STUNNING bay area mega-mansion hits the market for $2.2 million

I'll take my neighborhood.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/868-Middle-Fork-Trl-Suwanee-GA-30024/62037417_zpid/

And $500k gets you a 6,000 sq foot house.

Old joker dude wrote:

I'll take my neighborhood.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/868-Middle-Fork-Trl-Suwanee-GA-30024/62037417_zpid/

And $500k gets you a 6,000 sq foot house.

Whoever designed that place has some impeccable taste, I really appreciate the window drapes on the bathtub... I think the master bedroom could have used a third tier of coffers though, and the den probably needs more wood.

Also like the table lamps next to the bathroom sinks, helps you see your baby better when giving it a bath.. just hope he doesn't flail around too much!

Flagpole,

Not that I want anymore folks moving here, but we see quite a few California license plates here in the Treasure Valley of Idaho. In fact a couple just moved in down the street from Silicon Valley.

Igy

foo wrote:

A smart Stanford grad will have the down payment in 3 years and will own the house outright in 10. Then everything he/she makes after that is gravy. Meanwhile, the truck driver will get pathetic 1% cost-of-living increase annually and after 10 years will find out his job is being eliminated. He/she will have a mid-life crisis and reflect that maybe he/she should have stayed in school a little longer.

BTW, supply and demand dictates why this house costs $2.2 million in one part of the country and $70k in another. So what do you think are the reasons why demand is so high in one area and so low in another?

This is the correct answer. I'm 44, I made $733k this year. I used to live in the Silicon Valley but have since lived in NY, London and San Francisco. I live in a home that's worth about $1.5 million... it's not huge... 3 bedrooms... about 1200 sq ft. But it's near great restaurants, cafes, shopping, in one of the most vibrant cities in the world.

I used to work 70+ hours per week. But now I probably don't work more than 20 actual hours of "work". I probably am doing "work things" for another 30 hours... but those "work things" are stuff like taking clients to really great dinners in fine restaurants, taking them to sporting events like the world series, or Wimbledon, speaking at conferences in places like Dubai and Paris, or whatever. I have two daughters and I show up to every music recital, parent-teacher meeting, sporting event, etc. I have both money and time.

And yet, 15 years ago, when I quit my job to go get an Ivy League MBA, my former boss told me I was a fool.

[cough] bull$hit! [cough]

itchythroat wrote:

[quote]Run007xx wrote:

it's not huge...... about 1200 sq ft.

[cough] bull$hit! [cough]

Don't they have a show on tv about those?

I think it's called Tiny Homes.

nagoya wrote:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Carlos/2780-Bromley-Dr-94070/home/1306458

You could get that for $140K in most parts of the Midwest.

People think that owning a house in an astronomically expensive zip code makes other people envious (this is often the motivating factor in having one).

I think there are 2 types of opinions that others have:

(1) 90% of people just see a par or sub-par house and aren't envious at all.

(2) The other 10% of status-conscious people who are envious of the fact that you have enough money to qualify to own the house, but aren't envious of the actual house or location.