Comments on: Mid-Pen By the Square Foot http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html Redfin Bay Area Sweet Digs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: susan.brady http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html/comment-page-1#comment-5428 susan.brady Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:18:01 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html#comment-5428 Well, that just proves that looks can be deceiving! Thanks for the clarification and lowdown on this house. Well, that just proves that looks can be deceiving! Thanks for the clarification and lowdown on this house.

]]> By: Realist http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html/comment-page-1#comment-5424 Realist Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:02:44 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html#comment-5424 The 4/3 listed in Belmont has to be seen to be believed. At the road is a building that has a garage and large workshop. You walk down a path by that building to get to the main cottage. The door opens to a renovated kitchen. The main floor also has a sun room that is very narrow, and a normal bedroom and bathroom. That's it. The sunroom has to function as your tiny living room/dining room. Then, as I said above, there is no inside staircase to get to the lower level which technically has 2 bedrooms, but they are undeveloped, and the most awkward layout you've ever seen. Anyone planning to live in this place would have to build an addition that includes a staircase, more room for the living room/dining room, and completely remodel the downstairs. It would easily run $400k to make this place livable as a 3/2. (the workshop in the garage is the other bedroom technically). Thus, it would be more cost effective to tear it down and start from scratch. The 4/3 listed in Belmont has to be seen to be believed. At the road is a building that has a garage and large workshop. You walk down a path by that building to get to the main cottage. The door opens to a renovated kitchen. The main floor also has a sun room that is very narrow, and a normal bedroom and bathroom. That’s it. The sunroom has to function as your tiny living room/dining room. Then, as I said above, there is no inside staircase to get to the lower level which technically has 2 bedrooms, but they are undeveloped, and the most awkward layout you’ve ever seen. Anyone planning to live in this place would have to build an addition that includes a staircase, more room for the living room/dining room, and completely remodel the downstairs. It would easily run $400k to make this place livable as a 3/2. (the workshop in the garage is the other bedroom technically). Thus, it would be more cost effective to tear it down and start from scratch.

]]> By: susan.brady http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html/comment-page-1#comment-5394 susan.brady Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:17 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html#comment-5394 Realist - I listed a 4/2.5 in Belmont, but it doesn't look anything like a teardown. There is a 4/3 in San Mateo listed, but I'm not sure that is what you mean either. Can you clarify? Realist – I listed a 4/2.5 in Belmont, but it doesn’t look anything like a teardown. There is a 4/3 in San Mateo listed, but I’m not sure that is what you mean either. Can you clarify?

]]> By: Realist http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html/comment-page-1#comment-5393 Realist Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:09:53 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/07/mid-pen_by_the_square_foot.html#comment-5393 The 4/3 in Belmont is nearly a total teardown and its NOT a 4/3. It's a one bedroom main house with an undeveloped basement that you have to go outside and around the corner to access. This property should not go for much more than land value. The garage has a large workshop, but is not connected to the main house either. The 4/3 in Belmont is nearly a total teardown and its NOT a 4/3.

It’s a one bedroom main house with an undeveloped basement that you have to go outside and around the corner to access. This property should not go for much more than land value.

The garage has a large workshop, but is not connected to the main house either.

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