San Bernardino Real Estate Reality: Inland homes that stretch a budget
You've gotta live somewhere... right? From a Verdemont fixer-upper bungalow with panoramic fire season views to a Arrowhead Farms McMansion fortress with a three-car garage, San Bernardino has a variety of places and ways to make a home. Here’s what to expect.
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What Does Home Look Like in San Bernardino?
Prices, house styles, and the rental fine print locals wish someone had told them sooner.
Home prices are
Shockingly affordable if you're fleeing the coast, still steep if you're coming from Texas
Homes in San Bernardino are typically
Single story stucco boxes with gravel lawns and bars on the windows
The dream house would be
Hillside ranch with mountain views and zero gunshots echoing at 2am
The reality is that it will most likely be
1970s fixer upper with original popcorn ceilings and a chain link fence
I'll live anywhere except
North of Baseline, unless sleeping through circling helicopters sounds relaxing
As long as I'm close to
The 10 freeway for escaping to civilization or Seccombe Lake if I'm pretending nature exists
Stereotypical architecture is
Tan stucco, red tile roofs, and the occasional sad palm tree gasping for water
Sought after views
San Bernardino Mountains when the smog clears, which happens roughly never in summer
HOAs around here are
Mostly nonexistent, which is either total freedom or your neighbor's car graveyard
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