Comments on: Oakland: Bank-Owned Listings

By: Alison Ching

Alison Ching — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:06:16 +0000

Hi Bajeckabean:
whoa, I draw the line at dog feces. Yuck. Since it’s off the market now, perhaps someone did buy it. Or maybe the bank is cleaning it up to sell? A colleague of mine just bought a foreclosed home in Southern Cali to use as a rental and he said the bank actually made improvements to the home to sweeten the deal; it was in move-in condition once he closed.

By: bajeckabean

bajeckabean — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:59:03 +0000

Yeah, I saw the Kingsland house too and it was a pretty bad looking wreck. It had dog feces on the floor all over inside and was just in really bad shape.

It’s a cute house from the outside and could be really nice with some money and elbow grease. I’ve got the elbows but not the money for that one.

I drove by it the other day and saw someone out front clearing debris so maybe it’s been purchased?

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:49:13 +0000

Kingsland was sold last by Kate Phillips (her website came up in a google search on the address) and her website happened to have pictures from when she sold it on behalf of the last person(s) to have owned it. Looked cute.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:18:57 +0000

Hi David, thanks for your comment. That’s too bad about an apparent failed remodel.. Also, what do you mean, “thanks to the miracle of Google?”

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:18:25 +0000

2754 Kingsland needs a lot of work, which is sad, because thanks to the miracle of Google, it was a cute, well-kept house before the people who bought it last (the ones who “owned it” when the bank took it).

It looks like whoever it was tore out a lot of stuff, failed an attempt at a remodel, and to top it off, the garage appears to be falling down shortly (and it shares a driveway with the neighbor).

I’m sure it could be cute again, but it took more than my imagination and likely $$$ in the bank to think about this one for me.