Open House La Mesa April 12 & 13

The Jewel of the Hills welcomes you this weekend

Enjoy a quick look around La Mesa, one of the coziest communities in the county.

9820 Alto Drive, La Mesa 91941 (Mount Helix) – look at all that green!

OK, there are some problems with the Alto drive property- it’s an old listing and it’s $441/sq.ft. Nevertheless I encourage you to look at the listing, the small but lovely pictures and the excellent description. (BTW, sellers- if your agent can’t write like this, find another. Don’t pay for sloppy listings!) A 0.68 acres empty lot on this hill is worth a lot, but look at all you get for a few dollars more. Buy with Redfin and save almost $26,000. ↓

If we started on the wrong foot with that expensive house up there, this Baltimore drive home may be more to your liking. It’s a condo with the usual pool and clubhouse. ↑

Depending upon where you look, the HOA fee is either $250 or $320. There are 55 units here and it seems others are available. No previous sales information is available so it’s possible that this is a recent conversion to condos. The listing description is the usual offensive noise in ALL CAPS but that only hurts the seller and if you are a buyer you will survive and perhaps prosper because of this listing.

I’d love to hear your opinion of open houses. Is this a dying tradition? Is it worthwhile? What about you pros- have you hosted open houses and how do you feel about them?

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[data from generally reliable sources, please comment on any errors!]