Many of you seem familiar with Redfin. I’ve heard of it but it’s not a go-to here. Two go-to’s are realtor.com and Zillow
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Both Zillow and Redfin are our local startups! Headquartered in Seattle. 
Redfin sells quite a few listings in our area. I find their website easier to navigate.
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I prefer Redfin to Zillow and realtor.com due to the combination of interface and features. However, it’s largely a matter of personal preference. One key downside of Redfin is they only provide information for a limited section of the United States… .generally areas for which they have sponsored realtors. In contrast, Zillow and realtor.com provide information on homes throughout the United States. When I last bought a home, my realtor let me use his interface, which I found to be superior to all of the above, with more information about homes and more features.
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How about this house in Newton, near Boston?
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That was already posted, in Post #117.
I actually think it’s kind of cute.
My bad.
The price is wild, but I also thought the Newton bungelow is cute. Trying to figure how much hub and I can downsize for next place. This is probably a bit too ‘down’ tho!
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Not necessarily a bad house… just very unusual. I suppose the 7,000 sft would make a great indoor playground in dark, rainy PNW winters. 
The floor plan looks like a maze. 
https://www.redfin.com/WA/Woodinville/14923-NE-163rd-St-98072/home/449199
Beautiful setting but “lovingly maintained by original owners” = “nothing updated since originally built”.
It would take a lot of work to make that work for most families. Starting with ripping out the carpet in the kid’s bathroom!
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Perhaps designed by someone who spent their youth exploring undergrounds with Mario et al. I’m surprised there isn’t a tube somewhere!
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My kids work in Mountain View/Sunnyvale CA. Their search for a house keeps going further out. What they are paying would give them a most wonderful house in most parts of the country.
Would love a place like that close to my D and SIL In Boston, but that is over the top price wise.
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With the amount HCOL folks pay for housing, we can get a whole lot of travel in.
It’s definitely a plus for us that neither H nor I (nor any of our kids) desire to live in HCOL areas! Our wandering addiction would take quite a negative hit.
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This is a very custom house…. Very custom.
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/955-Cornish-Dr-92107/home/5740961
@Marilyn looks like this might be somewhere close to your neck of the woods - ? Looks like a @coralbrook ’s next project! 
Oh, we drive by this all the time when we swing by Sunset Cliffs on a long cut home from Ocean Beach. Closer to @coralbrook than me. I think of it as the Dr Suess house.
Seems like the owner who remodeled it was a fairly important glass artist who passed away this year
. http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/27797237/article-Obituary--Leslie-Perlis---Point-Loma-High-alum-and-renowned-glass-artist-
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Love it! I wouldn’t change a thing.
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OMG. I was going to highlight one particular photo but then the next one was worse. And the one after that. Oh wow.
I think it’s a fun house! (Dr. Seuss was from La Jolla) It would make a great Airbnb.
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It’s not that bad. Retile the bathroom and paint over the exterior checkerboard wall. And add a toe kick in the kitchen so nobody has to try to scrub underneath the kitchen cabinets!
IMO, it’s scraper. Start over.
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