Well day 2 of our property search and if there is one thing I can honestly say we have learn't already is to expect the unexpected! We have spent a lot of time looking online at properties. We have looked at places again and again and applied our criteria against them, looking at them from the point of view of somewhere we are going to live for the rest of our lives not somewhere to buy as a fixer upper or somewhere that needs structural work to make it into what we want it to be.
To this end we whittled down our list to take in places that have the master bedroom on the lower floor IF it was more than one level, but preferably a one level home with as few steps as possible - none preferably! Places of good build quality and well maintained obviously are a plus, a bit of redecorating wouldn't be too bad but not somewhere really tired that needed revamping in the kitchen, lighting etc as well. The thing that has come from the search so far is that what you see in pictures online can really be distorted by the angles used, lighting or just by omission! While Estate Agents want to present a property at it's best to encourage viewings the thing we already knew and have had confirmed is that seeing a place in person tells you far more than seeing 1,000 pictures online!
So far the two places we have both loved have been houses we were initially unsure of from their web listings. They photographed ok but other places photographed far better! On seeing them in person they were completely in a different league and offered different things. One so far is all about the views and probably better finish, the other is spacious, and has a more flexible layout.
Today we saw houses in the mock Moorish enclave of Cabrera that on the web looked amazing, a HUGE property in Vera that had an amazing footprint but needed so much work to make it really livable and a property in Los Gallardos that online offered a nice size and facilities but didn't photograph well in terms of kerb appeal!
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| Cabrera - Lovely views! Yes! |
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| Cabrera - Lovely views! Yes! |
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| Cabrera - Awful Entrance! No! |
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| Cabrera - Pool overlooking neighbours immediately below! No! |
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| Vera - Interesting outside, nice space! |
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| Vera - Interesting outside, nice pool space! |
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| Vera - Interesting outside, like a mini South Fork! |
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| Los Gallardos - the main entrance, lacks kerb appeal/imagination |
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| Los Gallardos - the spacious lounge/dining room |
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| Los Gallardos - a second bedroom with master features! All 3 are en suite. |
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| Los Gallardos - the master with built in storage, has a full bathroom |
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| Los Gallardos - a view of the spacious kitchen |
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| Los Gallardos - the view from the garden |
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| Los Gallardos - the pool area, very spacious looking towards 1 bed room granny flat |
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| Los Gallardos - the granny flat/pool room wet room |
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| Los Gallardos - the granny flat bedroom looking into wet room |
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteNice post.
From our own experience living on a house that high over the sea level. Check the altitude with the GPS on your phones. Second ask the neighbors living nearby the properties you see about the weather. The Cabrera house looked to me that it could be quite cold in winter. And that later reflects later on your bills.
And Spain specially on high areas can be cold. Not everything is Sun and wine! ;) Keep that in mind.
We liked the Vera house quite nice one! :)
David
We realise this! But Bedar from Day 5 is now a front runner along with Los Gallardos from day 2 ;)
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