Here are the detached closings for Del Mar, 92014, between Jan 1 and July 22:
| Year | # of sales | Avg $/sf |
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 |
Last month there were 17 sales, averaging $607/sf.
There are 138 detached homes for sale currently, and those list prices are averaging $1,006/sf:
You nailed it, JtR! When I saw that push lawn mover in back, I cracked up…
It might be said its an end of an era. People doing what they wanted without government intervention. California used to be a place where you could build what you wanted, not what Shea or Pulte or KB or any of the other bad builders thought was the newest flavor with zero lot lines to sell to the masses. Have we lost something? I say yes and it ain’t good.
…$1.2 million. That’s… stunning.
Pall Mall? I was thinking Tareyton, and he`d be throwing back a Lucky lager.
Classic, just freegin CLASSIC. That was funny. thx Jim
Lol at that suicide bed! There are zero parents that would let their kids use that now. Back in the day though that was a perfectly acceptable use of space. My uncle had one and I got to sleep in it whenever I stayed there and I thought it was so cool!
Daniel at #2. It’s not a government thing it’s a population and demand thing. That lot with that view is much too valuable (because there are so many people willing to pay for it) to have a house like that sitting on it. It is a sad thing when that happens but it’s inevitable.
Jim you forgot the Deluxe Big Boy BBQ with motor and spit, top warming box, and built in thermometer. The whole thing came in a box that you had to put together. That was middle class living.
@5 MB Mike: +1! But it needs more ice-cream-truck.
BBQ? It might be an age thing?
My grandparents didn’t barbeque, and never went out to dinner. It was always a home-cooked meal from the kitchen, with occasional dining al fresco.
But Grandad Klinge used to make his own ice cream!
swm,
Yes on the Tareytons!
My aunt and uncle smoked Tareytons, my Grandma smoked the Pall Mall non-filters, and my Mom smoked Larks.
“Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_Tareyton_smokers_would_rather_fight_than_switch!
Probably bought the house for about 9 grand in 55 and the only upgrade since was the weber grill about 20 years ago, probably a christmas gift.
my grandfather used to make ice cream for us growing up, using one of these:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/uploadedImages/articles/online_articles/2007-09-01/Ice-Cream-Maker.jpg
Knotty pine = my fave.
More ice-cream truck! And cowbell….
To be honest, the house is a bit of a mess. It makes me wonder if any critical parts have been severely neglected over the decades.
As for the manual push mower, they’re still popular. No noise, high power spinning blades or gas fumes to worry about. The only catch is that the good ones are now more expensive than their cheapest gas powered equivalent.