction/addition.

$666 per square foot is pretty reasonable, given that this house isn’t in the Real Bay Area. But let’s face it, the real selling point of this house is that it is earthquake proof! Just from looking at this picture, you can already tell that this house has been stress tested and is well equipped to handle the next calamity.

Why risk the lives of you children by buying a brand new house that’s unproven? You want a house that you know has withstood the test of time. Furthermore, it’s like those $250 jeans – this house is distressed and distressed is HAWT.

It’ll also confuse robbers! “What is this? A pile of wood? A house? I’ll move on to the next place.” Safety first my friends!

So go ahead, go vintage. Go buy this house.

(Thanks to Burbed reader San Mateo Home Sellers in Trouble)

MLSlistings Property Detail for MLS number 643215
310 A ST
Colma, CA 94014
$565,000

This Single Family Residence has the following features:
MLS#: 643215 Approx Age: Unavailable Approx Sq Ft: 750
Detached Single Family 1 Story Colonial
2 Bedrooms 1&1/2 Bathrooms 1 Stall Shower
1 Tub Eat in Kitchen Living Rm/Dining Rm Combo

Now, I don’t know much about Colma… and maybe it’s just an optical illusion – but am I the only one who’s worried that everything would constantly be sliding over to the right in this house?

Gotta love that garage though – you can easily turn the top of it into a 3rd bedroom!

MercuryNews.com | 12/13/2006 | Silicon Valley rents fall from top 10
Renters trying to hunt down an affordable Silicon Valley apartment may not believe it, but for the first time in several years, metropolitan San Jose is not among the country’s top 10 most expensive places to rent, according to a study released Tuesday.

But it is No. 11. A renter would need to make $24.69 an hour, or more than $51,000 a year, to afford the rent for a basic two-bedroom apartment in the San Jose area, an annual survey from the National Low Income Housing Coalition found. Minimum wage in California is $6.75 an hour.

Oh Noes! We’re only 11th!!

Quick! We need more apartment->condo conversions to help boost these prices. If we fall any further, we won’t be as special!

Shown below are the projected 2007 fair market rent (FMR) and the “housing wage” for several counties. The housing wage measures how much a worker would have to earn per hour to afford a two-bedroom rental without spending more than 30 percent of income on housing.

County FMR Housing wage
San Mateo $1,551 $29.83
Santa Cruz $1,359 $26.13
Santa Clara $1,284 $24.69
Alameda $1,250 $24.04
San Benito $932 $17.92

That’s actually pretty darn cheap. People who rent should be required to pay a special “Non-homeowners Tax” – because… well… they’re not buying/selling houses. And if you’re not helping house prices go up – you’re not helping your neighbors. And no one likes an unfriendly neighbor!

What can we do… what can we do.

Fortunately, the areas around us are still properly expensive according to this list:

Phew!