Showing posts with label Knife Catching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knife Catching. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Knife Catching 862 Walnut St.

Read This:The following review is just my opinion and only my opinion I am not a professional house appraiser or inspector and I am not a structural engineer. The opinions expressed in this review are based on my own inspection of the property, the publicly available facts from aggregator sites such as Redfin and Zillow and the online permit database for the city of Alameda. I am not responsible for incorrect or missing data that appears in these sources. In fact, its probably best that you just ignore everything you read here as the lunatic ravings of an unbalanced mind.
Knife Catching 862 Walnut St
Todays house, 862 Walnut street has the official specs of being a 3-2 of ~2000sq ft. on a
5754 sq ft lot for the low, low price of $649900 and wow its been on Zillow over a year
385 days. Check out the pics on the redfin page.
It looks like a kinda cool place doesn't it?
Its got a ton of wide open spaces, its right on the lagoon seems like it should sell pretty fast.

Check out its sales history.

Records

For completeness, Redfin often displays two records for one sale: the MLS record and the public record. Learn More.
DateEventPriceAppreciationSource
Jan 29, 2015
Listed (New)
$649,900
EBRD #40685485
Jan 27, 2015
Delisted
EBRD #1
Jan 1, 2015
Pending
EBRD #1
Nov 7, 2014
Relisted (Back On Market)
EBRD #1
Nov 6, 2014
Pending
EBRD #1
Aug 26, 2014
Relisted (Back On Market)
EBRD #1
Aug 22, 2014
Pending
EBRD #1
Aug 15, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Aug 7, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Jul 15, 2014
Price Changed
*
EBRD #1
Jul 1, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Apr 1, 2014
Relisted (Back On Market)
EBRD #1
Mar 31, 2014
Pending
EBRD #1
Mar 21, 2014
Pending
EBRD #1
Mar 21, 2014
Relisted (Back On Market)
EBRD #1
Mar 21, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Mar 7, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Feb 28, 2014
Price Changed
*
EBRD #1
Feb 21, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Feb 7, 2014
Price Changed (Price Change)
*
EBRD #1
Jan 10, 2014
Listed (New)
*
EBRD #1
Apr 20, 2013Sold (MLS) (Sold)
$567,000
EBRD #40606250
Apr 19, 2013
Sold (Public Records)
$567,0006.2%/yr
Public Records
Mar 29, 2013Pending
EBRD #40606250
Mar 29, 2013Pending (Pending - Show for Backups)
EBRD #40606250
Mar 24, 2013Pending
EBRD #40606250
Mar 8, 2013Listed (New)
$499,000
EBRD #40606250
Nov 28, 1995
Sold (Public Records)
$200,0002.6%/yr
Public Records
Sold (Public Records)
This home was
 
$210,000
 
 
On And Off
Whew, this place has
been on and off the market many, many times.
 
  
 
What does that mean dear readers? When A house goes on and off the market over and over?
It looks like the current owners bought in 2013 for $567,000. A year later they listed it and its
gone on and off the market ever since.

Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if there are any 'hidden conditions'. Assuming all those people above
got their own inspections wouldn't there be a TON of disclosure documents? Gosh, I sure hope
someone's not being dishonest and hiding bad inspection reports.

The only thing that I keep thinking is, 'Man, there has to be something really wrong with it
for it to keep coming back on the market.


And that's the way I see it.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Knife Catching 2063 Alameda Ave.

Read This:The following review is just my opinion and only my opinion I am not a professional house appraiser or inspector and I am not a structural engineer. The opinions expressed in this review are based on my own inspection of the property, the publicly available facts from aggregator sites such as Redfin and Zillow and the online permit database for the city of Alameda. I am not responsible for incorrect or missing data that appears in these sources. In fact, its probably best that you just ignore everything you read here as the lunatic ravings of an unbalanced mind.
Knife Catching 2063 Alameda Ave.
Up for review today is 2063 Alameda Ave. which has the official specs of being a 4-4 of
4086 sq ft built in 1890 on a 7500 sq ft lot now going for the low low price of....$2.15M It was
originally on sale for $2.3M but the seller dropped the price after being on the market for 121 days.
Wow, really it was on the market that long and they didn't think about dropping the price till now?

I have to admit that I've been following this house for my own selfish reasons. On paper this house is
the house that mostly closely resembles Chez 3.0. So, if this place sold for $2.3M then that means
Chez 3.0 is also worth $2.3M right? riiiiiiiiiight, I wish. After way too long they dropped it to $2.15
which is a more sane number, I mean, it is a lot of house. Unfortunately for them our house just got
appraised for $1.3M so there is A LOT of distance between what they want and what the market
thinks is worth. Nevertheless I will be watching what this place sells for intently.

The house is advertised as a 6-5 and I can't honestly tell where the extra bedrooms come in on the
permit record. According to the permit record it also looks like its still on its original brick foundation! If I was going to buy this house I would make the seller match up the work to the permit
record. I've read the long convoluting records and I can't tell what's legal and what's not.

Buyer Beware more than usual.

And that's the way I see it.
 

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Knife Catching 2719 Clay St.

Read This:The following review is just my opinion and only my opinion I am not a professional house appraiser or inspector and I am not a structural engineer. The opinions expressed in this review are based on my own inspection of the property, the publicly available facts from aggregator sites such as Redfin and Zillow and the online permit database for the city of Alameda. I am not responsible for incorrect or missing data that appears in these sources. In fact, its probably best that you just ignore everything you read here as the lunatic ravings of an unbalanced mind.
Knife Catching 2719 Clay St.

Todays house has the official specs of being a 3-2 of 1846 sq ft on a 3825 corner lot going for
the low, low price of.......$985k!!!!
Yep that's right, 1846 sq ft for $985k!?!?!?!?!?

Now I've looked at the specs, and I've looked at the pics and wow, this is a really cute little
place. But Holy Moly $985k!?!?! gah.

I looked at the permit record and I found a few hiccups (a house going for this much $/sq ft
should not have any hiccups). Hiccup #1 the listing is claiming a .5 bath more than the public
facts and I can find no permit record for it. Also, take a look at the kitchen area....does that look
original to you or does it look brand new?  No kitchen remodeling permit pulled that I can see.

So, cute little house with an unknown amount of illegal construction on a privacy free corner lot
all for the low, low price of $985k.

GAH! I say, GAH!

And that's the way I see it.