Mansionmania Tournament: Round 2, Heat 13
 

Mansionmania continues with our 32 2nd-round contestants. You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions:

• The purchase price for you is $0.
• All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, HOA fees, and cleaning is included.
• You must live in the home for the rest of your life.
• You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year.
• You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance
• You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll.
• You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room.
• You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside.

I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood.

Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me.

Your entries in this heat are:


Oregon

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...3_M97304-10007

California

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...0_M16709-05739

This is a beatdown in my book.

The Oregon house is decent, but it's hard to get past the pet cemetery. I'd have to clean that house out and start over, and I'm not sure how many furniture stores are within the 100 mile radius. I have positive perceptions of Oregon, but this house isn't really close to much.

The California house is going to be hard for anyone to beat. I love the design and the view is still hard to believe. Even the pictures of the view are fantastic. And it's convenient to a bunch of stuff within the 100 mile radius. I pity the house that gets matched up against this place in the tournament.

California gets my vote without hesitation.

Pass on both for me. Neither one is my vibe.

Point of order Mr Rain Man-
Oregon House- is that a skunk on the counter in the kitchen?

I figured you would be all over the Oregon house with your avatar pic

It is indeed. I guess that's a good spot for a skunk. The badger on the bar would be too much for that space.

Maybe I'm seeing things, but what's in the lower right of picture 5? Maybe it's just a chair or something, but I'm hopeful that perhaps it's a glimpse of a walrus skeleton.

Yeah, this is California in a Walk. I'd much rather live in Oregon on 400 acres and the money than California on 2/3 of an acre. But that house is rough.

Probably the answer is I'd need to get some bids from contractors. I could definitely live in the guest house (I think that's where it's at?) while I un**** the main house. But the Cali house is good enough, you don't sign up to screw with it, I figure it's a 5 un**** project as break even at my age, and even with 700K, that might not happen.

This
https://ap.rdcpix.com/701fab5f3a8b42...1024_h768.webp

Is much better than

This
https://ap.rdcpix.com/701fab5f3a8b42...1024_h768.webp

But it would take a bunch of money to un****.

Me thinks it is an illegally excavated T-Rex rib cage

I've also pondered sabertooth tiger skull.

California, easy.

No desire to live in a Bass Pro Shop.

Oregon, easy.
Beautiful property. A lot of acreage. No commie laws.

I don't use antlers in all of my decorating, so California. Wish it was further south, but I would just go somewhere really hot on my vacations. I would probably schedule them in the winter, which in the Bay area means May.

This is tough. I need acreage and land, but that house is a mess. I’m all for having a trophy room, but that is nuts. Neither for me.

You can reach Sacramento within your range, and I think it's hot as blazes in the summer.

The Oregon house is too busy for me in so many ways. Not even including the animal heads and I'm sure there has to be some good left in San Fran and Sacramento.

Can't believe I'm going to say this but...Cali. :Lin: