SF: The Condo and the Single Girl
Ladies, you never know: You could find yourself single at any time. Maybe you find yourself that way now. That doesn’t mean the idea of owning a house should be relegated to the back of the closet along with your torn up photos of your X or the wedding dress you hope never to see again, yet can’t quite throw out.
No, you will pick yourself up and look at condos this weekend. No better therapy, they say, than shopping (I absolutely disagree with this, but make an exception for home shopping, which would cheer me up immediately and entirely). And condos are a good place to start, since they grant you access to a little community, something you might want if you’re on your own. They are the proverbial foot in the door of SF real estate, and if all goes well, one day you can sell that condo and move in to real, detached home– with or without a partner.
Empowered then, I list for you a few condos open this weekend that I myself am going to see. And for once, I can actually review them candidly, because, hey: As I’ve wanted to so ever since Redfin was banned from doing house reviews, I started my own blog, San Francisco House Porn (because I am obsessed with houses and spend many a dark hour peering at their images, I could think of no more fitting name). And since that blog is not affiliated with selling real estate, there’s not any conflict of interest with me posting opinions on homes for sale. As I say on the blog, there can’t be a conflict of interest, since my only interest is buying a house that doesn’t suck. Hope I can help a few of you do the same.
See you this weekend?
210 Hoffman Ave: Several units in this Noe locale open this weekend. I’m interested in this 1/1 at #A for $479K. This is a TIC but the building is vacant so the rules and such are yet to form. I would be able then to say: “Dogs? Yes!”
20 Crestline Dr., #5: Twin Peaks with the soaring city view. Love it. This is a 1/1 TIC for $429K.
1776 Page, #B: a 1/1 in the Haight. The price, $299K, makes one a little suspicious, but that’s what open houses are for.
25 Guerrero, #202: Here is a Mission 1/1, newly listed at $399K. TIC with a great yard in the sun belt. Worth a look!
