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Glad to hear you found the video useful! If I can answer any questions or assist with your home search once you get started please let me know. I can share some more in depth details about Dublin. I’m here to help just let me know how I can be of service to you.
I guess that depends on what someone considers expensive but rents have steadily gone up here, like everywhere else. But from folks that I’ve helped buy a home that were renting before said rents were pricey.
Grew up on Relize valley road. Mcgraw lane, Wonderful Place back then, but since time is gone by traffic's has become a nightmare. Property price are in the millions. I live now in Grass Valley, CA. Believe it or not. The 2 lane highway up here is going to be a 4 lane highway. Same thing's gonna happen here as it did in Lafayette when I was a younger man.
@livinginsfbayarea it's becoming crowded up here. It's highway 49 from Auburn to Grass Valley. It has afternoon traffic jam on a "Two Lane" highway. It's kinda hilarious to know we're this is going soon. Another disturbing thing up here. Compared to the Bay area In the Bay area, everybody has fences around their homes. They know their boundaries. People don't have fences and they don't know their boundaries. It's it's a subject up here, and you have to be careful what you do. Kinda primitive you might say.
Richmond has its good parts and bad (like most cities), but its also quietly become one of the faster growing cities in the East Bay. We've seen a lot of professionals who work in Oakland and San Francisco because of its affordability and its still on the BART line for easy transportation. Because of this we are seeing more and more areas of Richmond turning over which then attracts more people. In that direction there is also El Sobrante, Pinole and Hercules. A lot of people like these cities as well.
@@livinginsfbayareathey’re moving to Point Richmond, not Richmond. Big difference. You recommending Richmond are gonna cause a lot of people to get hurt.
There is some new construction. Not a lot but some. Mostly smaller developments. You can find 3bed 2bath houses in Concord from $700k and up. It just depends on the neighborhood and square footage you are looking for. If you are looking for that extra half bath making it a 2.5 bath, it will narrow the range of options.
It’s crazy that Walnut Creek isn’t more expensive. It has the best downtown of any of the Bay Area suburbs and is an easy straight shot to the city on BART. As Millenials and Gen Z become homeowners and refuse to commute to SF by car, the prices are going to skyrocket. It offers more than any other Bay Area city.
So glad I bought my house here in San "Rockin" Ramon over 20 years ago, the prices are crazy, but I'm not complaining with the equity I have.. schools have been excellent, in all levels of grades.. I am lucky to be able to raise my kids here, although the newer homes are basically built on top of each other.. excellent take on my beautiful city that I call home.
Much appreciated, Steve. And buying 20yrs ago...bravo! Great city as you describe and a mountain of equity. Congrats! Thank you for watching and the kind feedback.
Hi, I am thinking of relocating to martinez with my teenage son and wondering if you can tell me what areas have good schools focusing on STEM fields , high academics and safe community walking distance to high school
Hi! Thanks for reaching out, that's exciting to hear that you are thinking about moving to Martinez. The best thing for us to do is connect for a call so I can understand a bit more about what you are looking for. Please email me at: adam@adamdobrinich.com and we can find some time to connect.
Sounds like it was rough time. I know lots of people (and clients) that have had a much different experience. I appreciate you watching the video and commenting again.
Nicely done (even at a year old). The video is kindly accurate. It’s also necessary to mention the fantastic restaurants here in Martinez. We love this city. Even tho we will be selling soon and leaving (moving out of country). If we were to stay - it would be here. Thanks again for the video
Thank you @johnevoice. I'm such a big fan of Martinez as well. I actually have some additional videos for Martinez that I'm in the process of recording. Can't wait to get them uploaded here! Also, if you need any assistance selling, I'd love the opportunity to interview for the job!
I agree I lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years and Oakland is the only city that I tell people to avoid at all cost. Yes there are some good parts but that is where criminals target for burglaries and car thefts. I agree with Dublin and Lafayette for good cities to move to but the other cities have trash rating for schools and/or have high crime rate. If you pick Dublin then why not Livemore or Fremont? Fremont has great schools, low crime and has TWO BART stations. It is also close enough to commute to the South Bay and the Pennisula.
My parents lived in the Silver Dell area of Lafayette from 1984 to 2016. They did quite a lot of home improvement projects during that timeframe, a deck, a pool, landscaping, and three major remodeling projects. Some of the cons: traffic and poor civic planning, limited parking and public transportation, expensive utilities, vendor and repair services. The Silver Dell neighborhood had to form a HOA to fund raise the money to buy and install a signal light at the busy Pleasant Hill road intersection (lots of traffic accidents at this location). The town is very anti development and charges very expensive building permit and building recycling fees. The pros: quiet neighborhoods, large lots, and good schools (crowded). Some Lafayette residents shop for groceries in other towns because the parking situation is so bad in downtown Lafayette.
Concord isn’t very walkable or bikeable, but you definitely dont need to own a car. It’s weird, especially in the bay area, the high tech capital of the western hemisphere, that people don’t consider electric mobility for towns like Concord. Electric bicycles, electric scooters, esk8s, eucs. Personal electric vehicles are here, they’re waaaaaay more affordable than cars, and many of them can keep up on car-laden streets. My EUC goes 50mph and I love riding it around Concord to do grocery shopping, hit downtown, or run errands.
Thanks for your comment @KaiSosceles. Thats a great option to get around. It's one I didn't consider until you brought it up. And especially for some simple errands.
Was an amazing place to grow up during the 1980's-2000's. Now its just a bunch woke people that poured in from SF. Too much congestion and too much crime pouring over from oakland and antioch. Otherwise its an nice place for some people.
Thanks for sharing your opinion. I happen to disagree. There's tons to like about Concord, and my clients and friends that live there really like what the city has to offer.
In spite of the upscale parts, Contra Costa is definitively a shitehole. Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, Martinez and the nadir of civilized society...Richmond, are crank lands devoid of peace and order. Suburbs from hell.
No Pros... All Cons.. 1. TRAFFIC GOING ANYWHERE 2. High state income Tax 3. High Rents 4. High real estate prices 5. High Gasoline prices 6. High vehicle registration fee 7. High food prices 8. Homeless people 9. Nobody gets along with each other 10. Bad schools
