We have known Jim & Donna Klinge for over a dozen years, having met them in Carlsbad where our children went to the same school. As long time North County residents, it was a no- brainer for us to have the Klinges be our eyes and ears for San Diego real estate in general and North County in particular. As my military career caused our family to move all over the country and overseas to Asia, Europe and the Pacific, we trusted Jim and Donna to help keep our house in Carlsbad rented with reliable and respectful tenants for over 10 years.
Naturally, when the time came to sell our beloved Carlsbad home to pursue a rural lifestyle in retirement out of California, we could think of no better team to represent us than Jim and Donna. They immediately went to work to update our house built in 2004 to current-day standards and trends — in 2 short months they transformed it into a literal modern-day masterpiece. We trusted their judgement implicitly and followed 100% of their recommended changes. When our house finally came on the market, there was a blizzard of serious interest, we had multiple offers by the third day and it sold in just 5 days after a frenzied bidding war for 20% above our asking price! The investment we made in upgrades recommended by Jim and Donna yielded a 4-fold return, in the process setting a new high water mark for a house sold in our community.
In our view, there are no better real estate professionals in all of San Diego than Jim and Donna Klinge. Buying or selling, you must run and beg Jim and Donna Klinge to represent you! Our family will never forget Jim, Donna, and their whole team at Compass — we are forever grateful to them.
Loved the tour. All good ideas. Not all collectively possible IMO. $350k at minimum also IMO. Keep in mind the 24′ lanai span is $20k engineer, $40k structural enhancements and $60k glass. That same engineer will tell you if the half step up can be erased by your team of international excavators. Keep the overhang roof and just box it in. Think thermal load especially with the wall of windows. Another idea might be pushing the retaining wall at the front towards the street another 6 feet to make the spot useful. Rare to see a driveway as big as mine.
I was thinking of throwing a couple of sticks in there so the span wouldn’t be the full 24’.
Three 8’ spans?
Add another $50,000 plus for new windows. Those windows are 45 yrs old already. How about the roof condition ? Time to get that done ? Easily a year