We have a budget of 3 - 3.3 M. Unable to decide whether to look at Sunnyvale or Evergreen. Sunnyvale wins location wise but the homes are tiny shacks and 50+ years old. Homes in Silver creek/ Evergreen are much newer and larger but the location isnt as optimal. We have elementary aged kids so schools do matter. Trivalley is not an option because of commute. Both Sunnyvale and Evergreen are fine commute wise. If you recommend any other area, could you explain why.
Saratoga / West San Jose / Los Gatos
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Tough to find anything in saratoga in that price point
Silver creek country club
Is silver creek high better than evergreen high?
Tc or ..
Enough to afford 3-3.3M piti. Perhaps stretch to 3.5 too but prefer not to.
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Buy 1.5-1.8M home in Trivalley or Fremont and send kids to pvt school.
Decent fremont homes sell for 2M now.
And by decent i mean 50 yr old 1600 sq ft ranch house with a basic backyard. The schools are really good though
Whatās youāre household TC and net worth please?
TC 700K. NW is 1.4M (cash+stonks) and 1.4M home (will net 800K if we sell) not including 401k etc.
OP, did you buy a home yet? We have similar NW and TC and looking for nice zipcodes to buy
With that price range you might want to look at Alamedan area near Leland high school. Beautiful houses and a very good neighborhood with good schools mostly starting from 7-9 range and close to Los Gatos. We paid around 3M for 3000sqft house and a decent backyard. With your price range you might get a really nice house in that area. I never knew about this area till my colleague recommended as he bought a house last year. Competition is super high in this area.
Havent checked almaden yet since we have some friends in both evergreen & sunnyvale. Any thoughts on why almaden is better than evergreen ?
We checked out houses in Evergreen too but we loved the house in Almaden. I think both Evergreen and Almaden are very good neighborhoods. Also, Almaden is near to Los Gatos/Saratoga neighborhoods. Again, it came down to commute and which area we prefer. We both work in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara. So, commute from the houses which we have seen in Evergreen were little far compared to Almaden one which we got. Good luck š there are less bidders around your price range. Ours was in between 2.5 to 3M so we have seen little competition.
$3M for Sunnyvale? Thatās crazy. Itās not all that. Iād pick moving out of the Bay Area if those are your choices.
Los Gatos
commute to where
DTSJ for spouse. Her location will stay the same for foreseeable future. My commute is to PA.
how about Cambrian