I like that stairway–it’s very attractive the way you made it, with lots of light and open views. There really isn’t the dreaded tunnel effect and should have good visibility. Amazing job, CB!
Which picture shows the stairway in this house? The only one I saw was the one from the top looking down…no openings…or open views from the stairs.
Did I miss something?
On page 1 of the photos, about 1/2 way down the page. There’s a nice photo of the interior stairway with nice cutouts that appear to have glass in them, like windows to the stairway to let in more light. It’s a nice touch to reduce the tunnel, claustrophobia concern.
Maybe CB can clarify…but I don’t think she decided to put in cutouts on her staircase. Just lights.
I thought that photo of the stairway was from another house CB went to look at last week. No?
The photo of the stairway that I loaded recently was the project remodel in Pacific Beach (million dollar home). The objective of the photo was to show the flooring in Living Room - that is the Acacia style flooring that was under consideration. Those three photos (stairway/living, empty room, and Hoarder House kitchen floor) were to show the different colorings of flooring under consideration. The kitchen photo was showing how the upstairs oak floors will look after they are refinished - I’m going with the same tone.
A photo of this project’s staircase is on the 2nd page in the group titled “Staircase at 9am”. One of the things I am noticing is that I don’t think the stair lights got installed evenly down the stairs. Either it is an optical illusion, or one of them is out of whack and needs to be moved. Oh boy, another drywall patch coming 
Evenly as in distance above the tread or distance between lights?
Above the tread. If you look down the staircase, one of the lights does not seem to be following a straight diagonal line down
Oh. I would notice that. Glad that you will be fixing it.
In the picture titled ‘Staircase’ with this caption:
you can see the structure before the drywall goes up. Are the lights out of line because there is a stud in the way of symmetrical placement?
Most likely there is a stud in the way of the straight diagonal placement. But, it is so obvious that we will have to do something about it. I kept thinking it was an optical illusion (when we could have fixed it easily) but now, with drywall on, it is really annoying me.
It wouldn’t be the first time we had to open up the drywall and rearrange the lighting to the proper spot. Happens all the time in the bathrooms. Electrician will set it where I tell him to and then the vanity/mirrors get installed and the wiring is not perfect to where the light fixture needs to be mounted. Lots of little patches in the bathroom walls from moving the wiring around ! This is what bugs the guys more than anything. They think it is because I do not have exact plans and drawings. I don’t think that would make any difference, things just end up getting installed one or two inches off from what I thought. Of course it doesn’t help that I end up buying a vanity that has the sink located to the left, right or center from where I imagined. This means moving the dang plumbing also!
ASKING PRICE
Yesterday I spent a long time with my real estate agent getting ready for the sale. We are targeting October 13th for staging and everything will fall into place after that. We will probably be listed about Oct 17 to Oct 20. That gives us a tight deadline to get done, but I think we might make it. It is all dependent on how fast we can get the backordered flooring installed.
We reviewed all of the comps in the area. She focused on 4 bedroom houses. At this point in time there are only 3 four bedroom homes on the market under $1 million. One is horrible location, one is in old condition and the other one is just odd. I still do not know why the Spanish style house on Poinsettia is not selling, my agent is going to go preview it to see what is going on.
She came up with an asking price of $1,050,000. I feel it is way too high and said that we really need to tap into the market of buyers that are searching Point Loma for a house under $1 million. Sales for prices over a million, especially in the $1.2 and $1.3 mil range are slowing down. Anything under $1 million usually is snapped up quickly. I don’t have time to sit on market competing against the 5-6 houses priced over a million.
So, we are going to set asking price at $994,000 and see if we generate a buzz.
I based my analysis on two comparables that sold recently. Both of them have an advantage of two car garage and some usable yard space. But, they do not have the views. I’m hoping that will balance out. We cannot find anything that sold with same rock star views recently.
2980 Chatsworth sold on Friday for $1.06 million
3733 La Cresta, but this has the kiss of death of stairs up to house, sold really quick
I like a number of things with the La Cresta house. But not those stairs and what’s up with that tub?
The La Cresta house had multiple offers and sold quickly. I think the outdoor spaces and the nice doors opening to the outdoor patio sold it. The bathrooms need updating. It does have some views over the neighborhood to the East. The street is really pretty with lots of mature trees. It also is more removed from the airplane path/noise.
If you are willing to forgo the $50,000 difference between $1,050,000 and $995,000 (which, incidentally, was the number I had in mind as you were going through all of the renovations), then you will snag the “under $1 million” shoppers. However, despite the psychological barrier, I cannot imagine someone unwilling to look seriously at a $1.05 million house just because of the price difference within this band of comparably-priced homes. Just my opinion and approach, of course.
$50,000 in your pocket is a significant sum of money.
What does “under $1 million” really mean?
If it means “I’ll go up to $999,999” then they will be looking at bit over $1 million, because there may be some negotiation room or they will likely be willing to stretch a bit for a superior property.
If it means “anything starting with a 9 is pushing it and ideally an 8 would be better”, then you won’t see those buyers because $994K will be too high.
So from where I sit I’d be inclined to go with my agent’s recommendation for a week, then drop the price. If I was in CB’s seat with a few hundred $K of cash invested, my inclination might be different. 
The real question is, How many buyers are looking for a house like this, and if there is more than one, would they start a bidding war?