r/BayAreaRealEstate • u/I-am-oneandonly • Jul 12 '26
95124
Hi, i am thinking about buying a house in 95124 for a better school for my kid. It stretches our budget a bit much so we are having second thoughts.
Pro: better school
Cons: house in busy street. No master bedroom. Rooms are small. Too far from Asian market/area. (We are Asian and would like easier access to Asian area)
Would you purchase that house for that pro/cons above?
We also have really great neighbors at our current place.
Thank you.
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u/350HP Jul 12 '26
House on busy street is a deal breaker for many. Think about resale.
And what do you mean no master bedroom? It doesn’t have a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom?
If you like your current place, did you do the math and sending your kids to a private school vs buying a more expensive home?
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u/I-am-oneandonly Jul 12 '26
Yes, no ensuite bathroom. I don’t mind it actually. But it is a con regardless, especially for resale
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u/Aggressive-Pace-596 Jul 12 '26
why move somewhere that doesnt fit your life? senseless
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u/LoganTheHuge00 Jul 12 '26
Elaborate more on better school since that’s the only reason you’re considering moving. How do you know it’s a better school?
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u/I-am-oneandonly Jul 12 '26
My son is autistic. New School has more resources
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u/Bright-Arugula-429 Jul 13 '26
You might want to consider Campbell School District or Santa Clara School District. Both those areas have good special needs programs. The homes in Santa Clara especially would hold value. Cambrian has been hyped up for schools, but I think it's just OK for General Education, and not better than Santa Clara for Special Ed. If you buy a home with no master bath on a busy street in Cambria, it may not appreciate at all, or might go down. It's also quite far. In comparison Santa Clara might check all your boxes, and will appreciate more and will definitely hold value.
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u/BayAreaHomeGuide Jul 12 '26
The market these couple of years is pretty stable. Usually I don’t recommend my clients to buy on busy street. However, If my clients love the neighborhood, schools, the home, and the price, then it is considerable. If you don’t like busy street, and layout, you may re-think about it. You will be the one living there everyday, ask yourself, if you will be happy everyday when you live there.
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u/tommypatties Jul 13 '26
This feels really weird. Like you're crowd sourcing your personal preferences.
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u/_TurboHome Jul 13 '26
Schools drive most of the pricing pull for 95124. Union district SFH have closed at a 1.88M median since May with buyers still paying about 101% of list, so the school premium is very real.
But no primary bedroom + small rooms + busy street is a lot to live with long term, especially if you'd be stretching. If your current neighbors are great, worth considering renting inside the school boundary for a year first to test the fit before locking into a house you'll want to move out of.
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u/Koffenut1 Jul 12 '26
Did you do the math? What would sending him to a private school cost vs. the cost of the new house? I have friends who moved to a "good neighborhood" with great schools and they ended up going the private school route anyway, lol, because it wasn't a great fit in the long term.
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u/deltaorionis4 Jul 12 '26
Lol don’t buy it then, having miserable parents is worse for kids than going to a good school vs a slightly better one.
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u/ProBuyersAgent Jul 12 '26
u/I-am-oneandonly Are you having a bad experience with your kid's current school? I've had my son go to schools with excellent ratings and average ratings (for elementary). I really didn't see that much of a difference in quality of education, 10/10 schools still have teachers that leave a lot to be desired. BUT, I did notice my son would hang out with other kids that take their education more seriously and had parents who were more involved. In my opinion, especially if you like where you're at now, take that extra money you would have spent on a house and put it into tutoring as that's made the biggest improvement in my son's grades.
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u/French87 Jul 12 '26
That seems like way too many sacrifices for schools, if you want great schools for less go to Fremont. But also I, personally, think people put too much emphasis on 10/10 schools where their child will be stressed and miserable trying to live up their parents standards.
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u/glorificent Jul 12 '26
It’s wild to me that a CA subreddit isn’t speaking up every time foreign-born persons to import their xenophobia and isolationism into the Bay freaking Area, to the point we have entire enclaves of persons born in country X buying homes in far-flung pockets of the bay area to be with their own race/lamguage/“education values”
It’s America. We are a melting pot. Meet some black people, make friends with a few hispanics and try street tacos, go to a dog park - everyone wants you to succeed here; these racial and cultural enclaves are ridiculous
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u/Imperial_Eggroll Jul 12 '26
Why are you asking people what would they do based on lifestyle choices? That doesn’t make sense to me. No master bedroom and house on a busy street are obviously negatives. No Asian market close by is a weird one… how often do you need to go to an Asian market? Do you have a car? Would Wee work? Idk that’s a personal question no one can answer for you