Jim Frimmer, Realtor and CDPE, Mission Valley, CA DRE #01458572

Mission Valley Living
Friars Pointe market

For information about the Friars Pointe condominium community, click on Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community.

As of February 15, 2012, there were three units for sale in Friars Pointe, and two units with sales pending:

There have been no sales in Friars Pointe so far in 2012.

Following are the twenty most recent sales in Friars Pointe prior to 2012:

If you would like to be informed of any units in Friars Pointe that come on the market, or if you'd like to visit any unit in the other condominium communities in Mission Valley, or a property anywhere in San Diego County, please email me at JimFrimmer@Century21Award.com or call me at 619-729-5701.

Information in this post is deemed accurate and reliable but not guaranteed.

Originally posted at
Mission Valley Living — Friars Pointe market

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1. Mission Valley Living — Friars Pointe condominium community in San Diego's Mission Valley
2. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission market
3. Please bear with me while I take a break from commenting
4. Out & About San Diego — You still have time for Museum Month!
5. How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection (Guest post by Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector)
6. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community
7. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow market update
8. Out & About San Diego — 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
9. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow community
10. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills market
11. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills community
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15. Mission Valley Living — City Scene market

Mission Valley Living
Friars Pointe condominium community
in San Diego's Mission Valley

Friars Pointe, built from 1975 to 1979, is a condominium community of 187 units in zip code 92108 in the eastern section of Mission Valley. Units range in size from 506 to 690 square feet, and bedroom/bathroom floor plans include 1/1 and 2/1.

Amenities at Friars Pointe include swimming pool, spa, clubhouse, outdoor grills, and common laundry.

HOA fees are about $190 a month and include common area maintenance, landscaping, exterior building and roof maintenance, water (including hot water), trash pickup, sewer, and limited insurance.

Friars Pointe is close to Qualcomm Stadium and easily accessible to the University of San Diego, San Diego State University, Fashion Valley Mall, several San Diego Trolley stations, SeaWorld, Mission Bay, Old Town, and downtown San Diego.

Walkers, joggers, and bikers will enjoy the concrete paths along the San Diego River from Qualcomm Stadium on the east end of Mission Valley all the way to Mission Bay, Ocean Beach, and Mission Beach on the west end, a distance of about seven miles.

Friars Pointe is managed by PT Property Management. Contact them at 619-283-7004.

A check with the FHA indicates that Friars Pointe is not FHA approved; their approval expired on July 31, 2011. No word yet on whether or not approval has been renewed. Friars Points is VA approved without any conditions.

If you would like to be informed of any units in Friars Pointe that come on the market, or if you'd like to visit a property in Mission Valley or anywhere in San Diego County, please call me at 619-729-5701 or email me at JimFrimmer@Century21Award.com.

Information in this post is deemed accurate and reliable but not guaranteed.

Originally posted at
Mission Valley Living — Friars Pointe community

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1. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission market
2. Please bear with me while I take a break from commenting
3. Out & About San Diego — You still have time for Museum Month!
4. How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection (Guest post by Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector)
5. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community
6. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow market update
7. Out & About San Diego — 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
8. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow community
9. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills market
10. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills community
11. Out & About San Diego — The Food and Water Bowl XX cat show
12. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run market
13. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run community
14. Mission Valley Living — City Scene market
15. Mission Valley Living — City Scene community

Mission Valley Living
Friars Mission market

For information about the Friars Mission condominium community, click on Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community.

As of February 6, 2012, there were three units for sale in Friars Mission, and one unit with a sale pending:

There have been no sales in Friars Mission so far in 2012.

Following are the twenty most recent sales in Friars Mission prior to 2012:

If you would like to be informed of any units in Friars Mission that come on the market, or if you'd like to visit any unit in the other condominium communities in Mission Valley, or a property anywhere in San Diego County, please email me at JimFrimmer@Century21Award.com or call me at 619-729-5701.

Information in this post is deemed accurate and reliable but not guaranteed.

Originally posted at
Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission market

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1. Please bear with me while I take a break from commenting
2. Out & About San Diego — You still have time for Museum Month!
3. How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection (Guest post by Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector)
4. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community
5. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow market update
6. Out & About San Diego — 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
7. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow community
8. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills market
9. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills community
10. Out & About San Diego — The Food and Water Bowl XX cat show
11. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run market
12. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run community
13. Mission Valley Living — City Scene market
14. Mission Valley Living — City Scene community
15. Foul language in the MLS

February is Museum Month in San Diego. There are forty museums participating this year, including many of those in Balboa Park. Sponsored by Macy's, this is your opportunity to take the family to some great museums for just half price.

Museum Month was founded in 1989 and has become an extremely popular event. Over 23,000 passes were distributed last year by Macy's, which is where you have to go to get a Museum Month pass. The pass lets up to four people get into participating museums for half price, once per museum.

Here are the forty great museums participating in Museum Month:

• Adobe Chapel Museum
• Barona Cultural Center & Museum
• Birch Aquarium at Scripps
• Bonita Museum & Cultural Center
• Coronado Museum of History & Art
• Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
• Gaslamp Museum at Wm. H. Davis House
• Heritage of the Americas Museum
• La Jolla Historical Society
• Lux Art Institute
• Maritime Museum of San Diego
• Marston House & Gardens
• Mingei International Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla
• Museum of Making Music
• Museum of Photographic Arts
• Oceanside Museum of Art
• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
• San Diego Air & Space Museum
• San Diego Archaeological Center
• San Diego Automotive Museum
• San Diego Botanic Garden
• San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
• San Diego History Center Museum & Library
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• San Diego Museum of Man
• San Diego Natural History Museum
• Serra Museum
• The New Children’s Museum
• The San Diego Museum of Art
• The Warner-Carrillo Ranch House
• Tijuana Estuary Visitors Center
• Timken Museum of Art
• USS Midway Museum
• Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
• Visions Art Museum
• Water Conservation Garden
• Whaley House Museum
• Women’s Museum of California

There are fourteen Macy's stores in San Diego County. Click here to find the one closest to you.

Hope everyone has a good time!

Originally posted at
Mission Valley Living — You still have time for Museum Month!

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1. How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection (Guest post by Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector)
2. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community
3. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow market update
4. Out & About San Diego — 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
5. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow community
6. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills market
7. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills community
8. Out & About San Diego — The Food and Water Bowl XX cat show
9. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run market
10. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run community
11. Mission Valley Living — City Scene market
12. Mission Valley Living — City Scene community
13. Foul language in the MLS
14. Short update on Russel Ray, Eric Cooper, and Jim Frimmer
15. San Diego Mission Valley condos for sale — Woodspring (January 18, 2012)

How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection

Today's post is a guest post by Russel Ray, a home inspector in San Diego, California.

The perfect home simply doesn't exist.

In a brand new home, the contractor often is not aware of everything his subcontractors do, and government building and code inspectors do not have the time or the budget to inspect everything in every home, so they usually just do a spot-check of newly constructed homes.

An existing home that has been lived in usually has damage that occurred from simply living in it, or additions or remodeling that weren't permitted.

If Sellers know what to look for, they can resolve many minor items before the Buyer's home inspector ever arrives, minor items that, collectively, could add up to major headaches involving both time and money. Doing as much as possible before the Buyer's home inspection helps ensure that escrow goes more smoothly.

Following is my "checklist" of items often found during the course of a home inspection that a Seller could do or could easily hire a general handyperson to do before the buyer's home inspector ever shows up.

OUTSIDE

• Check that doorbells work.
• Check for missing roof shingles.
• Check for loose, damaged, or clogged gutters and downspouts.
• Check attic ventilation and condition of vent screens.
• Check to see if there is standing water, especially near the foundation, after irrigation or rainfall.
• Check for cracks in foundation walls.
• Check structure (including attic and foundation crawl space) for pests (termites, wasps, spiders, nests, etc.).
• Check exterior weatherproofing (stain, paint, etc.).
• Check for any wood in direct contact with soil, including fences and gates.
• Check for loose wiring (electric, cable, phone) and poor wire terminations.
• Check for holes and damage to siding, doors, windows, and trim so that structure is weatherproof.
• Check condition of fences or gates (leaning, damaged).
• Check that any exterior outlets are weatherproofed and not in permanent use for any landscape lighting.
• Check condition of landscape components (retaining walls, landscaper timbers, etc.).
• Check for overgrown vegetation, especially in walkways; growing on siding, roof, chimney, fences, or in gutters; or too close to utility lines.
• Check for trip hazards in walkways, driveways, and stairways (deterioration, vegetation, etc.).
• Check for loose, missing, or rusted guardrails and handrails at stairways, decks, balconies, and porches.
• Check that landscape lighting/irrigation systems work, and that sprinklers don't spray on fences or buildings.
• Check condition of pool and spa, and related equipment and utilities.
• Check that ponds, fountains, and waterfalls, and related utilities, work properly and are protected from children.

PLUMBING

• Check that seismic straps are on the water heater.
• Check that stoppers work in bathtubs and sinks.
• Check for clogged drains.
• Check that toilet seat bolts and screws are tight.
• Check for loose toilets and loose toilet tanks.
• Check that faucets don't drip or leak around the base.
• Check stop action on faucet handles.
• Check condition of caulk/grout in bathtubs/showers.
• Check insulation on water pipes in foundation crawl space and attic.
• Check for safe and easy access to water shutoff valves (street curb, water heater, sinks, toilets, etc.).
• Check for safe and easy access to any gas shutoff valves (meter, furnace, water heater, etc.).

ELECTRICAL

• Check for safe and easy access to electric panels and main circuit breaker.
• Check that ceiling fans work on all speeds.
• Check for burned out lights, including ceiling fans.
• Check for damaged or loose outlets and light switches, including covers for outlets and switches.
• Check for unplugged appliances, and unplug anything that is unnecessary to facilitate outlet testing by the Buyer's home inspector.
• Remove extension cords and outlet multipliers.
• Check that outlets work.
• Check for outdated two-prong outlets and upgrade them to three-prong outlets.
• Check for properly working GFCI outlets in kitchen, bathrooms, garage, and exterior.
• Check that exhaust fans work in kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry area.
• Check that any electrical junction boxes have covers.

INSIDE

• Check condition of towel holders and tissue holders.
• Check condition of bathtubs, showers, and shower doors.
• Check that safety seal shows on floor-to-ceiling windows and glass doors.
• Check that carbon monoxide alarms work.
• Check that smoke alarms work, and that they are present on each floor of multi-story houses.
• Check for loose kitchen and bathroom countertops.
• Check ease of operation for doors (including closet doors and cabinet doors), drawers, and windows, including windows nailed or painted shut.
• Check for missing, loose, or damaged hardware on doors (including closet doors and cabinet doors), drawers (stops and guides), and windows.
• Check for loose glass panes in windows and doors, as well as glass with holes or cracks in them.
• Check that latches/locks work on doors (including closet doors and cabinet doors), drawers, and windows.
• Check for damage to screen windows.
• Remove excessive storage (closets, attic, garage).
• Check for damage to walls and ceilings that need to be patched and painted.
• Check for moisture stains on ceilings and walls; around doors and windows; near sinks, toilets, bathtubs, and showers; and near the dishwasher.
• Check for loose, missing, or damaged guardrails and handrails in stairways.
• Check for loose, broken or missing baseboards and door and window moldings.
• Check for cracked tiles or deteriorated grouting in kitchen and bathrooms.
• Check that kitchen appliances work.
• Check that an anti-tip device is installed on the stove.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Let dogs and cats vacation for a few hours with a family member, friend, or at a pet spa.
• Check that other pets (birds, snakes, rodents, etc.) are caged.
• Certain items should be inspected annually due to their inherently dangerous nature. These include gas-using appliances, pool/spa equipment, roof, and the fireplace and chimney. If they have not been inspected within the last 12 months, having it done now can make escrow go more smoothly.
• Check that filters are in place and clean (kitchen range hood, heating/cooling, bathroom fans, etc.).
• Check for soot, cobwebs, and wildlife in the fireplace and lower areas of the chimney. The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) recommends that the fireplace and chimney undergo a Level II inspection any time real estate ownership is transferred, and I recommend having that done prior to the Buyer's inspection.
• Check that the fireplace damper opens/closes easily.
• Check for manufacturer installation guides, operating instructions, or user guides that you can provide to the buyer, especially for kitchen appliances; heating and cooling system; water heater; security, irrigation, fire suppression, central cleaning, and water modification systems; water well; and septic system. Many home inspectors exclude inspection and testing of some specialized systems, such as security and irrigation systems. Once you get the Buyer's inspection report, note what the Inspector did and did not do or could and could not do. Offer to meet with the Buyer to demonstrate how those systems are operated and maintained, and provide the contact information for any companies that regularly service the systems.
• Check for receipts and warranty papers for any work done on the property, particularly for inspections and work done to prepare the property for sale.

Originally posted at
Russel Ray — How Sellers can prepare for a Buyer's home inspection

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1. Mission Valley Living — Friars Mission community
2. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow market update
3. Out & About San Diego — 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
4. Mission Valley Living — Friars Hollow community
5. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills market
6. Mission Valley Living — Fashion Hills community
7. Out & About San Diego — The Food and Water Bowl XX cat show
8. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run market
9. Mission Valley Living — Creekwood at River Run community
10. Mission Valley Living — City Scene market
11. Mission Valley Living — City Scene community
12. Foul language in the MLS
13. Short update on Russel Ray, Eric Cooper, and Jim Frimmer
14. San Diego Mission Valley condos for sale — Woodspring (January 18, 2012)
15. Out & About San Diego — 15th Annual Sage & Songbirds Festival and Garden Tour