Real Estate in your city

[edale]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

Here's another real estate listing...

From Compass.com

100 Los Altos Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105

Price: $11,500,000
Year built: 1928
4 Beds
5 Baths
4 1/2 Baths
10,277 Sq. Ft.
$1,119 / Sq. Ft.





Link: https://www.compass.com/listing/100-...3642733405137/

This is the (soon to be former) house of Tom Girardi, the skeezy attorney who is being accused of stealing millions from his clients class action settlements. His wife is/was one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and the house has been featured prominently on the show.

[dimondpark]

Finally, I find a house in the upper elevations that is suitable for a bigger family, for entertaining(a large catering kitchen in the lower level), without feeling crammed or as if we're teetering over a cliff, it even has a flat area in the backyard. Oh, and this is about 1,300 ft above the bay.

5947 Grizzly Peak Blvd
Oakland, CA 94611

6bd/5bth
5,628 sq ft
1/2 acre lot

Price: $4,500,000















https://www.estately.com/listings/in...zzly-peak-blvd

[dave8721]

Our homes have better stories behind them. This one has the always desirable "Seized home of Venezuelan money launderer" label (picked up by a Chicago-land investor who put it right on the market). Can be yours in all its ostentatious charm for $55million:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M56352-04170

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by edale

This is the (soon to be former) house of Tom Girardi, the skeezy attorney who is being accused of stealing millions from his clients class action settlements. His wife is/was one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and the house has been featured prominently on the show.

Wait I didnt read this earlier...yikes.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by dave8721

Our homes have better stories behind them. This one has the always desirable "Seized home of Venezuelan money launderer" label (picked up by a Chicago-land investor who put it right on the market). Can be yours in all its ostentatious charm for $55million:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M56352-04170

You cant take Venezuelan money launderers anywhere these days.

[sopas ej]

This recently sold in my neck of the woods...

Listed as $2,198,000 but sold for $2,300,000.

1702 Wayne Avenue
South Pasadena, CA 91030

4 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
House: 2,472 sq. ft.
Lot size: 7,448 sq ft.



Link: https://www.1702wayne.com/

[sopas ej]

A brand new house...

From The Eastsider:

1409 Dartmouth Drive | Glendale, CA
$1,950,000 | 4 Bedrooms 3.5 Baths









Link: https://www.theeastsiderla.com/spons...0baYJuQe10RZ5U

[homebucket]

Wow that is cheap! (compared to here)

[dimondpark]

That first pic looks like Oakland ...how cool.

[Camelback]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

This recently sold in my neck of the woods...



Link: https://www.1702wayne.com/

I'm loving this house. Classic. Mature landscaping. Established area. Pleasant curb appeal!





I'm not loving the price though.

[Steely Dan]

this is what $2m can buy you in my neighborhood. it' 4 blocks east of us, and roughly a 5 minute walk to the retail heart of Lincoln square


$2,175,000
2117 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL
6 bed | 7 bath | 5,872 sq. ft.

zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2.../3707251_zpid/

streetview of the block: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9659...7i16384!8i8192
















i certainly wouldn't pay that much for it (even if i could), but some people are just smitten by new construction + giant raw square footage, i guess.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Camelback

I'm loving this house. Classic. Mature landscaping. Established area. Pleasant curb appeal!





I'm not loving the price though.

You can get one very similar in Detroit for a fraction of the price: https://goo.gl/maps/QhzxmH1UKs4YX4ff6

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

this is what $2m can buy you in my neighborhood. it' 4 blocks east of us, and roughly a 5 minute walk to the retail heart of Lincoln square


$2,175,000
2117 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL
6 bed | 7 bath | 5,872 sq. ft.

zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2.../3707251_zpid/

streetview of the block: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9659...7i16384!8i8192
















i certainly wouldn't pay that much for it (even if i could), but some people are just smitten by new construction + giant raw square footage, i guess.

L-O-V-E this.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

this is what $2m can buy you in my neighborhood. it' 4 blocks east of us, and roughly a 5 minute walk to the retail heart of Lincoln square


$2,175,000
2117 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL
6 bed | 7 bath | 5,872 sq. ft.

zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2.../3707251_zpid/




i certainly wouldn't pay that much for it (even if i could), but some people are just smitten by new construction + giant raw square footage, i guess.

It looks like it belongs in a Long Island beach town.

[Camelback]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

You can get one very similar in Detroit for a fraction of the price: https://goo.gl/maps/QhzxmH1UKs4YX4ff6

Assuming your Google Street view is focused on this:
7372 Kipling Zestimate @ 195K. It's a 5 bedroom, 3 bath house. 1850 square feet.


Neighboring properties on the same street are estimated at 236K to 20K!

[Crawford]

Yuck. That home is basically suburban McMansion sprawl layout/design/decor. It could be in any affluent newer suburb. It looks like the typical newer homes in Birmingham, MI, or the further out coastal CT suburbs, like Fairfield and Madison.

But I guess many want a suburban home in a more urban setting.

[sopas ej]

Speaking of new construction, check out Shia LaBeouf's new Pasadena home, built in 2019 but he bought it in 2020.

From velvetropes.com:

4 bedrooms • 5 bathrooms • 4137 sq/ft
Price: 5.5M (sold in 2020)
Valued: 5.5M

Edit: Actually according to Zillow, it's worth about $6.607 million right now.







Link: https://www.velvetropes.com/celebrit...3/shia-labeouf

It's near Caltech; I know the address, and you can look it up, but I won't disclose it. I've driven by the house, it's in a very nice neighborhood. Meryl Streep and Kristen Wiig also have nice homes in Pasadena (mid-Century ones); I've never seen them around town, though, so maybe they just own the properties and don't actually live here. I think Oscar de la Hoya still lives in Pasadena, I used to see him around Old Town Pasadena, I've even seen him inside Burke Williams.

[Camelback]

^My absolute favorite vernacular is an off white (hopefully close to white as possible) stucco with a red tiled roof, so long as it the outside facade sticks with a Spanish theme.

Way too often do we see a brown stucco with a tile roof....NO.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Yuck. That home is basically suburban McMansion sprawl layout/design/decor. It could be in any affluent newer suburb.

the main difference being no 1/4 acre lot. that home has no "yard" to speak of, just a back patio and large garage-top deck.

and it has considerably more curb appeal without the obnoxious street-facing garage door of sprawl-burbia.

Originally Posted by Crawford

But I guess many want a suburban home in a more urban setting.

yeah, it's definitely tying to appeal to that nouveau riche HGTV aesthetic. it's 100% about "BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION" and shoe-horning as much sq. footage as possible onto a smallish city lot.

or in other words: lots of money, little taste.



you can always get something more tasteful for less money, such as this early 20th century charmer (and you even get a small yard):

$1,525,000
4326 N Winchester Ave, Chicago, IL
6 be d |5 bath | 4,500 sqft

zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...70224316_zpid/

[Camelback]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

this is what $2m can buy you in my neighborhood. it' 4 blocks east of us, and roughly a 5 minute walk to the retail heart of Lincoln square


$2,175,000
2117 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL
6 bed | 7 bath | 5,872 sq. ft.

zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2.../3707251_zpid/

streetview of the block: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9659...7i16384!8i8192
















i certainly wouldn't pay that much for it (even if i could), but some people are just smitten by new construction + giant raw square footage, i guess.

Thank god my lady didn't see this post! She loves Chicago and would move there in a minute. She's got me 50/50, but I love my AZ pool/sun lifestyle.