I hate this market (Oceanside: condo, homes, square footage)

[KarenBo]

Originally Posted by modmondays

why ON EARTH would you have given an offer in "the middle of their price range" when CLEARLY they listed a LOWER PRICE IN THE RANGE.....that is absolutely MIND BOGGLING....sorry, no offense but it IS!!!!!!

I never said I started at the middle of the range. I started at the low end and when they countered at the high end I moved up. Why all the caps? I feel like you are shouting at me over something that has nothing to do with you personally. You might mean no offense by it, but it is somewhat offensive.

[KarenBo]

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

Oh, about Range Pricing... we HATE IT! We hate it because it immediately starts the guessing game of "What does this seller REALLY want for this house? Is the lower number rock-bottom or just a ploy?" We've looked at 4 range-priced houses. The most recent was in Hauppauge and the range price was between $539something and $590K. That's a 49K spread! We offered 550K, figuring they were looking for something in the middle, and were countered with 580K. We gave them a final of 570K which was the absolute top of our range and in our opinion 10K more than the house was worth. They said they couldn't consider anything less than 580K. We said have a nice day. What the blank-blank-blank was the point of range-pricing down to 539K if they never intended to take less than 580K?????!!!!

I believe it was Prudential who began the range-pricing gimmick back in the late 1990s and we've noticed it's Prudential who still seems to use it the most although some others do too.

Exactly my point. Why bother with a price range that you wouldn't even consider. Then one of the houses dropped their price range - both ends of it even though our latest offer was already above their bottom price. They still want 10K more than we want to spend considering the amount of work it needs (and I mean needs not stuff I'd want to do).

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by dman72

$739 for door knobs? Somebody got hosed!!

If you've put a lot of money into the appearance of the home, the last thing you want to do is cut corners on something that everyone will see when they enter the home. That is probably what the homeowner was thinking.

[GigiBowman]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

If you've put a lot of money into the appearance of the home, the last thing you want to do is cut corners on something that everyone will see when they enter the home. That is probably what the homeowner was thinking.

Actually she bought these things for herself. She decided two weeks ago that she could not stand another day of New York weather, called the moving men, packed up her stuff and left. Called me to put her house up for sale. She tried twice to live here, but she hates it. The door knobs, shades etc...were what she picked out for herself.

Doesn't matter what she does at this point.....the whole thing --moving here, buying a house, fixing it up, leaving --she's taking a huge loss no matter what she does. When she bought it in the fall of 2006, I sware it was the last house sold on long island for an overbloated price that needed to be fixed up.....before the bottom started falling. So basically she paid $950,000 for a house (between cost and repairs) that will most likely sell for way less then she paid for it.


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[ClarkStreetKid]

That is one sweet house! What's the square footage?

[GigiBowman]

Originally Posted by clarkstreetkid

that is one sweet house! What's the square footage?

3000

[AndreaII]

Gigi- I saw it before your ad was cut - that house doesn't look like 3000 sq. ft. from the exterior pictures. Does that figure include garage and basement? It's a pretty house, but it looks small from the outside shots; have to say that the inside shots look larger than you'd expect.

[GigiBowman]

Originally Posted by AndreaII

Gigi- I saw it before your ad was cut - that house doesn't look like 3000 sq. ft. from the exterior pictures. Does that figure include garage and basement? It's a pretty house, but it looks small from the outside shots; have to say that the inside shots look larger than you'd expect.

It just looks small from the outside but the rooms are large.

It just rented for $3,500 (option to buy) so it's going off the market for now.

[GigiBowman]

know what's so funny about this site...you can help other's by promoting other people...but you can't help others by promoting yourself lol. Makes no sense.

I can give the phone numbers of The Polish People who clean houses, or the Mold people who find the mold or the Inspector or the Lawyer......
but I can't give my own site when someone comes in begging for a rental (when that is what I do lol)......

gotta love government --big or small

[TristansMommy]

Originally Posted by dman72

I've noticed that too..almost every house in other areas lists square footage. It's annoying. I'm sure it has something with trying to get around taxes or something.

NY is a very litigious state.. and particularly on LI. Square footage information provided by public records/county records is inaccurate at best. Most realtors are afraid to display that information because it simply isn't very accurate. God forbid you list a house with saying it's 2000 square feet and it is really 1800.. then get sued.