This guy lived 3 minutes (walking) from the beach. He moved to take the job at my company. It's just him and his wife and kid (altho they're planning for more kids). Part of her "requirements" for leaving a (small) house by the beach to move inland was that she wanted a nice big house. Frankly, if I could afford it, I'd be doing that as well. We've got 3 kids and having extra room for them to run around, or designate as a playroom, would be great. Also, both my parents and my wife's parents live out of town, so having extra room for them to stay over when they visit (versus a hotel) would be cool.
Given the way house prices were coming down in that area (and still are)... and the hope that they'll eventually rebound, I think it's a pretty good investment. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > Out of curiosity, what is the point of 3600 sq ft? How many people are > we talking here? I want to significantly upgrade my house (800 sq ft) > but 3600 seems a tad gratuitous. > > Judah > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Charlie Griefer > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > But I think some of the "lifestyle" rules... rules that govern > >> what I can or cannot do *inside* of > >> > my own home (such as opening it up to an extended family member in an > >> > emergency situation)... sorry. To me, that's just too intrusive. > >> Did you see the news stories about the HOA in Tampa evicting a three > >> year old from her grandparents home because she was under 18? > >> > >> > Sad part is... my wife and I have been "window shopping" for houses in > a > >> > town called Tracy. It's east of the east bay area... but that's where > >> > houses start to get affordable. > >> > >> Move to Alameda. We can be neighbors. Very few HOAs there. Lots of > >> very affordable housing. > >> > > > > Tracy kind of affordable? I can find a 2600 sq foot 4+ bedroom house for > > roughly $250k in Tracy. That wouldn't be in that specific Redbridge > > community that I spoke of... but it can still be had. A co-worker bought > a > > 3600 sq foot house on an 11k sq foot lot about 8 months ago for $480k. > That > > same house would probably be closer to $420k today. > > > > Trust me, I'd rather be closer to the bay area than further away... but > I'm > > essentially starting from zero here. > > > > -- > > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
