It's official!

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
edited October 2012 in The Clubhouse
We are in ESCROW!
My wife and I are buying what I call the worst house in one of the best neighborhoods in the San Fernado Valley. It is being sold by the original owner, and was built in 1963. It looks in many ways to be a time capsule to bad taste, or classic '60's chic, depending on your viewpoint, as the home has not been updated much throughout the years.

I look forward to gutting what needs to go, restoring what still works and making this house the home my wife has dreamed offor a very long time. I will post a few pics here later...
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited September 2012
    Congrats! 60's chic sounds pretty sweet. Just throw on some Hendrix and you'll be there.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2012
    Congrats John, home buying is one of the most stressful things I've ever done. GLWTS :wink:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited September 2012
    This is my second walk in the park for this, and yes... very stressful, but the worst part here is that EVERYBODY is trying to chop your legs off and take these homes from "legitimate" buyers. We got lucky here that the owner wanted to have new owners rather than a short term flipper looking to make a buck. She refused an offer of 395k all cash in order to accept our 399k, 90% financed option.

    She could have closed in a week instead of a month, and yet she chose us over a dozen similar offers, so thank God for that one. I know my big Maggies and Tube Amps are most grateful.:cheesygrin:
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited September 2012
    congrats John. Hope you enjoy your new home.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited September 2012
    Congrats man, for some reason I have the Addams Family house in my brain. :smile:
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  • woodhead 2
    woodhead 2 Posts: 367
    edited September 2012
    Congrats, and good luck. Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited September 2012
    Congrats. Good luck on the reno.
    Michael ;)
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited September 2012
    Congrats! Sounds like the previous owner has a real affection for the house. Glad you got it. That's good mojo!
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  • badchad
    badchad Posts: 348
    edited September 2012
    I bought a house two years ago. At the time everyone told me: "There's always something that needs to be done, you'll never REALLY be done with it...".

    Now I believe them. Part of me wishes I had bought a condo.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited September 2012
    badchad wrote: »
    I bought a house two years ago. At the time everyone told me: "There's always something that needs to be done, you'll never REALLY be done with it...".

    Now I believe them. Part of me wishes I had bought a condo.

    +111111111

    The planned stuff is not too bad, it's the unplanned that is the worst.

    This summer we found out that the just over 3 year old slider in our living room was leaking. Well it's not your average door size at all (larger) and we wanted to move to a french door anyway... $6,000 later, we have a new door, and that's with my father and myself installing it (he is a contractor). If we paid to have it installed we would have been looking at nearly $8-9,000 because of all the water damage under the door.

    Ohhh, Congrats on the new house Noosh
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited September 2012
    Congrats John!! Enjoy your new home!!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited September 2012
    Get your flip on! Congrats.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited September 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    This is my second walk in the park for this, and yes... very stressful, but the worst part here is that EVERYBODY is trying to chop your legs off and take these homes from "legitimate" buyers. We got lucky here that the owner wanted to have new owners rather than a short term flipper looking to make a buck. She refused an offer of 395k all cash in order to accept our 399k, 90% financed option.

    She could have closed in a week instead of a month, and yet she chose us over a dozen similar offers, so thank God for that one. I know my big Maggies and Tube Amps are most grateful.:cheesygrin:

    that's very cool on the seller's part! congrats!
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    edited September 2012
    Congrats!! By buying the "worst house in one of the best neighborhoods" is very smart, esp if you are a handyman or have good cheap labor available to you!! This could turn out to be a very wise investment for you.
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited September 2012
    I hope you have good time in making the house into what you want. Congrats.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited September 2012
    Congrats, John. That price sounds like a "steal" for the "unbelievably" expensive real estate market you're in OUT there in Ca.! I imagine a one story Ranch house from the '60s. My father built one in Pa., a lower scale model of the Ca style you're in because it was built by a poor steel worker who didn't have Ca money even back then (1968). As a comparison: You have about 1800 sq ft. We had, maybe 1100 on the main floor with a full basement that was later finished, much later! Ours is currently "rented" because we can't sell in this market and both parents are gone.

    Does that have a basement? Because that's a major PLUS in such older construction!

    In any case it looks like you have a LOT of renovation ahead of you. Do it right the first time. I'm with Max (upstate). We redid a TINY bathroom before we left for China, used minimal materials, nothing "fancy" and tanked out at $6-7,000 for a space that may be, on a good day, a little over 6' wide, 8' long and maybe 7.5' high! That's NOT a large space! And we did not even redo the vanity cabinetry, just replaced the sink, Bathtub, toilet and redid all the plumbing (the plumbing was the fortune!).

    Have fun but don't GO BROKE!

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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited September 2012
    Congratulations on the new to you home.
    Dan
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited September 2012
    Awesome John! Knowing how long and annoyingly hard this process has been for you I am glad this phase is at least over. I am excited to see some pics and also watch you transform it as you go.

    Tell the wife I said Congrats and hurry up and get it reno'd (so I can come visit the Maggies, tube amps, and also you and the wife :wink:)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited September 2012
    Congrats !!
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2012
    Congrats dude
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    edited September 2012
    Congrats John. I am in the process of selling my current house and buying a different one. I am counting down the days until closing.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited September 2012
    Congrats. Man I wish I was getting into a place. The only way it is going to happen for me is if I find a land contract, I don't use credit cards and have no credit. It's sorry when you think about it, I can get a 5 year loan for a 30,000 dollar car, but can not get a 30 year mortgage for 40,000. The car moves, is in constant danger of being hit by other vehicle, can be stolen or even hidden. A house is stationary, has minimal chance of being hit by anything, is nearly impossible to steal, and pretty hard to hide.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited September 2012
    Congratulations sounds like you and the wife have some work ahead of you. What are you going to do with all the Avacado colored appliances. I grew up in the 70's in San Diego Avacado colored appliances were pretty popular back then.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    edited September 2012
    Excell - Lent - A . . . Congrats!!

    The smartest route is just that, worst house in the best hood . . .

    Dont forget a CLUE report as a contingency . . . Best of luck

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited October 2012
    We close on the 17th of October, and cannot wait to get the keys. We are going to spend the rest of the month painting and cleaning things and moving the last weekend of October. This is going to be a great adventure for us both.
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited October 2012
    congrats, and if i remember correctly, best house in bad neighborhood is wrong, the way you did it is right, worst house in nice neighborhood.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited October 2012
    yeah... after our offer was accepted by the seller, he had a few more come in from other agents for more than ours! There are a few flippers out there that are pretty pissed right now. Cheapest house around ours sold for 625k.:cheesygrin:
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,011
    edited October 2012
    Pithchers. Er...uh, pitchers. I mean pichers. Damn this alcohol. *burp*

    Or it didn't happen. Sometin' like that.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited October 2012
    Here is a teaser shot for now...
    the house.jpg
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2012
    Is that a hedge disguised as a mail box? :smile:

    No garage? Or is it in back? Anyway, congratulations, a house in CA is a good investment, especially now that the big O is getting the economy back on track.

    Sorry, couldn't resist. :cheesygrin:
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