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New Otay Mesa Project!

by Tom | Feb 25, 2022 | House Design, House Flipping, San Diego Real Estate Market

Look at this new purchase we just made down near the Mexico/USA border in Otay Mesa! This house was a long term rental with a lot of deferred maintenance although it is on a great street with really good neighbors. I had been in disussions with this homeowner for quite a while and then when COVID hit (they actually got sick) the plans to sell the house were put on hold.

I always personally follow up with the leads we get. When you sell to us you deal with me personally through the whole transaction. Hundreds of San Diego homeowners have sold to me personally over the years. I have more experience navigating through the sale process than most real state agents. We always use a local escrow company that handle the transactions for us. These sellers appreciated my non-pushy nature and we finally struck a deal and closed the sale within 2 weeks with the tenant in place. Selling a house usually requires cleaning and fixing things as well as getting it vacant. In this case I acquired the tenants with the house and worked with them in a legal and ethical manner to relocate. In the case of this property, we paid $40,000 more than a competitor that solicited them! With 15 years of local homebuying experience, we are the most trusted choice for an easy home sale in San Diego with no realtors involved getting commissions.

Stay tuned for the remodel on this one and we appreciate referrals and are always looking to buy more houses in San Diego.

Vista Flip Sold!

by Tom | Feb 12, 2022 | House Design

No sooner did this hit the market than we got multiple offers and it is now SOLD to the new owner. We got $860,000 which was way more than anticipated in the sellers market we are experiencing in San Diego. This was a massive project that took 2 months to remodel. We hauled off 9 dumpsters of debris from the property during the job. This was one of the best lots at the end of a private culdesac and coming in at nearly 1/3 of an acre.

The house was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a huge master suite that included attached indoor laundryroom and a fireplace. This area of Vista in San Diego is a little more commercial than most areas we work in but it was a nice location just a block from a Elementary school. We did everything possible to this house from a new roof down to fixing a crack in the slab foundation.

We opened up this kitchen to make the most of our space. Clean white Shaker cabinets and quartz counterops were used per our normal package. I love the open shelving area next to the fridge and the abundance of white subway tile gives a real timeless look that wont go out of style. Home design trends for 2022 have leaned a little more modern, but I hesitate to follow so as to appeal to most homebuyers. We buy a lot of houses FSBO, For Sale By Owner to remodel and resell.

We bought this property directly from an out-of-state landlord who was tired of the tenants and lack of timely rent payments. We paid cash and took it “as-is” and it took almost a year to get things turned around.

We left the backyard a huge blank canvas for the future homeowner to create the space of their dreams however I did add a gravel driveway guessing that someone would have big trucks who would want to live in this location. You never know who will end up buying the property, my landscaper fell in love with it but the buyer ended up not even having the need for it.

The colors for this project were:

Exterior Siding: James Hardi Evening Blue

*special note. The pics are shot in HDR and do not accurately reflect this true color which is way darker and more of a grey/blue.

Exterior Trim: SW Pure White

Interior Walls: SW Drift of Mist

Interior Trim: SW Snowbound

Big Clean Up in Vista

by Tom | Dec 15, 2021 | San Diego Real Estate Market

We got our hands full with this remodel. I bought this property in Vista, CA directly from an out-of-state landlord, the tenant has been in this house for 15 years and has not paid rent in the last 2 years. We made the seller a good cash offer to buy the house considering the condition and situation, also agreeing to take over the headache with these tenants in default.

The seller was in a time crunch having identified a vacation cabin in Big Bear that they wanted to do a 1031 tax deferred exchange into. We closed in 1 week as-is and then introduced ourselves to these tenants and started the legal process of getting them relocated.

This may look overwhelming but it is essentially just a bunch of trash that needs to be cleaned up. Once we clean everything up we can start with the remodel as usual by getting styarted putting a new roof on. If you have a house that you want to sell in San Diego, we are the most trusted local homebuyer and would love to take a look.

We buy houses “as-is” and take care of all the transaction expenses using a local escrow company. With 17 years in the house flipping business, we have more experience than anyone in town and can assure you a very easy process of selling your unwanted home. Any conditon is o.k. and we love fixer uppers!

Another Serra Mesa Remodel Complete!

by Tom | Sep 8, 2021 | House Design, House Flipping, San Diego Real Estate Market

We wrapped up what turned out to be my favorite house flipping project in Serra Mesa. I’ve bought and remodeled probably 5-6 in this neighborhood, but this one came out to perfection! No faster did the home hit the market for sale over the Labor Day weekend than we got multiple offers and it is now in escrow sold to a new buyer. Thanks to everyone who helped and made this transformation come to life! Keep us in mind for any fixer-upper “as-is” homes, we are always looking for a house to buy and transform into something special!

Exterior Paint Color: SW 7008 Alabaster

Interior Paint Color: SW 9166 Drift of Mist

Front Door Color: HDC-CL-18 Cellini Gold

Bamboo Woven Kitchen Pendant Lights: Urban Outfitters

Tom Tarrant general contractor Encinitas

Making Progress in Serra Mesa

by Tom | Aug 15, 2021 | House Flipping, Landscaping, San Diego Real Estate Market

After the demo we got started rebuilding the house with the most important part, retexturing. Having uneven or mismatched texture wont fly with me so we got everythis looking good. After the new roof went on we did dual pane windows and added new central air conditioning with all new ductwork.

Out front I decided to incorporate a private front yard by building a low horizontal wood fence and gate to add some privacy from the street. So the mailman won’t have to walk to your front door, I moved the mailbox to the front of the garage. I think we will xeriscape this front courtyard to make this little oasis maintenance free.

The old board and batten siding on this 70 year old home had seen it’s better days. We replaced the entire front and rear with James Hardi 7″ reveal horizontal siding. This will make the paint job come out perfect in leiu of spending hours sanding and filing the old wood siding.

The old cobble rock retaining wall near the sidewalk is replaced with a modern CMU block wall left raw intentionally. Tile jobs are getting started. I am staying with a sophisticated whire ceramic lareg format tile for the bathrooms. To keep the lines extra crisp i opted to run the pattern stcked, AKA “running bond” instead of a subway pattern. For this house I am going for an all white look, super mature, with no crazy pattern tiles or typical flipper greys.

You are not going to want to miss this total transformation! Stay tuned for the remodeling updates and thanks for following along. We are the most experienced and trusted San Diego house flipper and cash home buyer. We buy houses in all San Diego neighborhoods as-is and take them in any condition. What you see here is how they turn out when they go from old rental condition to something a new family will cherish for another 70 years. When selling a San Diego house to us you can expect a hassle-free transaction and remove all the uncertainty and expense of dealing with realtors.