Au pair--1429 Gibbons Dr, Alameda, CA
Every once in a while a house is actually priced realistically. Not affordably, mind you--that's for 2010 and 2011. But today's listing at 1429 Gibbons doesn't monkey around.
Of course the cherry on top is the sale history showing not one but two prior sales at a higher price:
3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,980 sqft, 6,231-sqft lot, MLS(r) #352702, $799,000This house is so pretty and the price is so uncharacteristically reasonable ($268/sqft) I will forgive the agent's horrifying capitalization. Just this once.
Beautiful Original Woodwork, Ballroom Size Living Room [...] Remodeled Kitchen, [...] Good Layout for Live-in Au-Pair, Abundant Attic and Basement Storage. Wrap-Around Garden and Play Areas.
Of course the cherry on top is the sale history showing not one but two prior sales at a higher price:
Sale History:Just two years ago this property would easily have been listed at $1.2M and probably sold. But times have changed (they're only just getting started). I'll be very surprised if it's not sold by week's end above list price (buyers still go ape over big East End properties) assuming there's no structural skeleton lurking in the closet, or in the attic.
10/29/2004: $965,000
07/12/2002: $810,000
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