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Flipper Goes Insane--Pimps out Concord House
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2012 Dec 6, 12:03pm 21,719 views 36 comments
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Concord is a dump. Most of the bay area is a dump. 1970s/ early 1980s junk buildings everywhere, most homes are shacks, mold, asbestos in deterioration, and horrible elementary schools and high schools. Its a god damned nightmare. Within 24 months of departure.
Goran_K
2012 Dec 11, 2:10am
Concord is a dump. Most of the bay area is a dump. 1970s/ early 1980s junk buildings everywhere, most homes are shacks, mold, asbestos in deterioration, and horrible elementary schools and high schools. Its a god damned nightmare. Within 24 months of departure.
The dot-com bubble, and housing bubble have forever changed the Bay Area. The Bay Area I knew in the 90s is a completely different place. Even with all the base closures and a recession, it was never this bad.
leo707
2012 Dec 11, 2:38am
E-man. No they are not. Those are looong skid marks with skips from spinning tires. At the end, it curves almost into a neighbor's house. Put the little orange man on the road and go a few houses down.
Yep, use street view. They are most defiantly skid marks, you can even see the power-line shadows on the street as well.
Tenpoundbass
2012 Dec 11, 2:59am
HOA $25 a month.
I love it, not a deal breaker, but JUST enough to allow a panel of pathetic losers tell everyone around them how to live.
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3 8:41pm Thu 6 Dec 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like DislikeE-man. No they are not. Those are looong skid marks with skips from spinning tires. At the end, it curves almost into a neighbor's house. Put the little orange man on the road and go a few houses down.
I saw shadows from power lines, no skid marks. If they are skid marks they appear to be from a bicycle.
rufita11
2012 Dec 11, 3:18am
@swebb --Did you go to street view and actually walk the street? That is how you get to see the most interesting and alarming stuff.
epitaph
2012 Dec 11, 3:23am
HOA $25 a month.
I love it, not a deal breaker, but JUST enough to allow a panel of pathetic losers tell everyone around them how to live.
I don't care if the HOA pays me fees, the HOA itself is a dealbreaker.
I like being able to change my own oil in the driveway.
FortWayne
2012 Dec 11, 4:00am
Looks like a lot of work was put into the house, it looks very luxurious. However, there are lot of items simply not listed and potential buyers should ask about.
His description says nothing about fundamentals of the house such as electrical, plumbing, roof, central air... if those things are old and need work that's a major expense waiting to happen. If it's on a slab, plumbing work will not be cheap, and 1953 usually means there are old cast iron pipes that have rotten away and will often clog and leak.
There is carpet on the floor in some places. If the house is 1953 usually it means there is asbestos tile (which was popular during that time) right under the carpet (as most owners simply covered it instead of replacing it).
Tenpoundbass
2012 Dec 11, 4:05am
There is carpet on the floor in some places. If the house is 1953 usually it means there is asbestos tile (which was popular during that time) right under the carpet (as most owners simply covered it instead of replacing it).
As an ex Carpet installer, thankfully the common thing here in South Florida at the time was a choice of Green Avocado high-low/sculpture carpet on a concrete slab or bare terrazzo.
tatupu70
2012 Dec 11, 4:23am
Yep, use street view. They are most defiantly skid marks, you can even see the power-line shadows on the street as well.
I looked and they sure looked like power line shadows to me. They are VERY thin to be skid marks. And it's very odd that the "skid" marks just happen to be directly below power lines...
Homeboy
2012 Dec 11, 4:46pm
I looked and they sure looked like power line shadows to me. They are VERY thin to be skid marks. And it's very odd that the "skid" marks just happen to be directly below power lines...
You are looking in the wrong place. There are skid marks in the street. There are also shadows from power lines, but those are IN ADDITION to the skid marks.
This house is a tacky bunch of shit. Fit and finish throughout screams Lowes. The structure is a stick frame salt box with some gingerbread slapped on. Soulless and bland and frankly depressing.
When will people learn that big fat crown moldings and chair railing in a room with 8' ceilings is oppressive and diabolical? The "fancy" cut tile in pic #22 makes me constipated.
The ultimate in bad taste.
Street view, 3 houses down the one with the open garage. Looks like the gangbanger is flipping off the google car :-D. Nice Hood!!!!!
Huh? Walk north for a few properties past the overgrown lot with the delivery truck and you will definitely see car skid marks running down the road. No question.
I would also never buy with a HOA but friends had told me that they aren't really enforcers. The HOA is really to care for the community pool and park. A nice option which I was able to occasionally use on a day pass.
I found the house that I was overbid on: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Concord/2136-Dena-Dr-94519/home/685242 The same people are still there, most likely underwater. $469,500 July 2004. If I recall, ask was $400k and I bid $415k.
New Renter
2012 Dec 12, 12:51am
Concord is a dump. Most of the bay area is a dump. 1970s/ early 1980s junk buildings everywhere, most homes are shacks, mold, asbestos in deterioration, and horrible elementary schools and high schools. Its a god damned nightmare. Within 24 months of departure.
The fortress is nice(er)
I saw shadows from power lines, no skid marks. If they are skid marks they appear to be from a bicycle.
I thought the same thing until I moved up the street a bit.
The skid marks are running lengthwise down the street. They are clearly automotive skid marks.
E-man. No they are not. Those are looong skid marks with skips from spinning tires. At the end, it curves almost into a neighbor's house. Put the little orange man on the road and go a few houses down.
Street view, 3 houses down the one with the open garage. Looks like the gangbanger is flipping off the google car :-D. Nice Hood!!!!!
I don't think he is flipping off the car. It looks like he is talking on his cell with one hand while holding something in the other.
FortWayne
2012 Dec 12, 3:06am
There is carpet on the floor in some places. If the house is 1953 usually it means there is asbestos tile (which was popular during that time) right under the carpet (as most owners simply covered it instead of replacing it).
As an ex Carpet installer, thankfully the common thing here in South Florida at the time was a choice of Green Avocado high-low/sculpture carpet on a concrete slab or bare terrazzo.
I wish they did that here. CA, mostly up North, used asbestos for insulation. A lot of it is still around these days. When we bought our place we found some of the left over gems in our place too (as usual just covered by carpet since the owner was too afraid to remove it himself).
rufita11
2012 Dec 12, 3:42am
Huh? Walk north for a few properties past the overgrown lot with the delivery truck and you will definitely see car skid marks running down the road. No question.
I would also never buy with a HOA but friends had told me that they aren't really enforcers. The HOA is really to care for the community pool and park. A nice option which I was able to occasionally use on a day pass.
I found the house that I was overbid on: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Concord/2136-Dena-Dr-94519/home/685242 The same people are still there, most likely underwater. $469,500 July 2004. If I recall, ask was $400k and I bid $415k.
Looks like you dodged a bullet, literally and financially. Additionally, that high school has been a zoo for a couple decades now.
Homeboy
2012 Dec 12, 3:49am
I don't think he is flipping off the car. It looks like he is talking on his cell with one hand while holding something in the other.
But check out the other guy, in the dark shirt, a couple frames down the street. I had the same thought - maybe he's flipping the bird, but it's too blurry to tell for sure.
SkyPirate
2012 Dec 12, 4:29am
This is a very nice part of NorCal.
I'm from Atlanta and that neighborhood looks pretty nice. I find it hard to believe that landscaping this good is in a bad part of town.
But hey, I know nothing about CA. Maybe gang-bangers enjoy gardening and planting roses when they aren't busy doing drive-bys.
SkyPirate
2012 Dec 12, 4:40am
These flowers must be some kind of a narcotic to belong in this ghetto neighborhood...
Restoring antique cars must be a good way to launder money...
Perhaps this is a whore-house...
SkyPirate
2012 Dec 12, 4:40am
Mafia:
Kidnapper:
Axe-murderer:
Actually wait... what IS this? I'm not being sarcastic anymore. What's the story here:
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says
It needs a trapeze in the living room so harem members can hang from the ceiling and their sister wives take turns eating them out.
AF, that is uncalled for. zombies and cannibals, please.
This house is a tacky bunch of shit. Fit and finish throughout screams Lowes. The structure is a stick frame salt box with some gingerbread slapped on. Soulless and bland and frankly depressing.
When will people learn that big fat crown moldings and chair railing in a room with 8' ceilings is oppressive and diabolical? The "fancy" cut tile in pic #22 makes me constipated.
The ultimate in bad taste.
@Philistine That belongs on the Best of Page. I wish I could like your comment 10 times. Hilarious!
I don't think he is flipping off the car. It looks like he is talking on his cell with one hand while holding something in the other.
You need to go forward just a little more, and the guy on the left looks like he is flipping off the camera :)
zzyzzx
2012 Dec 13, 12:24pm
His description says nothing about fundamentals of the house such as electrical, plumbing, roof, central air.
It's because most buyers are too stupid to look past bling.
CashWillCrash
2013 Jan 14, 12:52pm
Redfin shows the listing as "pending", does that mean a psychic evaluation should be done on the buyer rather than the flipper? However, Zillow shows that the Price of $589,950 was only the "MAKE ME MOVE" price (owner's fantasy price) and about a week later it sold for $173,000 which looks like a short sale since the previous sales price shows as $346,000. Guess a reader with real MLS access can lookup the truth on this beauty...
JodyChunder
2013 Jan 14, 12:55pm
The satellite image seems to show the backyard with one of those tents the police erect when digging up bodies. And what's with the crazy hobo/picker/junkyard neighbour?
Heh. Sounds like my people...you can keep the cashmere-socks-and-kale-chips crowd. Gimme the killers and abortion clinic bombers. They're just more fun to be around.
rufita11
2013 Jan 15, 5:46am
This listing is PENDING. So I guess this flipper has won.
Wait until it closes before making such a declaration.
MAGA
2013 Jan 21, 6:35am
I'll never understand the Bay Area. The weather was nice and all, I had some great friends in the area, but those prices.
Good to be back in Texas.
This flip is all pimped out. I have no idea why anyone would do this to a house in that neighborhood. A psych eval may be in order. http://www.redfin.com/CA/Concord/2116-Dena-Dr-94519/home/1769831
Go to Google street view and check out the neighbors along with the skid marks on the road--obviously from the same car lovin' neighbors.