“DO NOT DISTURB OCCUPANTS,” sez the real estate agent, which is intriguing. But more intriguing is the note that the property has a pool (where?) of the “Pool Description: Other Pool” type. So it’s not the kind of pool you’re thinking of. It’s the other kind of pool.
It also has an other spa, an other roof, other dining, an other entry, and other parking, says the listing. And it’s on a greenbelt (not the “other” kind, just a greenbelt). Oh, and it’s in the Development: OTHR area.
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Loveliest comment, by Jen: If this is how “The Others” questions are answered on LOST, I’m going to be very disappointed.
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I’m thinking the occupants are lions. Not glitterati. The other kind of lion.
And it’s 582 square feet, too! All on a 900 sq ft lot. Wow. Just wow.
I can’t believe that’s a HOUSE. I had a rental one-bedroom apartment in college that was 780 sq ft. How do they fit two bedrooms in 582 sq ft?
I have a 640 square ft. (59.5 square meter) apartment. It’s technically one bedroom, but the dining area is big enough to be a second bedroom, and I’m currently sleeping there (my daughter sleeps in the actual bedroom). The thing that boggles my mind about this listing is that the house has indoor plumbing, considering it was built in 1918.
If you get a chance, go to the Ikea showrooms and you’ll see how they fit functional apartments into very small spaces. My idea of organized heaven!
There was that smallest apartment in London listing some time ago.
Our local newspaper once did an article on the smallest possible luxury apartment (due to relaxing of planning laws). You only need a single futon/sofa with drawers against one wall corner, cooker alongside, microwave above that, table, shower/toilet/basin in a self-contained unit in the next corner, a combo washing machine/dryer next to that, a fridge freezer in the opposite corner, some drawers, and a fridge/freezer. That leaves enough space to put in a door and a window. Opposite the sofa, a flat-screen TV can be mounted against the wall.
Wow… all I can think is that in this tiny house, there is an even smaller door, through which there is a long tunnel, which must lead you to your “other house” which is probably very nice and not so creepy looking, and your “other pool,” “other spa,” “other dining room,” oh and your “other occupants,” which you really don’t want to disturb, until at least they are evicted… I wonder if they let you keep cats here? who knew prudential could be so shady…
Do the “other occupants” have buttons for eyes? If so, RUN AWAY.
Farewell to Mr Spoon, we’re off to Button Moon, Button Moon Ooooh oooooh Button Mooooooon….
The listing gives the impression that the occupants are armed to the teeth with 12-gauges and small cannons, probably manned by guys with huge bushy beards and snaggle teeth.
The property itself looks like two rooms each done up like a small but lethal playhouse.
It looks equally bad in Google Streetview. If there’s a pool, it’s got to be in a closet.
Personality answering door may not have signed listing contract.
Meaning absolutely no offense to the current or future occupants, this one looks like something you’d be sentenced to. It’s the picture you show your kids when trying to get them to clean their rooms, and appreciate their good fortune.
It’s the “Starving kid in India” equivalent of houses. Meep.
When I was a teenager, our family would drive down to the harbor, get a snack from the fish-and-chip shop and watch the boats going in and out. There were some abandoned flats nearby with boarded up windows and fallen-in roof. Dad would always say that if we didn’t study at school, we’d end up living there. Now that they have renovated, I’d could only dream of living there as they have pent-house suite balconies, locked underground garages with security intercom. Or maybe not.
Seriously, do not disturb occupants.
We bought a house with tenants who were disgruntled and in the process of being evicted. The last walkthrough before they were gone, there were guns EVERYwhere. We refused to go back to the house (or finalize the sale) until they were out–and then the first thing we did was change the locks and get an alarm system.
(Listing says “seller may not be able to convey possession at closing”–who’d BUY that? Our situation was bad enough, but who’d put money down for a property with disgruntled tenants who’re in the process of being evicted, but are still there? No way. )
You’re not really “buying” it. It’s the “other” kind of sale.
Security System: Other*
*Disgruntled tenant who has not paid rent in 6 months and has 12-gauge shotgun. Security System can only be disarmed “when you can pry it from his cold, dead hands.”
OMG.
They say that there’s a buyer for every house but, seriously, who would risk their lives for a house like that?
Maybe someone who thinks this is a good deal and is also armed with a gun collection.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that …
(shades of Seinfeld…)
Hm. All the “other” descriptors make me think less, “trigger-fingered redneck,” than “Coraline.”
http://www.amazon.ca/Coraline-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0061139378
Ha! I was going to bring that up. This must be what the home of “Other Mother” looks like when it’s not disguised as a rainbow-colored playdoh factory. Uber creepy.
I was wondering if anyone else would see the connection… you better not disturb the “other occupants”
It could be a ‘pool of blood’
That is definately “other” to the pool I’d be wanting.
…nice of the listing not to mention that the alley… err, “greenway”… IS your front yard! Just 1 drunk driver and that house is toast!
I’ve got it! And this is a real, serious suggestion.
Perhaps someone bought one of those motels with little cabins and sold the cabins off as like condos or a very, very small housing development. The pool and spa would then be the pool and spa of the center court of the motel. That would also explain “parking: other,” since there’s also probably a communal lot.
Personally, I thought these looked like pool bathrooms for the apartment complex showing behind it, with the pool on the other side of the fence directly behind the outbuildings.
But yeah, evicting tenants before listing a home is a good idea. My SO had to go through that in October.
But if you’re a racing fan, it’s walking distance to the Long Beach Grand Prix!
I suspect that house was originally built to house people working at the Port of Long Beach, given its age. The same house – and I mean the *exact same floor plan* – can be seen in lots of old railway cities in Canada.
I had a friend who lived in a very similar house in Montgomery, which used to be an old railway whistlestop but is now part of Calgary. One bedroom, a living room, a tiny attached eat-in kitchen, and a bathroom. Basically a studio apartment house. They built them because it was cheaper to build a lot of little ramshackle houses than to put up apartment buildings.
Amazing it’s still standing.
And I should add, it was probably originally the house of a longshoreman’s family. There might have been half a dozen people living there, or more.
The halcyon past.
i sort of doubt it’s “the house of a longshoreman” in downtown Long Beach, CA.. old maybe, historic no.
Josephine – could you clarify that thought?
That’s prime “Westside” in Long Beach.
Do not go there at night without an armed escort!
shucks, I guessed THAT from the graffiti tagging the righthand side of this lovely, ahem, “residence”!
“Other” flooring–what IS that? Dirt? Pine needles? Live snakes? Hmm.
I think the other kind of pool is “cess.”
I was thinking “of urine, on the floor,” which also answers the “what’s the other kind of floor?’ question, but your answer amounts to the same thing, I suppose.
“Seller may not be able to convey possession at closing. Eviction proceedings may have begun.”
. . . SWAT team may be required at time of eviction. . . .
SWAT Team may refuse to go near this…..
Yeah, you may need to get STARS (from Resident Evil, or in this case Resident Other) or RATS (robot anti-terrorist squad) to go in there. Lower case rats quite likely already are.
ok i have to go to Long Beach this week for my job. i am ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY going to drive by and take a gander. only in California.. beautiful 3 bedrooms in other states sell for the same price as this outhouse!
Krissy, I’m not even trying to make a joke here, please be careful.
Seriously, that doesn’t look like the safest place to even drive through.
yep: if you *must* go there, go ONLY in broad daylight, with your car doors locked, and preferably with a buddy who looks like a just-got-out-of-prison biker…. like Land of Shrinp said, I’m NOT joking.
I believe California residents voted for a proposition that outlawed high-rise constructions like condo units – at least in Mountain View. They built a couple there, but the retired neighbors all round complained about their loss of sunlight and privacy.
Saying that, most cities in the UK are demolishing their high-rise apartment blocks anyway, because teenagers would play roller-coaster with the elevators.
Looking on streetview, it looks like the other side of the house has a different number – 610. Is this little thing actually a duplex?
Looking up the county records they say the land alone is worth $145k, so it’s a steal! Snap that one up!
Also looking at Streetview, it appears “greenway” means “apartment complex across the alley has a lot of potted plants on its balconies.”
This isn’t a house, it’s a pair of those “changing of the guard” booths they have outside Buckingham palace. With super-attractive iron bars added for that California living touch.
If you dig a little further you’ll see that it was SOLD on 11/29/09 for $76,500 – and was back on the market less than a month later for $70,000. Seems a little suspicious? Although it doesn’t say if the squatters were removed yet…….
Check out the sales records – in 2004 this piece of, um , property sold for $177,273 :O http://www.redfin.com/CA/Long-Beach/630-N-Virginia-Ct-90802/home/7616380
I think that when you see it sold and then right back on the market for less, it usually means that the bank bought it — perhaps there was a foreclosure — and they’re trying to minimize their losses.
Nice find, I was looking for a sales history but couldn’t find it through the county records.
yeah, that’s what happened with the person who bought my parents’ house. She bought the house from my parents’ estate for $425K; apparently she didn’t make more than the first two payments to the bank; it took them an additional five months to evict her; then the bank sold the house to themselves for $380K, which is apparently a standard legal move so they’d have a clear title. The bank finally sold it at auction six months later, for $317K.
Do not disturb occupants — you know, any more than they already are.
Lol!
This place reminds me of those ‘ye olde jail/gaol’ buildings you find situated in ghost towns / shanty towns – I can just imagine a tourist standing behind the bars getting their photo taken, clutching the bars with a ‘let me out!’ look on their face. Maybe they should move these buildings to a town like that – perfect!
I figure the “pool” is what you can see there in the alley in front of the near window.
In my old neighborhood, we had a community pool and on lots of the listing last year it made note of that. Perhaps there is a YMCA down the block with pool and spa?
Still wouldn’t move there.
The pool is actually a bathtub that they like to soak in and go for a faux swim.
Just move your arms and splash around a bit and you’re good for a lap.
If this is how “The Others” questions are answered on LOST, I’m going to be very disappointed.
The heating is listed as “Heating: Other , Other.”
No, not the other heating. The OTHER other heating.
I checked this place out on google maps – what look like two small huts are in fact one property. There is a pool – about a block away in a different apartment complex. I’m sure no-one would object if you snuck in the kids when no-one was looking.
I think the real issue is whether the occupants will disturb me…
This place freaked my google street view out so much that it ran 2 blocks away & refused to go back there!
Cesspool
Always wanted to know how “The Others” lived.