Home & Real Estate HOME SALES Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.
East Palo Alto 314 Donohoe St. M. Morrill to A. Prickett for $432,000 on 2/22/12 2564 Illinois St. E. Black to N. Cruzada for $235,000 on 2/17/12
Los Altos 10518 Chace Drive D. & H. Kim to P. Porter for $1,120,000 on 3/6/12; previous sale 5/06, $1,280,000 20 Chester Circle W. Hui to M. Steiner for $1,275,000 on 3/2/12; previous sale 11/09, $1,100,000 88 Del Monte Ave. S. Balakrishnan to S. & V. Dixit for $1,500,000
on 3/2/12; previous sale 5/02, $1,075,000 50 W. Edith Ave. #5 J. & L. Breeden to Dai Trust for $728,000 on 3/7/12 809 Pico Lane Goss Trust to R. & S. Sheth for $2,460,000 on 3/7/12; previous sale 12/03, $2,025,000 834 Terrace Drive Adams Trust to R. & C. Hung for $2,040,000 on 3/2/12; previous sale 9/99, $875,000
Menlo Park 264 Leland Ave. Leland Limited to W. & W. Weisel for $2,325,000 on 2/21/12; previous sale 12/07, $1,330,000 1155 Merrill St. #105 Jung Trust to T. Anhalt for $900,000 on 2/22/12 1725 Oakdell Drive Goodman Trust to A. & L. Perica for $1,800,000 on 2/21/12
Mountain View 1941 Amalfi Way Vaziri Trust to Lanir Trust for $910,000 on 3/6/12 13191 Franklin Ave. Snarr Trust to B. Wong for $1,120,000 on 3/7/12 1777 Latham St. Wells Fargo Bank to C. & J. Urmson for $895,000 on 3/7/12 471 Magritte Way Shea Homes to T. Xu for $726,000 on 3/6/12 1935 Mt. Vernon Court #8 Bank of New York to Q. Dong for $339,000 on 3/8/12; previous sale 11/96, $155,000 112 Orchard Ave. Jacob Trust to C. Wahab for $900,000 on 3/2/12; previous sale 4/10, $844,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave. #78 L. Rockmore to Y. Anku for $309,000 on 3/2/12; previous sale 8/08, $330,000 323 Serra San Bruno Bayview Loan Servicing to N. Asgharbeygi for $950,000 on 3/7/12; previous sale 2/04, $885,000 390 Sherland Circle D. & L. Blackburn to S. Wu for $940,000 on 3/6/12; previous sale 4/92, $335,000
464 Whisman Park Drive D. & K. Lisle to J. & N. Yagnik for $889,000 on 3/6/12; previous sale 9/99, $423,000
Palo Alto 663 Georgia Ave. Durland Trust to H. Zhang for $1,650,000 on 3/6/12 757 Seminole Way Roth Trust to L. Chen for $1,000,000 on 3/2/12
Redwood City 520 Anchor Circle Jajeh Trust to J. & C. Garcia for $1,075,000 on 2/22/12; previous sale 4/91, $405,000 630 Bair Island Road #101 One Marina Homes to A. Parikh for $574,500 on 2/22/12 2304 Cheshire Way J. & R. Torres to D. & A. Woropay for $550,000 on 2/17/12; previous sale 12/06, $820,000 235 D St. R. & T. Broocker to W. Haug for $615,000 on 2/22/12; previous sale 10/87, $140,000 1266 Fernside St. Greco Trust to J. & L. Kwok for $664,500 on 2/21/12 914 Glennan Drive L. & L. Laughlin to C. & C. Rogers for $690,000 on 2/21/12 1481 Gordon St. R. & E. Herrera to B. Taylor for $425,000 on 2/17/12; previous sale 10/05, $650,000 1 Passage Lane #66 Wells Fargo Bank to Neidle Trust for $646,000 on 2/23/12; previous sale 3/03, $587,000 845 Portwalk Place C. Goodrich to R. Collins for $375,000 on 2/22/12; previous sale 10/97, $225,000 787 Portwalk Place #3226 D. Turner to E. Lin for $382,500 on 2/21/12; previous sale 3/88, $148,000 544 Shorebird Circle #25204 O. & O. Wray to X. Jin for $400,000 on 2/17/12; previous sale 9/06, $618,000 1221 Windsor Way D. Wakefield to A. Griffin for $633,000 on 2/17/12
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SALES AT A GLANCE East Palo Alto
Mountain View
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $$235,000 Highest sales price: $432,000
Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $309,000 Highest sales price: $1,120,000
Los Altos
Palo Alto
Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $728,000 Highest sales price: $2,460,000
Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,000,000 Highest sales price: $1,650,000
Menlo Park
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $900,000 Highest sales price: $2,325,000
Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $375,000 Highest sales price: $1,075,500 Source: California REsource
RentWatch Can ex-wife keep husband from moving back into rental unit? edited by Martin Eichner
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My sister and her husband recently decided to split up their marriage. He moved out of the apartment, which they had rented under a one-year lease, and filed a divorce case. However, a few months later, he told my sister he couldn’t afford his new place. He said that he was planning to move back into the apartment where she was still living. My sister doesn’t want him back. Can she stop him? If both husband and wife were parties to the rental agreement for the apartment where they had lived together, they both remain legally responsible for the agreement. The husband remains legally liable for the rental obligations under the lease whether he physically moved out or not, unless the lease was amended to remove him. Since he is financially responsible for the lease, under tenant-landlord rules, he should be able to enjoy its benefits, which includes the right to live there. There is no easy remedy available for your sister under tenant-landlord law, assuming your brotherin-law is unwilling to voluntarily amend the lease to remove himself as a party. Even if he was willing to be deleted from the lease, perhaps to end his financial responsibility, the landlord would also have to agree to amend. Your sister may have a better remedy under family law. In the family-law court, she could request a restraining order or other appropriate order in the divorce case that physically removes her husband from the apartment. The family court that hears the divorce case could also address the impact on your brother-in-law’s financial liability if he is removed. If he is threatening to return immediately, then some type of immediate order from the family court would be the fastest way to resolve the rights of both husband and wife.
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For more than five years, I have lived in a house I rent. Throughout this whole time, I have been forced to go into my own pocket to pay for the most basic repairs, such as emergency plumber calls. I have paid for repairs myself because my landlord always takes too long to respond. I have been very careful to keep copies of all the repair bills I paid, which total more than a month’s rent. I have found a new place to live that I think is newer and in bet-
ter condition. I would like to skip payment of the last month’s rent in my current home as a way to make sure I am compensated for at least some of the bills I had to pay. Will I be able to do that? A landlord has a duty to provide habitable rental premises. As described in California Civil Code Section 1941.1, that duty includes adequate plumbing. A landlord must respond to a repair request as quickly as reasonably possible, given the specific issue. For example, an emergency water leak requires an immediate response. If you properly notified your landlord of the need for an emergency repair and he failed to respond as quickly as possible, he violated his duty. This rule applies as long as the emergency repairs were not due to your own fault, such as flushing a tennis ball down the toilet. You should always make requests for repairs in writing so that you can prove that you made the request. If you need to call the landlord to report an emergency, follow up with an email or other written request so you will have a record of your request. Even if you can prove that your landlord violated his duty to provide habitable premises, you still need to pick your remedy. If you can prove that you gave proper written notice, that the landlord did not respond as quickly as possible, and that you incurred these expenses for repairs that were within the landlord’s duty of habitability, you can deduct the cost from your rent up to the amount of one month’s rent, once a year. However, if you deduct, the landlord may force the issue by serving a three-day notice to pay rent or quit, which if followed with an unlawful detainer eviction case, could involve you in an expensive and risky court case. A small claims court case would be a safer alternative. If you had a written rental agreement, you can sue for damages within the last four years, so you might need to exclude bills incurred outside the four-year statute of limitations. However, you can include your damages for the landlord’s failure to make the repairs, such as time off work to wait for the plumber, and you won’t need to hire an attorney. N Martin Eichner edits RentWatch for Project Sentinel, an organization founded in 1974 that provides landlord tenant dispute resolution and fair housing services in Northern California and administers rental-housing mediation programs in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Mountain View. Call 650-856-4062 for dispute resolution or 650-321-6291 for fair housing or email mediate4us@housing.org.
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