and for spelling… I do what I can. English is my third language

[Editor's note: Sophie, Thank you for not getting worked up about Duggo's comment. I had my finger on the delete button.]

But I digress..

Idle rants like the previous one just bore me. the spelling and grammar just get worse and worse.

whateverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Yes, we do. Thats the reason why we were so reluctant to buy a house with ANYTHING done, and we would mentally add “clean to the studs” toany house we would visit. OK, most houses could be moved in quite of fast, but unless you live in a house, you cannot feel needed improvments.

So… we bought a perfectly movin house, … and we redo it.

yes, it’s not financially sane (at least not toflip the house), but quality of life is great… you tailor your house to the tiniest details – incorporate a TON of green features, and the house becomes a home.

What (sorry, I dont mean you, I just generalize) architects miss most is long term maintenance. We made some changes to the blue prints to make that drain 4 times easier to unclog/clean, that area to hose down, this item to self clean etc…

When visiting, most of houses were screaming “last minut remodeling as part of the staging” and we would automatically deduce the amount of money to undo the damage from the potential price.

Yes, we didnt get one specific house that “presented” better than ours (and was red tagged by the city for illegal work)… but for a better price, we got nearly twice as much footage, and we are making it present at least as well as the other one AND it was done with permits.

You know, I’ve read and contributed to this blog for a few months now..and my observation and underlying perception is that it’s really about just one thing:

Do it quick.

Do it as cheaply as possible.

Avoid permits at all costs.

Cheat on the square footage.

Flip it.

Take the obscene, greedy profits.

Start over.

No, I’m not naive. No, I’m not stupid. I’ve been an SF resident for 33 years and a homeowner for 23 years.

Anybody care about quality of life in this great city?

But that’s only half the story, as they say. In my opinion Mourinho left because he knew they were no match for the revamped young Gunners side! Cesc Fabergas, y’all! http://sports.yahoo.com/fbgb/teams/ars

My house contains a double height living space, the area for that volume is counted once, not twice; As it should be, and as is logical. As another poster mentioned sqft is but one factor. Perhaps cubic feet would be a better measure!

from my understanding, this is not true.

cf the post (where was it?) about the loft which has 900 first floor and its MLS shows 1800 (2 virtual FULL floors) instead of 1200 (900main floor+300 of “inside balcony”).

Or are the live/work lofts another loophole in the sqftage?

I just measures out our house, and I find 3% more than numbers on the blue prints…. ok – not that bad.