Very few houses go on the market in Palo Alto, and on my little street, it’s a real rarity. However, recently, a house was put on sale. I took this picture to show it to you.
Which one, you ask? Well, it’s at the end of the driveway, wedged between that hideous pink house and that blase grey-green house. It’s on a flag lot.
Perhaps you’re wondering what it costs. Here, let me help you with that question:
Yep, for about $57,324 per month in mortgage payments, you can own this stunner which is “nestled on a serene flag lot” (read: crammed into a tiny space amongst a bunch of way-too-close neighbors).
Here’s an aerial view to appreciate just how hemmed-in you would be.
When I saw the price they were asking, I figured it would sit there for months and eventually have a “Priced Reduced” sign slapped on it. Nope.
Two days after the For Sale sign went up, a SOLD placard went on top, which means they got either their price or even an overbid. Good God! I mean, that’s lovely for me, because I spent a few hundred thousand bucks on a MUCH better house on the same street many years ago, but, c’mon.
To be fair, the place that just sold is a nice, new house and appears to be high quality construction, but I personally wouldn’t want to live at the end of a long driveway, surrounded by neighbors on all sides.
Amusingly, the photo pictured beneath the picture of the house was, in very much a 2020/2021 style, a married black couple. A close examination of one of their boxes reveals its contents………….Books.
Of course.
In any case, if you find securing a place as my neighbor to be too expensive, there are alternatives, as this morning’s paper reveals – – just embezzle public funds and secretly construct an apartment inside a train station!
