Here are some links showing how stupid a decision this is:
http://www.housingbubblebust.com/OFHEO/Major/NorCal.html Redwood City is part of the "San Francisco" line, which is clearly a broad mix of neighborhoods. 35 years of data.
http://realestate.aol.com/Redwood_City-CA-real-estate showing sales prices over the last 3 years. Eep!
Worst cases: house could lose $200,000. of its value, per that first graph. Or if I lost my job (hopefully not likely).
Here is a "virtual tour" with music that you can turn off. It gives you a much better feel than my pix below, except it uses a wide angle lens.
The living room:
There will be a guest room, and the bathroom has a really sweet shower that doubles as a steam room. And it's designed to accommodate tall people, unlike my current shower. The picture isn't great - but you can see the two shower heads - one from the ceiling.
The yard is practically all hardscape or flowerbeds with mulch, aside from the lovely mature trees. Perfect for me!
And a citrus tree with orange fruit (not sure what specific variety). As well as freshly planted meyer lemon and seedless lime trees.
The hardwood floors have a really cool feature strip around every room: a visual contrast running parallel to the walls.
The windows are all new, because the former owners were pissed they had to leave, and they took the removable half of every window with them. They also took the entire kitchen: appliances, cupboards, everything. So the kitchen is new:
Oddest feature: the garage has 4 skylights. And a 1/4 bath. 1/2 if you count the laundry sink.
Still working out my exact moving dates, but I'll be living there by the end of January at the very latest.
