House Hunting

I love looking at houses! Seriously! I'm afraid Ron isn't quite as enthralled with the process, but I get a kick out of it. Maybe I should have been a Realtor, but then I'd have to deal with people like me who can't make up their minds. Although Ron wanted to get a fixer-upper, the house we had submitted a bid on was just too much to fix and we (or maybe I) changed our minds. After all, it's supposed to be a winter home not a full time job.

You can tell when these houses were built by all the harvest gold and avocado green appliances. We saw lots of kitchens that looked like this.


This is Kathy our Realtor expressing her opinion about the smell in this house.

By the way if you're ever looking for a house in the Mesa area, Kathy is the best. She happily showed us house after house beginning last winter.

This house came completely furnished! I'm sure green velvet will be back in style soon.


And this one was actually cute as a button except for the all-pink bathroom. I think the toilet seat had seashells in it.


But finally we found the right one. It's only 1119 sq. ft., but will work perfectly for us. We have a signed contract and barring any major problems with the inspection, we'll be closing in mid-February. Our original two criteria for our winter home were that it had to be in an 'over 55' community and allow RV parking on the property.


It has a lovely RV gate. Unfortunately after careful measuring, even with the side mirrors folded in, they won't fit through the gate. But never fear, Ron will take out some of the wall and redo the gate. What a guy!


Here's part of the eat-in kitchen which I like just the way it is, but will love when we replace the counter top. But that's much better than replacing all the appliances and remodeling. I just know we're not going to agree on the counter top, though - Ron wants something light and I'm thinking granite looking. Humm.