Nice landscaping you got there--461 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA
Yet another West End Victorian on the market today. It will be familiar to those of us who've been watching Alameda Victorian sales for a couple of years, as we shall see directly. 461 Santa Clara, depending on who you ask (public records or the current listing) has the following specs:
That last transaction is recent enough to still appear on various sites.
Full remodel or not, $780,000 is much too high ($398 / sqft) given the property's location and the fact that its "ground floor" (the one at the bottom end of the hideous, très non-period spiral staircase) actually started out as a high basement. It also has some competition from an architecturally similar Vic near the lagoon that's been on the market for almost six months around $600,000 and still hasn't sold (I might post about this one at some point; I'm very curious about the garden gnome playing hide and seek against the wall in the bottom right-hand corner):
MLS(r): 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,962 sqft, 5,904-sqft lot, MLS(r) #40395507, $780,000Why is this a familiar sight? Turns out this property appears to be a flip:
Public records: 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathroom, 1,074 sqft
Gorgeous 4 bedroom 2 bath Victorian [...] Completely remodeled first floor with permits. High ceilings, wood floors, spiral staircase, updated bath upstairs and new bath downstairs. [...] grand formal dining room. Nice landscaping.
It's not clear why Zillow doesn't include that last transaction in their Zestimate--maybe the price is anomalous on the high side, considering Zillow only knows about 1,074 sqft and 2 bedrooms?Last sale and tax info
- Sold 01/08/2008: $630,000 *
- 2008 Property Tax: $3,173
That last transaction is recent enough to still appear on various sites.
Full remodel or not, $780,000 is much too high ($398 / sqft) given the property's location and the fact that its "ground floor" (the one at the bottom end of the hideous, très non-period spiral staircase) actually started out as a high basement. It also has some competition from an architecturally similar Vic near the lagoon that's been on the market for almost six months around $600,000 and still hasn't sold (I might post about this one at some point; I'm very curious about the garden gnome playing hide and seek against the wall in the bottom right-hand corner):
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