CB, shoddy work like that make all flippers look bad… I hope your buyers realize the quality of the product they are getting is way above the typical quick flip grade! You are a designer and remodeler, not a flipper!!
I’ve never seen a stove that close to a fridge before. The shower tile really looks poor. Definitely does not look llike a $1MM home that I’d be interested in. Your home is MUCH nicer in all respects.
My first apartment in Manhattan had a kitchen that was a converted closet. Even then, the stove and the fridge were separated by about a foot of counter and the sink.
HImom, I agree. I don’t like the mixed use of tile in the bathroom. The the shower floor looks mismatched. Terrible.
CB, is the picture of the retaining wall in the Newell home? or your project? I would be worried during the rainy season. Especially if el nino arrives this winter as predicted.
The retaining wall is at the Newell home. CB’s flip will wash down the hill instead of the hill washing down on it. 
Here’s a $1,500,000 fixer in my neighborhood - they’re certainly honest about the current condition; apparently it may be too dangerous to enter! http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-150038244-4375_Bermuda_San_Diego_CA_92107
That fixer on Bermuda has a long history of owner doing everything to postpone foreclosure. He didnt pay mortgage since about 2008. Filed bankruptcy 3 times to avoid foreclosure. Ensconsed in that house with No Trespassing signs and hoarded stuff inside.
He evidently scammed a lot of people with fraudulant borrowing of real estate loans to flip houses during the bubble. Kept lying to bankruprcy judge that he was getting a job to start paying back mortgage.
It finally went to foreclosure auction in January and sold for $840,000. It took buyers over 4 months to get prior owners out. All they did was clear everything out, pull weeds and put it on the market. I have no idea why they didnt do the remodel.
I dont think they are going to get anywhere close to $1.5 million for that mess.
It definitely looks like someone started to fix it. Expensive kitchen, by the looks of it.
hell of a view!!!
Prior owners started to fix it. Probably were going to flip it at some point before their over extended world collapsed around them.
That house has braces around it - is that normal?!
Well, it’ll be a good deal for someone. Once it’s fixed up and beautiful, what could it sell for?
$2.5 million? http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-150044089-4437_Granger_San_Diego_CA_92107 $5 million? http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-150015726-4343_Osprey_St_San_Diego_CA_92107
I think the “ladder” on the patio of the house on Newell is to make a buyer think they could actually get up on the slope and plant things, or pull weeds, or in some way prevent the dirt slope above landing on the patio in an El Niño downpour (yes, hopeful for this winter!)
The house on Bermuda, fixed up, will get about $1.3 to $1.5 million, depending on whether they expand to a second story to take advantage of views or add square footage. It will not command $2 million ( of course I could be wrong, but I’ve lived here 20 years)
For example, Zillow values it $1.4 million based on 3/2 and existing square footage. If they add square footage or go up a 2nd story to get outstanding views (the views are average for the street with current configuration) then it could add a couple of hundred thousand
IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS!
After viewing a couple of other flips, I have loaded some photos on how incredible my countertop installer is. He does excellent work and you can see it in the details. For example, the waterfall quartz on the side of the island counter at Newell has horrendous sanding and scratching where the two pieces meet. My agent came over to the project today and marveled at how gorgeous the workmanship was on our waterfall and countertop quartz installation. I loaded detailed photos. I’m especially happy that I decided to pay $200 extra to have ‘return’ pieces put inside the water fall drop at the overhang area. At first, we could see about 12" of the inside/back side of the granite and I decided to have him fabricate pieces to put on the inside. He seamed the two and you just cannot even see a seam where the inside piece is melded to the waterfall piece - just excellent! I love it
He insisted that we needed to add a high backsplash around the post in the island to make it waterproof and I agree with him.
I wish I had your guy for my kitchen remodel. When I pointed out the crapy seam by the sink his response was " I’ve seen lots worse"
PM me if you are in the DFW area for a “who not to chose”!
Landscape Designer
I met with the Landscape Designer today and I took some pictures of his plan. He has a lot of money spread around the house, some of it I cannot afford to do. But here are the highlights that I really liked:
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Build a cool gate with some design across the top of the driveway. This is a really good idea and my agent agrees that it is money well spent. It will elongate the house and will block a view down the steep driveway. It will provide privacy below on the parking patio. He did not provide a gate design so I asked him for a cool gate design
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Extend the little fence to the left of the one car garage to cover the collection of trash cans. We have 3 cans, one for trash, one for recycling and one for greenery. They just don’t fit behind there and it will be an excellent idea to extend it out to the left of the driveway. He added a gate but I don’t think I can spend the money for the gate. Right now that fencing area is in good condition but has lattice at the top. We will pull out the lattice and add a horizontal design that matches the gate design
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Create a walkway from the curb to the front door. His design is trying to elongate the front yard to make it appear that it is larger than it is.
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Front yard design involves a lot of expensive poured concrete terraces to provide contrast. I need to decide if poured concrete is more or less expensive that concrete block terracing. He has included two sculpture or water feature areas - I cannot afford that
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Cut all the decking back and only have a deck at the left of the front door. He suggested a built in bench up on the deck area but my agent and I think that it will make the decking area appear too small and is not necessary
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He suggested only a deck area behind the French door opening in the back downstairs and then concrete pavers through planted area over to the parking patio
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He suggested raised planters on parking patio area, but I cannot do his suggested planters that block the driveway. Probably can only do raised planter along the side
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He suggested planting tall trees behind fencing along driveway to further block view to other house. Luckily his survey shows that we have about 12" outside the current driveway area inside our boundary so I can put fence posts and trees outside there
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His design shows plenty of room for a dining table out on the parking patio. After placing some seating there and analyzing the view, we have decided that the last 6 ft of fencing should only be about 3 or 4 ft tall
I have asked him to please provide an elevation view, photos that kind of show what his design is, gate design, garage door design and I am going to ask him for ideas on how to change the front of the house/coloring to modernize the curb appeal.
Photos loaded of his plans
I like the landscape plans.
Are you married to the 12x12 pavers? I think it makes a pretty boring pattern for patios and walkways. Check out some of the patterns on here, for example:
http://www.idealconcreteblock.com/patios.html
This company is in the northeast but I would imagine there are similar companies in SD.
Did I miss how he is covering the meters?