Today's Open House Adventures around SF

It was sunny and beautiful this weekend, so Dick and I decided to take one of our nice, long urban hikes around the city today.

We did our usual Sunday-walking-thing of stopping at interesting looking open houses along the way.

We saw 4 properties in total today. All were really great in their own way. We don't usually like every house that we see in one day.

It's an interesting time to watch the housing market. Prices are certainly lower than they have been in the last couple of years, and places are staying on the market longer. The listing agent at the first house we went to literally said, "Tell all your friends!" to us at least 4 times while we were there.

The first house we saw is just a couple of blocks from our house. It's a single family home that was remodeled within the last two years. They did a really nice job. It's a nice, but smaller size for a single family home - around 1500 sq. feet, but has a nice layout and good size rooms. (Tell all your friends!)

The second house we walked to was all the way past Alamo Square Park. We had actually seen this article featuring the house on sfgate.com this morning. Dick not only loves old, Victorian houses, but he also loves the old Victorian style of decorating. This house was totally up his alley. If he had full-say in the matter, I think this would be how he would want to decorate our home. (It's a little too much for me, personally, but I totally appreciate the attention to detail, and the antique furnishings). The bones of this house are really pretty great - they managed to keep most of the original floor plan, which I always love to see. This house has a very similar floor plan to the house that Dick used to own in the Mission. The owners that had it before Dick had gutted the entire back half of the house, though, to make larger rooms. They had removed the servants stairs in the back of the house, which this house still had.

The third house we say today was a gorgeous and HUGE Queen Anne near Alamo Square. When I say huge, I'm talking 4,200 sq ft, and on an over sized lot (almost 5,200 sq. ft.) We actually spoke with the owner as we were leaving. He said that he/they had bought it 5 years ago, and had been working on renovating it ever since. It's quite the house. Really nice floor plan, really nice, large rooms, and good quality choices and craftsmanship. I'm wondering who has the $$ to pay $3 Million on a house outside of Alamo Square, though.

The last place we saw was a nice condo near Duboce Park. I can't find a website for the listing. Nice place, though. :)

We really enjoyed our walk around town today. It felt great to get some exercise and some sunshine!