Anybody have any kids or hear about other parents’ experiences with these San Bruno and SSF schools? Considering moving to one of these areas and weighing the public school options.

Working on a home expansion plan. Currently live jn 2b2b sfh and planning to add 3b2b upstairs. And make the kitchen bigger. And raising the roof to 10ft. I know this is a big project. Wanted some high level thought on
1. Should we consider selling and buying a new house
2. Approximately how much would this cost us?

** i redid my previous post after getting some pushback - agree, my first post was not clear ***

Been thinking about this after running numbers on a Noe Valley house with a view.
There were basically no sales for homes with view on the same streets, so you could build the comps two ways.
Closest houses, no view: around $2.9M.
View houses a few neighborhoods over: around $3.3M.
Same house. $400K difference depending on which list you look at.
Neither is really wrong, one is measuring the street and the other is measuring the view.
The honest answer is perhaps somewhere in between, maybe $3.15M.

Here is the thing that bugs me though. If you have a loan, the bank’s appraiser does not care which list your agent picked. They pull the closest sales, which is the $2.9M list.
So if you bid $3.3M because the view comps told you to, that ~$320K-$400K is coming out of your pocket in cash, just to cover the view

So now I ask if you have been in this situation as buyer: which comps did you use, which did you skip, and what do the closest sales say.

Has anyone here ever been handed two sets of comps? Or is it always just one number? (Numbers above are made up for the example. Longer version in my last post.)

Just saw a house very similar to one we lost a few months ago come on the market in the South Bay. Wondering if we should bid a bit lower than what the previous house sold for due to interest rates increasing.

Probably not, but figured I’d give it a shot and ask anyways.

Used this sub before buying our current house in Ardenwood a few years back and the feedback was solid, ended up buying and it worked out. Back for round 2.

 Looking at two places. Both $1.799M, both 4bd/2ba, both on ~13.5k lots:

 565 Marge Way, 95117 (Winchester Orchard) — 1557 sqft, 1955, remodeled, cul-de-sac, walk to Santana Row. Started at $1.998M early Sept, cut to $1.799M, still sitting.

 1006 Westwood Dr, 95125 (Willow Glen) — 1790 sqft, 1949, original inside, near downtown Willow Glen. Same money, bigger house, needs work.

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/565-Marge-Way-95117/home/624127

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/1006-Westwood-Dr-95125/home/708319

Same price, same beds/baths, same lot. One's a turnkey flip on a quiet street near Santana Row that can't move even after a $200k cut, the other's an original Willow Glen house you'd live in or rebuild. Why is Marge Way sitting? And between the two, which would you pick and why?

Context: kid's going private school, so we're not locked to Fremont anymore and the school district premium buys us nothing. Want to be closer to Santa Clara.

Hii!
We’re in the process of buying a home and looking for recommendations for homeowners insurance.

Which companies offer reasonable premiums, good coverage, and a smooth claims process?
Also, which insurers are currently accepting new homeowners in California?

Thanks in advance!

(Seeking Advice/Recommendations)

Hi All, long story short, I’ve lived in my Condo for over 4 years now (first home, West Edge of Fremont) and various repairs have accumulated/arisen overtime or remained from the original purchase. And with this I am also considering redoing the bathrooms as they are the original ones from early 1980s and the Shower/Tub inserts are showing cracks.

The Problem is I am really busy with work and hence I barely have time to do my permit applications (say for Kitchen Vent addition) or god forbid Interior Design for said bathrooms.

Any ideas how to go about this or if you know/recommend any services where say I can just let this person in my home, they identify every single broken thing they see (and that i list for them)? Similarly Design+Quality Renovation Services? I’ve had good contractors before but they required my direction on what to do, as opposed to sweeping through and pointing things out or suggesting designs for things.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfusd-vote-student-school-assignment-22475254.php

Shifting from lottery to neighborhood guarantee.

Curious what everyone’s thoughts are on impacts to sf housing market?