Well, we are committed now. We put in an offer on an Oro Valley home. After some back and forth, we have a contract, contingent on inspections. In Wisconsin, doing an inspection means hiring a house inspector. In Oro Valley, there are additional specialty inspections for termites, roof, HVAC, and sewer. If the inspections go well in the next two weeks, it is full steam ahead with the closing set for the third week of July.
Without locating the house for the internet, I will say that we are close to trails, pickleball and have mountain views of the Catalina and Tortolita ranges. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s a single family house, single level house with a walk-in shower. The back yard is walled/fenced for Callie’s enjoyment. We definitely downsized and stayed within our budget, but the house has high ceilings and still feels spacious. Julia likes the house, and I like the outdoor space, so we are both satisfied.
This morning on our six mile walk, we spotted three javelinas. I managed a photo of one, but the other two were romantically involved behind the brush.
This afternoon, we stopped in at Dragoon Brewery for a hazy IPA.
With our business on the house done for the most part, we headed over to The View for burgers and music. It was nice to sit outside in the shade with a moderate breeze and cooling temps (98). The View is the golf club restaurant at the Sun City in Oro Valley. We looked at some homes within that community, but decided against it. Our new house is in an all-ages neighborhood.
Those old folks have some nice views though.
6 comments:
Huuurrrayyy and congratulations!!!!! It sounds as if you found a wonderful spot. Is there another next door. I sent Michelle's brother Steve down there a year or two ago to house hunt but he got side-tracked. November through March are delightful! Really happy for you. Will we get to see pictures?
Thank god things are going so smoothly. After the last few years of turmoil, I'm sure glad you're getting a bit o'respite.
It took Greg years to show us any photos of his house hidden somewhere in Texas. This house is in plain sight so I’m going to be cautious about photos, at least initially. Yes, after the last year or so, it will be good to make a new start.
Ok.
Will you disclose square footage? Price? Size of lot?
I, at least, was hoping that Steve, Michelle's brother, was serious about hunting for a place in Tucson. He has a cooperative apartment in Denver in a building that's falling apart and is thinking of moving. I'm not that familiar with Oro Valley, but my sense is it's pretty nice. Which translates probably to a minimum of $500,000. Yes? No?
Last fall, we were looking here in the 400k to 450k, and there were nice townhouses and some older (80s/90s) single family homes in OV in that range. We did better on our house than expected so that bumped us up closer to 500k. We looked at over 20 homes before finding one that was newer and single family: about 1700 sq feet on a tiny lot with nice landscaping and privacy features. Prices have jumped so much in the last 8 years, but there is a housing shortage in south central Wisconsin. Not here. Plenty of houses for sale. But yeah, most of OV is pretty nice, and there are definitely million dollar houses here. Just not in our neighborhood.
Good idea on limiting photos and information, that's how I keep all my rabid fans from swarming me. That's a nice part of town. Loads of trails almost in the back yard, but I suspect you will need storage for the Casita?
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