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So I walked the lot yesterday because I was curious about the abandoned backhoe (see aerial imagery). The area just west of the house is piled with junk - rotting wood, rebar, tarps, a mound of plaster, a rusting car door, beer cans, brush ... the backhoe itself is rusting and the shovel is filled with stagnant water and what look to me like many mosquito larvae.

I reported this to code enforcement and the mosquito abatement district.

My neighbor had walked through during an open house. She said it was an 'ugly' design, no flow, standard home depot fixtures, and while it has never been occupied (officially) it was quite dirty. All this for $3.6 million. Having walked the lot, I can't image why these people thought they should put the house where they did, and face it east toward the bay taking no advantage of the northern view of San Francisco. The large area of the lot to the west is the best for building, it's the flat part of the lot! I can only suppose they planned to split the lot and stick another house up there once they made their initial killing.

For me, this house is emblematic of the housing bubble in the bay area.

cevansnh says

This is comical... 5,500 sq ft.. if we assume 200/ft that's $1.1 mil... about right

looks to back up to the San Andreas fault... good luck with that.

Quite near I280... I am sure the sound of traffic is soothing to the ears.

went by this house yesterday. Still unoccupied.
BTW, around here, it's $450-600/sq foot, depending on the neighborhood.