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A Luxury Home Sells In The Middle Of A Pandemic


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2020 Jul 20, 2:22am   515 views  3 comments

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#40EastlakeAvenuePacifica,Ca. In these bad times I got a pleasant surprise "out of the blue." It was Christmas, 2018. A family came back from Christmas shopping in the evening. She left Christmas packages on the stove. She decided to run the oven cleaner to clean the oven. Many of us have this feature on our stoves. What most don't realize is that the oven goes up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit as it does the automatic clean. The Christmas packages eventually caught fire. I understand that the house had no smoke alarms. A devastating fire followed. The house was left as a burned-out shell. A fast fire department response prevented any fatalities or serious injuries.
The burned-out wreck of a house sat for a long time. Then an intrepid Palestinian immigrant named Waleed came along. He bought the burned-out wreck. Soon all sorts of construction activities were going on. When he finished his work, a beautiful home was offered for sale. One Saturday afternoon I had a chance meeting with Waleed. He was gracious. He gave me a complete tour of the house. I was impressed. The $1,900,000 price was out of my price range.
Then the pandemic hit. The house sat for sale for quite a while. Yesterday I got the news that it had sold for the full sales price of $1,900,000 on 12 July. It was an all-cash deal I understand. In this time of between 20 and 40 million people out of work in the US and businesses closing for good every day, it is amazing to see that those with serious money are doing quite well.

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1   Blue   2020 Jul 20, 2:45am  

Is that a money parking from oversees.
2   Malcolm   2020 Jul 20, 5:57pm  

Yes, the super well off are not in the 20-40 million people category. They don't live paycheck to paycheck.
3   Onvacation   2020 Jul 20, 6:02pm  

ohomen171 says
The $1,900,000 price was out of my price range.

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