Comments on: Spanish-style

By: BSinOside

BSinOside — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:39:26 +0000

About the Hunter S. Thompson thing…

Yeah Jim, go out and buy a white 1971 Caddy convertible like the one in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. Either that or a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle !

By: JordanT

JordanT — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:54:04 +0000

That still means that it’s the most profitable way to develop land though. Even without the fees why would you leave money on the table as a developer?

By: CA renter

CA renter — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:46:02 +0000

JordanT, from what I gather, the “big house on a small lot” thing was driven by the cities/counties heaping huge development fees that made it only profitable to build huge houses on postage-stamp lots. While I have no love for the big builders, they didn’t create that mess by themselves.
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IMHO, when the politicians court the big developers and builders, the current “neo-taco” (thanks, UCGal) junk is exactly what we get.

I’d love to see an end to the big developers and builders. Just sell lots to people who want to build their own custom homes. Too bad there’s too much $$$$$ to be made by the politicians/govt and developers.

By: desmo

desmo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:03:04 +0000

My brother owned the house in Encinitas, (the one pictured at the start). Old crappy house, he did make some improvements to it, but it was a POS. He was single at the time. He went in the bathroom one night and found a raccoon hanging from the ceiling! The giant pine tree out front is a disaster, dropping sap and needles all year long. You needed that old Jeep that was for sale just to get up the driveway over the roots.

By: Art Eclectic

Art Eclectic — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:03:10 +0000

I’ll be Clearfund would be able to tell us some stories…..

By: JordanT

JordanT — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:37:43 +0000

Keep in mind that homes built in the 1920-1940 era were NOT tract homes–they were built one-by-one. Maybe they should go back to that???

There’s just less money in that, then building big houses on as small a lot as possible.

By: Jinx

Jinx — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:17 +0000

I know those homes – those are some of my favorites in Oceanside. Id buy there in a heartbeat if I didn’t have to worry about schools.

By: Local Boy

Local Boy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:50:44 +0000

Keep in mind that homes built in the 1920-1940 era were NOT tract homes–they were built one-by-one. Maybe they should go back to that??? Sell lots with the utilities stubbed-up and let the homeowner do the rest (subject to some CCR’s)Might work well in some parts of town.

By: UCGal

UCGal — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:42 +0000

There’s something really nice about the original spanish style bungalows from the 20’s-40’s… Compare that to the neo-taco “spanish style” tract homes they’re building now. I’ll take the smaller original any day.

(My husband, an architect, says that the term neo-taco is actually used among architects, behind the customer’s back, to describe what the customer is demanding these days.)

By: Locomotive Breath

Locomotive Breath — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:33 +0000

San Diegans under-appreciate the classic Spanish-style homes in the area…glad to see Jim giving them the attention they deserve.

I think it takes a few years of living in other areas of the country to truly appreciate them.

I think adding the Jeep beside the 66 would truly seal the deal on Jim being the real-estate Hunter Thomas. He could even throw a Vette engine in it to make a matching set…