As you all no doubt recall, when we bought our current house, we purchased it as a winter home. We still had the RV then and intended to continue to travel in the summer - until we didn't. As a winter house it's fine, as a full time house it's a wee bit small. We really wanted a third bedroom, but since this was the only house we saw that we could tolerate, we bought it anyway. So, we've been half heartedly looking for a three bedroom house with a pool. I'm still on the fence about pool maintenance, but after this last summer, I think we would like having it. Anyway, we went out to an open house today.
This is what is on Zillow. Isn't it lovely? I think they used a drone and the sparkle/shiny camera filters when they took the photo.
This is what we saw. The lots are actually fairly small, and the entire neighborhood looks somewhat dingy. The car in front of the house had just disgorged four children, two of which were very active, so we bailed. Three out of four masks were not covering noses, so - nah.
We saw this magnificent tribute to the 45th president on the way out. I had to stop and take pictures. It's hard to see, but in the middle they've hung the flag wherein the orange wombat's head has been grafted onto Rambo's body. He has something wrapped around his head, and is holding a rocket launcher. Wonder how long this will stay up. It appears to be listing a little.
Finally, there was a good sunset. As we get closer to December, they'll improve as the sun gets lower.
So, that's what's happening here.
beautiful sunset. we're starting to get nice ones too. that top picture of the house is really nice but the actual street view looks rather bleak.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the magic of real estate photography! LOL! There's a lesson here for all of us who long for the houses in the pages of Dwell and other magazines. Anything can be made to look pretty darn good!
ReplyDeleteExciting to be looking for a new house (although the one you have is pretty sweet!) especially with a pool. I think it's really a must if you're going to be in that kind of heat. Even if you don't swim in it, the visuals are almost cooling enough! That house looked lovely via drone, not so much in person though.....
ReplyDeleteSuch a reality disappointment, especially including the Trump display. And the uncovered noses. A friend and I were jackjawing recently that the Bidens will need a whole White House fumigation before move in.
ReplyDeleteA pool would be a must in your climate, moreso than a third bedroom, I'd think, but what do I know? I guess there's no chance of adding a pool to your current house?
ReplyDeleteA pool is nice to have in AZ. We really enjoyed ours. Trumpers are still out in the world. I passed a house the other day with 2 flagpoles. One held the trump propaganda flag the other was the southern cross (confederate battle flag). Really people?
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute house. But that tribute to you know who is just creepy. What is it about that awful man that has some people so worshipful? It's a total mystery to me.
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