Westside Story

Please help! After two long years of being on a waiting list for a dog, we have been notified by breed rescue that, at long last, our number has come up and ... WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY! We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little puppy is going to be and it just wouldn't be fair to the children. Since our little puppy will be arriving on Monday we MUST place the children up for adoption this weekend! They are described as: One male -- his name is Tommy, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), light blonde hair, blue eyes. Four years old. Excellent disposition. He doesn't bite. Temperament tested. Does have problems with peeing directly in the toilet. Has had chicken Pox and is current on all shots. Tonsils have already been removed. Tommy eats everything, is very clean, house trained and gets along well with others. Does not run with scissors and with a little training he should be able to read soon. One female -- her name is Lexie, C...

4 bed, 3 bath currently in multiple offers and we actually made the cut this time. It is the ugliest and most charmless house on the block and the yard is smaller than we are used to, but the schools are excellent up to high school. The park, library and school are all within walking distance. The commutes are acceptable. There are enough bedrooms, even a guest room if we convert the ridiculous double-deep his & hers walk-in closets back to a bedroom.

Why hello 11150 Sunset Blvd, 90049! You know, we thought you were worth no more than $1.3 million on July 4, 2007. Look at you now- a new coat of paint and some carpet and you are suddenly worth $1,795,000. Your kitchen is still the hall of doom and your drainage issues look uncorrected. I think your current owner paid $1,650,000 cash in July. We are considering making an offer. Do you think $1.1 million is fair?

In sum, we have cash and loans adding up to $1.1 million. You have a house we want, on a piece of land we want, in a neigborhood we want. You seem to feel your house is worth $1.5 million Zillow seems to feel your house is worth $1.3 We feel that your house is worth $1.1 to us. It's been 100 days. We will make this offer again in 30 days- but the amount will go down again.

Great neighborhood, good elementary and middle schools. Odd existing house that faces backwards. Living area, backyard and kitchen are downstairs. Bedrooms, entryway and garage are upstairs. Subterranean water damage and some visible termite damage indicate that the house has some pretty severe deferred maintenance issues. So now we are divided between offering on two houses- 10,000 lot and teardown house in lower Bel-Air or 6,600 lot in Cheviot Hills. I prefer the commute from Cheviot, the breadwinner prefers the quiet of Roscomare Rd.

Great house on Greenfield Ave- Westwood Charter, Emerson Middle. Good floorplan, 4 bed 3 bath, good sized kitchen- problem? 6,000 sq ft lot with 3000 sq ft house and just about 1000 sq ft dedicated to driveway and front yard. Asking price is $1.8 million, but I think the market has made room for negotiation. BUT- the swingset of doom will take the entire green space.

There's a big difference between 5000 sq ft and 7500 sq ft. There's a big difference between 4 bed, 2 bath and 2 bed 2 bath. It's a million dollar shed with stainless appliances, marble tile baths and a 100 year old oak going through a portion of roofline. Pass.