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Tikki

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5. Looks pretty good to me...no work needed, looks like it has a small guest house or granny flat..

Reply to PasadenaTrudy (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 03:21 PM

Jul 2014

and a nice yard and foliage and trees.

What I don't know is what the neighborhood/area is like for that house and what
the comparables are in that area.

Depends how badly I wanted in that neighborhood if I'd pay that price.

Tikki
We, also, have homes that age and condition at those prices in certain areas of Ventura County.
It truly is location, location, location..

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Does this house seem kind of expensive to you? [View all] PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 OP

Location location location Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #1

There are houses nearby even more expensive Lurks Often Jul 2014 #2

Nope house prices are insane. Johonny Jul 2014 #3

OMG!!! pipi_k Jul 2014 #4

Looks pretty good to me...no work needed, looks like it has a small guest house or granny flat.. Tikki Jul 2014 #5

Beautifully maintained, nice curb appeal, highly desireable area eissa Jul 2014 #6

You've lived in SoCal all your life and you only just noticed that real estate is expensive? MindPilot Jul 2014 #7

Uh no PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #9

Yes, Pasadena. Location is everything. oldandhappy Jul 2014 #8

Not in Pasadena PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #11

oops! oldandhappy Jul 2014 #12

Well even for California it does appear excessively steep rock Jul 2014 #10

LOL! Politicalboi Jul 2014 #29

Looks like the house my uncle bought in that same area for $35K in 1995. haele Jul 2014 #13

Do they not have inspectors where you live? MattBaggins Jul 2014 #41

Uh, yes. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #14

wow. that would sell 140, 150 here. maybe 160 in the more upscale streets, not neighborhood. lol. seabeyond Jul 2014 #15

I have friends who have bought in the outlying areas Beaverhausen Jul 2014 #16

That's just bizarre to me. In my neck of the woods - Southern VT/NH - Vinca Jul 2014 #17

Our last home was similar to that, albeit Skidmore Jul 2014 #18

Very expensive. I love CA but real estate is so high there... polichick Jul 2014 #19

You can buy 5000 sq feet here for less than that. MuseRider Jul 2014 #20

I believe it steve2470 Jul 2014 #21

Or for the price of their bathroom... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #22

LOL. I think your fellow DUers have answered your question. If you want better prices, try Ventura. Hekate Jul 2014 #23

I live in Vandenberg Village upaloopa Jul 2014 #30

Thanks! PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #32

The equivalent in SB is "a San Roque charmer," which is Realtor-speak for teensy and pricey... Hekate Jul 2014 #36

My daughter is a UCSB student who rents in IV. LibDemAlways Jul 2014 #37

We live in Ventura County and our residential income property just appraised.. Tikki Jul 2014 #44

A pedestal sink and no bidet in the bathroom? How gauche! Buns_of_Fire Jul 2014 #24

Definitely Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #25

insane dsc Jul 2014 #26

location matters and it looks like the homes in this area are about the same , you can probably JI7 Jul 2014 #27

Yeah JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #28

That's in Pasedena where two scientist live together in a shitty apartment itsrobert Jul 2014 #31

Bazinga MattBaggins Jul 2014 #42

Yes, but I'm in the DC area. elleng Jul 2014 #33

A studio apt. PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #34

As long as people are willing to pay liberal N proud Jul 2014 #35

True dat PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #38

So Cal in general is ridiculous, but certain areas are LibDemAlways Jul 2014 #39

Kind of? pnwmom Jul 2014 #40

it doesn't even have a pool? IcyPeas Jul 2014 #43