House prices are insane 

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 01/19/2017 at 21:48 • Filed to: None

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I grew up in the house just to the left of this one, back when the ZIP code was still 92631. My step-dad bought it in 1974 for $29K, and we sold it in 1980 for $58k. It’s basically the same layout as the one for sale, with the main exception being that our garage was in the back of the house. I loved the layout of that place, especially the wall-to-wall, floor-to- ceiling glass in the living room. We were on a bit of a hill, and Disneyland was just down the street. Every night at 9:35 they would shoot off fireworks, and we had a great show from our house. I realize that it’s been 37 years since we moved out of that area, but the increase in value over that period of time seems a little crazy.

Since I am at home, sick, I’ve been having a little fun surfing Zillow and watching a few dozen episodes of ‘Flip or Flop’. Having not had cable for over 7 years now I really haven’t watched many of these shows. Kind of interesting to see a series essentially focused on my old stomping grounds of Orange County CA, and mostly dealing with mid-century houses, my favorite style. For this I don’t seem to mind sitting through a few commercials.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 21:52

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Reply from someone pointing out houses are cheap if you just move to some farthole toilet town in the state of ass that you would never want to live in.

For Sweden > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 21:56

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College baseball raises prices yo

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 21:57

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Our house in Sacramento tripled in value in 6 years, (1998-2005) I think prices are just getting back to pre recession levels. Which is too much. I also love the 1960's ranch style houses. Very airy and have nice design details.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:02

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When I lived in SoCal I had resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be able to afford a house anywhere that didn’t have a 2+ hour commute, and I wasn’t going to do that. In St Louis I can easily afford a place, either here in Missouri or across the river in southern Illinois, places that might match your description...

Milky > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:04

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.... give me 2 minutes.

Milky > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:13

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Im back with a posting from some farthole toilet town!

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:14

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Hey Texas isn’t that bad! It’s nice in the winter...

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Milky 01/19/2017 at 22:17

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A comparable former factory town mansion like that would run at least 3 million in a city like Hartford.

E92M3 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 22:22

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Yes...yes they are. Here’s what $799k gets you in Atlanta.

Tekamul > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 22:32

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Economic disparity has made some realestate markets insane.

Personally, if I had 3/4 of a mil to drpp, I’d take this beauty near me and use the rest to fill out the garage.

Chariotoflove > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:36

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Rico > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/19/2017 at 22:41

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The property taxes would be YUGE

gmctavish needs more space > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 22:46

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Where I live, any single family home is at least a million. CAD, but still. A friend of mine bought his house 10 years ago for 600k, and now it’s worth 1.7....

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Rico 01/19/2017 at 22:48

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One town over and you can get the best falafel in the country, though.

wiffleballtony > Chariotoflove 01/19/2017 at 23:44

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I totally laughed out loud.

wiffleballtony > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/19/2017 at 23:46

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770k is a bargain compared to where I grew up at this point. California is a weird place.

Chariotoflove > wiffleballtony 01/20/2017 at 00:01

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Just watched the original trilogy with my kid last weekend. It immediately popped into my head.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/20/2017 at 00:10

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In my neck of the woods, you could buy a whole damn 100 acre ranch, with a 3,000sq/ft house, and 6 car garage for that amount of money.

Tapas > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/20/2017 at 00:16

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That is just insane. I knew cali was expensive. I didn’t realize it was 3 quarters of a million for a house like that.

I’ve heard people in Cali say, of course you can get a great house in a shitty place/state/city. While that might be true, even good places other than Cali don’t charge the price of 3 kidneys for a 1 storey 2 bedroom.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/20/2017 at 00:17

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This is THE most expensive house in my town, it’s 2,800sq/ft, has 2 acres, and is right on Lake Superior. It’s also only 5 minutes out of town, while completely secluded. It’s over a quarter of a million dollars less than the house in The people’s republic of Californicstan.  

PanchoVilleneuve ST > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/20/2017 at 00:33

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You’re paying for proximity, though. There’s a lot of stuff nearby in places like the non-remote parts of California, New England, downstate New York etc.

There, no offense, you have proximity to water and Wisconsin.

He’ll, New England housing prices are worth it for the “we paved over colonial horse paths that wind through the hills that nobody uses anymore because we later built modern highways” alone. Seriously, best drivers’ roads in the country. You can basically touge your way from southwestern CT to the tip of Maine.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/20/2017 at 00:39

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This town really does suck. I don’t know how people in the Flatelands handle their lives. It’s flare enough here that roads are pretty terribly boring. But if you drive a bit there are fun ones around.

But this house was built and will probably be lived in by a retired doctor/layer/someone who makes real money who decided they didn’t want to live anywhere near Minneapolis anymore.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/20/2017 at 00:47

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Move to Connecticut. There are mad Oppos here.

adamftw > Tekamul 01/20/2017 at 06:39

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That’s a pretty good deal if you ask me.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/20/2017 at 13:36

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You think LA/OC is crazy come to SF. I’m actually shopping for an investment rental property in LA right now since the costs are something like 60% of SF.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 01/20/2017 at 13:58

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Yeah, no. I love it up north, but could never afford to live there. I spent my summers in San Carlos, in the home that my grandfather and great-grandfather built back in 1945. It started out as a little 2 bed, 1 bath home, but my grandfather added on a wing for his mother, changing it to a slightly larger 4 bed, two bath. That simple place is now valued at $2.3M - crazy.

A company I worked at years ago had this brilliant idea to make all corporate employees relocate to Houston, to the new corporate offices (but of course, some well-connected assholes didn’t have to uproot their entire lives and got to stay put); in retrospect I’m glad my transfer didn’t go through because I really didn’t care for Houston. Anyway, one higher-up in sales lived in San Francisco for years and sold his modest house for an obscene amount of money. With all of that cash, he and his wife relocated to one of the most expensive areas in Houston, buying some 7,000 sq ft monstrosity for the two of them. Then she died. All alone in a humongous house. Then, of course, he got laid off. I’ve lost touch, but chances are that he couldn’t afford to relocate to SFO if he wanted to...

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/20/2017 at 17:56

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Well that’s a shitty situation for that sales guy all around. But one of my pet peeves is how so many Americans want to buy giant mini mansions. I’d much rather have a smaller house with more expensive finishes.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 01/20/2017 at 21:53

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I’m with you - smaller and higher quality, just like in cars. My ex had a great place that she unfortunately had to sell. It started out as 3bd 2 ba with a detached two car garage that was converted to 2 bedrooms with a four car garage. The area between the house and the garage was filled in to make a family room which made it seem more spacious. It wasn’t in the best neighborhood however, and was frequently broken into; I lost my first PowerBook there.

The neighborhood where I grew up had decent sized houses on reasonable sized lots. There was an undeveloped area that was supposed to be for a new school, but when they decided not to build it the land was redeveloped for more houses. Instead of the 3300 Sq ft houses on half acres, like most of the homes, they crammed in a bunch of 5000 Sq ft monstrosities on quarter acre (or less) lots. They just don’t fit in, but like CUVs, it seems to be what the people want (even if I vehemently disagree with both choices).

My folks thought about downsizing, but they found that they would pay the same amount as their place is currently worth for a smaller place with no land on a golf course somewhere, and decided just to stay put. The house is paid off and has a few upgrades (recent solar panels, for example). Sure, it’s more space than they need, but it’s home. It could use some refreshing, as any 37 year old house does (the last round of upgrades was done in 1995) but that’s not critical to it being a decent place to live.