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| The Other Kim 2006-02-23, 11:44 am |
| Has anyone else run their address through here to get an estimated
value? I knew that houses in my neighborhood were going in this range,
but to get this kind of confirmation that my 3 bedroom, 1.75 bathroom,
1638 square foot house on a 6000 square foot lot located about 1.5 miles
from Disneyland as the crow flies is worth close to $650K just astounds
me (and makes me realize that I could sell this place and get a
4-bedroom place - I need another bedroom 'cause my girls aren't gonna be
willing to share a room much longer, with their 7-year age difference -
and not have to stretch to make payments; ah, the joy of equity <g> ).
In contrast, my uncle's much newer, much nicer, much larger house on a
much larger lot in Wisconsin gets an estimate of $308K.
The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
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| jmorngstar@aol.com 2006-02-23, 11:44 am |
| Kim,
Do you agree with the assessment? It is low on my house by 350K. It
shows the other houses in my neighborhood, which are smaller by
700-1000 sq. feet for a higher value. I happen to know how much my
house is worth and I was surprised that it was so low on zillion.com.
Janice
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| Yep. I doesn't know about my house. Also, data is very scarce for Texas
due to the laws. All that has to be reported to the county is, "$10 and
other valuable consideration."
Our old Florida house, on the other hand, makes me want to cry. We
built it in 1998. Sold it in 2001. The new owners sold it last year for
about a 70% profit and zillion says it's now worth almost triple what
we paid for it. Sigh. You win some, you lose some.
Bob/Texas
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| RaeMorrill 2006-02-23, 11:45 am |
| You could could get a really nice place in Maine for less than 250,000!
The Other Kim wrote:
> Has anyone else run their address through here to get an estimated
> value? I knew that houses in my neighborhood were going in this range,
> but to get this kind of confirmation that my 3 bedroom, 1.75 bathroom,
> 1638 square foot house on a 6000 square foot lot located about 1.5 miles
> from Disneyland as the crow flies is worth close to $650K just astounds
> me (and makes me realize that I could sell this place and get a
> 4-bedroom place - I need another bedroom 'cause my girls aren't gonna be
> willing to share a room much longer, with their 7-year age difference -
> and not have to stretch to make payments; ah, the joy of equity <g> ).
>
> In contrast, my uncle's much newer, much nicer, much larger house on a
> much larger lot in Wisconsin gets an estimate of $308K.
>
> The Other Kim
> kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
>
>
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| The Other Kim 2006-02-23, 11:45 am |
| It's consistent with what houses in this neighborhood have been selling
for lately. We have one of the bigger houses in terms of area thanks to
a 350 square foot family room addition that was done before we moved
in - I'd much rather have had an extra bedroom, but I didn't expect to
be having 2 more kids than I had at the time - but we don't have A/C or
a pool, and those add a bit to the price.
I did the comparison with my uncle's house just to make myself cry <g>
The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
<jmorngstar@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Kim,
>
> Do you agree with the assessment? It is low on my house by 350K. It
> shows the other houses in my neighborhood, which are smaller by
> 700-1000 sq. feet for a higher value. I happen to know how much my
> house is worth and I was surprised that it was so low on zillion.com.
>
> Janice
>
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| bsptss 2006-02-23, 11:45 am |
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My house is listed about $60,000 lower than what we were told we could
get by a realtor, as are most of the houses listed on our street which
were listed. Some of these have sold within the last year and I know
the sale price was considerably more than shown here. Also, my house
has 4 bedrooms and is 2 story, this is listed as 3 bedrooms and 1
story. So if you're suprised at how much it says your house is
worth....you'll probably be pleasantly surprised to find out it's worth
even more.
Barbara
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| bsptss 2006-02-27, 10:56 am |
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I agree Melinda....Liz's home is really a gem unlike the cookie-cutter
houses we have in Levittown. I wish I hadn't been in such a rush to
have a house when we were looking 30 years ago. We bought this thinking
this was our "starter home" and here we are 30 years later still in it.
Barbara
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| Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send 2006-02-27, 10:56 am |
| bsptss wrote:
> I agree Melinda....Liz's home is really a gem unlike the cookie-cutter
> houses we have in Levittown. I wish I hadn't been in such a rush to
> have a house when we were looking 30 years ago. We bought this thinking
> this was our "starter home" and here we are 30 years later still in it.
What I think is so wonderful is that it *is* a cookie-cutter house, but
there are enough changes made to it that it is unique.
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| bsptss 2006-02-27, 10:56 am |
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I don't think Liz's house was a cookie-cutter house. Here in Levittown,
PA we have 4 types of houses and that's it. They were built in the
1950s mainly to accomodate all the steelworkers who were moving here to
work in the newly opened Fairless Hills Steel Mill. In Liz's
neighborhood I did not see identical houses, which is what I really
loved about her neighborhood. Take our development, Mill Creek
Falls...there must be 150 identical houses in this section. Each
section had the same identical type homes. Levitt never mixed the four
types of houses he offered...each section contained only one style. Now
30 years later of course not many resemble the original homes, but when
first built they were all identical.
Okay Liz....cookie cutter or not cookie cutter???
Barbara
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bsptss
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"bsptss" <bsptss.23vz0j@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I don't think Liz's house was a cookie-cutter house. Here in Levittown,
> PA we have 4 types of houses and that's it. They were built in the
> 1950s mainly to accomodate all the steelworkers who were moving here to
> work in the newly opened Fairless Hills Steel Mill. In Liz's
> neighborhood I did not see identical houses, which is what I really
> loved about her neighborhood. Take our development, Mill Creek
> Falls...there must be 150 identical houses in this section. Each
> section had the same identical type homes. Levitt never mixed the four
> types of houses he offered...each section contained only one style. Now
> 30 years later of course not many resemble the original homes, but when
> first built they were all identical.
>
> Okay Liz....cookie cutter or not cookie cutter???
>
> Barbara
Both! They were definitely cookie cutter when built in the mid 50s - the
typical split level homes that were so popular (at least in the Philly
suburbs) during that era. Even when we moved here in 1971 most of the homes
were the same, differing only by paint color. But over the years as people
have built on additions, most of the houses now have their own distinct
personality. On my street, which has 9 houses, only three remain the basic
house, and of the approximately 100 houses in the neighborhood, I'd guess
there are only 10 in total that have remained unaltered.
Liz
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| bsptss 2006-02-28, 10:54 am |
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Chalk one up for Melinda. Your neighborhood, Liz, has certainly come a
long way from the 50s. I would've never guessed it.
Barbara
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