For Sale By Owner. As is asking Price is $ 849,995. Will cooperate with a Buyer's Agent through a Single Party Compensation Agreement with 3.0% commission. Private Buyer's Price (with no Buyer's Agent) is $ 828,950. Shown by Appointment/Open House Only to Pre-Qualified / Pre-Approved Buyers. Serious buyers only. There are plenty of Lafayette houses with similar square footage and large lot size (although admittedly few if any with a creek side setting and water running safely all year around) either for sale or which have sold in the last 12 months for $950,000-$1,250,000 which have been beautifully remodeled, but this is not one of them. This house is a fixer upper and the relative low price reflects this. The house has been a very good rental and we have the last few years rental history viewable upon request. The house has been updated between 1997 and 2008 respectively to include dual pane windows, GFI electrical outlets both inside and outside, redwood decking and fencing with private and lockable gates that mostly surrounds the .41 acre lot, gas and/or conventional 2 way viewable fireplace, automatic-timed sprinkler system, gated separate entrance for a (as yet completed) approximately 14 ft X 22 ft structure with creek side view and deck, etc. In addition, in mid 2017 we installed new carpets, kitchen flooring, and paint both inside and out, along with some minor landscaping improvements but the house would surely benefit from bathroom and kitchen remodeling. Like many homes in Lafayette and/or in all parts of moderately wooded areas in Northern California, the house has had some settling issues due to the copious amount of trees that surround Lafayette as well as the recent drought that plagued all of Northern California, and we have repair estimates from local licensed foundation contracting experts who can totally repair and permit the house. The house settling never really bothered us nor any of our tenants, however, the cracks caused by tree roots roaming towards the creek did and we removed the one huge offending tree and roots back in 1998 and we recently replaced the entire living room and dining area cement foundation using a licensed contractor with roofing and foundation expertise. We have the repair photos, estimate and paid bill for your perusal upon request. The house has been reduced in price to reflect this. In addition, while some of the kitchen and the two baths had been minimally updated back in 2005 respectively, the house would obviously benefit from both kitchen and bath remodels and we have been asked to perform these improvements but we neither have the time, money, nor inclination to do this and if we did you would then be buying the house for one million dollars+(this is an incredible creek side corner lot full of all kinds of possibilities) and you would be buying our particular version of what we would like to have and not your own. This house is not suited for individuals who wish to purchase a million dollar+ home in Lafayette that has been completely remodeled. The ideal future home owner might look like a young professional couple who either has a few young children and/or may want to have children, and are looking to move into Lafayette for the culture, safety and highly rated (10/10/10-See GreatSchools rating under Near By Schools in Lafayette/Zillow) schools and who are handy and wish to remodel at their leisure and specific needs, saving lots of money and creating swift home sweat equity OR an investor who can either rent (it is move in ready) it out and/or remodel and flip it for a modest profit and/or build out the property (.41 acre) and realize substantial profits, OR an older couple who may want to live in and/or buy for their children a house in Lafayette.
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