Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Why We Like Our House

1) Location! - walking distance to beach (either less than 2 miles walking south, or just over 2 miles walking west), 1 mile from awesome park with ocean view, and 2 miles to downtown and our favorite happy hour bar!
2) Neighborhood - all custom homes from 1920s to early 1950s. Most have been remodeled and the neighborhood is safe and friendly.
3) Schools - Great elementary school (Loma Vista Elementary), middle school and high school
4) Freeway access - about a mile away from the 101
5) Fruit Trees - 2 avocados, 2 oranges, 1 peach, and one orange/lemon tree, all on a sizable backyard
6) Arched entranceways - they were almost a must have on our list
7) detached posterior garage - no ugly garages to look at in the neighborhood
8) cove ceilings - cool
9) original hardwood floors - need refinishing
10) original brick fireplace
11) two bay windows

2 comments:

Courtney Craig said...

I think that the neighborhood looks great! Those neighboring houses are NOT ugly. And, your house has a lot of potential; a lot of its features remind me of our house in LA! Congrats again to you both. I will visit your blog frequently to stay updated. When do you close? What's the restoration schedule going to be?

Anonymous said...

Your house has a lot of great features - yes it is a bit of a fixer-upper but its got the "guts" that are hard to find in a great house. Once you are done, its going to look fantastic, and I think you guys will be so happy. You def. have the right attitude, and looked at all the right things going into this house :) Its going to be great!!