Bittu wrote:They started looking in Feb this year.

There is a lot of history and built-up turmoil leading to the current kolavari at SIL.

Bittu wrote:My hottie-but-annoying SIL bought a house on Friday.

Year Value Land   Improvements     Total Tax
2012 Assessed $528,042 + $350,488 = $878,530 $11,002

Date                 Event                   Price        Source Agents
05/19/1997 Sold view details $664,000 Public records

Single Family Residential
4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
2,257 sqft
Lot Size: 5,300 sqft
Built In 1925
Stories: 1 story
Heating
Parking: Garage
9 Rooms
1 Building
County: Santa Clara

Needs a new roof.
Needs plumbing in master bathroom (there is no water coming into this bathroom)
Several other repair jobs, about $150k.

They paid 2.1 mil. Are they idiots or are they now sitting on a pot of gold?!!

You know, if you have to be annoying you should be ugly. That way I can just write  you off and ignore you for the rest of your wretched life. If you hot AND annoying, that poses a problem. Constant tug of war. Give and take. Wax and wane. The best situation I can think of would be "rage sex" with SIL at some point. You know...rip off her clothes, slap her bum hard, roughly pummel her vag with my dong until she begs for mercy. Actually she'll only be able to whine and whimper because her mouth will be clamped up with duct tape. Wait, this sounds like rape. Maybe I need to get help. On-the-verge-of-rape counseling.

Vidya Bagchi wrote:note to self: increase your annoying factor, Vids.

garam_kuta wrote:
East Palo Alto ? I don't know about now, but those days I wouldn't take the 101 exit that passed through that area to reach my home at the other end closer to the University.

Petrichor wrote:a. there is only one direction that prices move in ca, esp. in palo alto

The Absolute Zero wrote:

Bittu wrote:TAZ this thread isn't for you buddy.

ROFL.  Anything I can put finger in and bargain, it is for me. Ah, OK? I have a newer, bigger and better house for far cheaper price than this $1.1m leaky joint in a different state and I am happy with it. Yup my heart is still beating. Wish it stops soon so I can get rid of all this money, naukri, parivar et al mess and take a new body. I am too bored already.

Went to desh and came back recently - went after several years and could not recognize most of the people. I miss desh and street side elachi chai. For $1.25 four of us could eat breakfast and coffee right next to our home in a decent tiffin center.

BTW check for the poly sat/un-sat fats in those biscuits and stay away if the content is had. Most indian companies ignore that content and it is not nutritionally required to be printed on labels. They are worse than the normal sat fats.

Vidya Bagchi wrote:

The Absolute Zero wrote:

Bittu wrote:TAZ this thread isn't for you buddy.

ROFL.  Anything I can put finger in and bargain, it is for me. Ah, OK? I have a newer, bigger and better house for far cheaper price than this $1.1m leaky joint in a different state and I am happy with it. Yup my heart is still beating. Wish it stops soon so I can get rid of all this money, naukri, parivar et al mess and take a new body. I am too bored already.

Went to desh and came back recently - went after several years and could not recognize most of the people. I miss desh and street side elachi chai. For $1.25 four of us could eat breakfast and coffee right next to our home in a decent tiffin center.

BTW check for the poly sat/un-sat fats in those biscuits and stay away if the content is had. Most indian companies ignore that content and it is not nutritionally required to be printed on labels. They are worse than the normal sat fats.

as a rule, I love anyone who can lecture bittu about money and health.

The Absolute Zero wrote:
ROFL.  Anything I can put finger in and bargain, it is for me. Ah, OK? I have a newer, bigger and better house for far cheaper price than this $1.1m leaky joint in a different state and I am happy with it. Yup my heart is still beating. Wish it stops soon so I can get rid of all this money, naukri, parivar et al mess and take a new body. I am too bored already.

The Absolute Zero wrote: I miss desh and street side elachi chai. For $1.25 four of us could eat breakfast and coffee right next to our home in a decent tiffin center.

The Absolute Zero wrote: BTW check for the poly sat/un-sat fats in those biscuits and stay away if the content is had. Most indian companies ignore that content and it is not nutritionally required to be printed on labels. They are worse than the normal sat fats.

ashaNirasha wrote:If they are spending 150k in improvements, can't they just tear down the house and build a new one, considering it was built in 1925? May be add another 150k, and they would have a brand new house, and they don't have to worry about all that lead and asbestos and crap.

ashaNirasha wrote:If they are spending 150k in improvements, can't they just tear down the house and build a new one, considering it was built in 1925? May be add another 150k, and they would have a brand new house, and they don't have to worry about all that lead and asbestos and crap.

Bittu wrote:

ashaNirasha wrote:If they are spending 150k in improvements, can't they just tear down the house and build a new one, considering it was built in 1925? May be add another 150k, and they would have a brand new house, and they don't have to worry about all that lead and asbestos and crap.

That was the first thought they had, but tearing down the old house and building a new one will be 500k in that area. Plus cost of living while the house is being built. The cost of improvements will be around 100k, that's the best estimate at this time.