An inconvenience is only an ‘adventure’ wrongly considered.
Today’s HOT LIST Link ( click the pretty blue link below to see today’s picks ):
$1,500,000
1545 E Villa Maria DR, Phoenix, AZ
“sliding glass doors for effortless indoor/outdoor living”
Effortless! IF…you leave the doors open. This effortless door Life Hack works for all doors, FYI. You are looking at the last home built in the private Stone Mountain Preserve, born last year on an infill lot, thus it is surrounded by homes twenty years its senior. The neighboring properties are superb homes, all custom designs, aged under a veil of timeless views. This lot sat emptier than Mark Zuckerberg’s soul for 2.5 decades after being subdivided, because hillside construction costs feature more question marks than The Riddler’s pajama drawer. The lot finally sold in 2018 for $115k.
Kudos to the builders for capturing the southeasterly views of Squaw Peak, Camelback Mountain, and the McDowell’s with every window possible. This is a walk-out layout, with the Main floor at driveway level, basking in those amazing views from end to end. Walk-down to the lower level for a second living space, which features a half kitchen and access to the private backyard. Notice they kept the fence below five feet so everyone can enjoy the views, even Dopey and Sneezy.
GLUTEN WARNING: The included video features more cheese than the state of Wisconsin, but it brings us to our….
VIDEO TIP OF THE WEEK
When filming indoors with southern exposure window light, ditch your DSLR camera and go with your phone camera. I love my DSLR, but even the best digital cameras do not have the micro processing power that your little handheld smartphone does. Notice how the window’s outdoor views disappear from view in this video, as their DSLR could not handle the indoor/outdoor contrast combo, so it picked one. Your phone can capture simultaneous lighting views elegantly. Know your tools. Pick your battles.
$499,999.99
16577 W SHERMAN ST, Goodyear, AZ
“72 Hour Home Sale!”
The notes then state: Offers due by Sunday 10/31 at 6pm.
Hold up. Halloween is only 72 Hours AWAY!?! No. Wait. Today is Tuesday, then WTF, plus Saturday…hmmm, this is at least a 120 hour sale! Sir, I just clocked you doing 120 in a 72 hour zone. You are over the limit!
This 72 Hours Sale schtick arrived on the 2021 temptation platter marinating in this messaging, “The 72 Hour approach identifies virtually every buyer for a home before it’s allowed to be shown, gets them excited, creates fear of loss, an urgency to act, and a motivation to make high offers”.
That text is so freshly peeled off their brochure it still wreaks of Chaz cologne. This schtick pisses the Buyers off, makes them feel like cattle trotting into a slaughterhouse, and paints the Real Estate industry as a freak genetic hybrid petri dish cocktail concocted of equal parts QVC, Cal Worthington, and the complimentary snorkel trip you can enjoy after a quick 90 minute Vacation Club Membership seminar. Damn you Free Breakfast! This stopwatch sales technique comes across like the Joker snapping a pool stick and telling two henchmen to fight to the death for the job opportunity. Great work Real Estate industry. Great work.
I work with both Buyers and Sellers. Buyers DETEST this 72 Hours Survivor marathon schtick with a passion. When I read that “72 Hour Sale” note out loud in the car, the interior temp jumps ten degrees and I can hear finger indentions being grip crushed into the door handles by my clients. It’s hated, but it’s not going away. Look, if Americans didn’t love gimmicks then gimmicks wouldn’t be our chief export. This 72 hours schtick is popular in our society because effort is so wholeheartedly unpopular. These polyester posers snag their Sellers using the same methods incorporated by late night infomercials. The same guy who can’t spatula pry a fish from the pan is the same guy eager to SELL-THIS-HOUSE quickly, without effort, just tell me what you got.
Answer: LESS than you could have!
$1,288,800
11010 N Buffalo DR, Fountain Hills, AZ
“builtin wine celler”
“pre plumded water softner”
“instand Hot water”
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of spellcheckers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Beyond the weeping Webster’s Editions we find something rather unique: A Single Level Fountain Hills Home. Fountain Hills was built on a series of ridges, with houses lining the peaks, which grants nearly everyone a view. It’s brilliant planning when you see it. However, sloping lots typically mean the home interiors have more steps than a beef Wellington recipe. This home features zero steps. Zip. Zero. Nada. This is how we roll!
This flat earth variety is achieved by limiting the building envelope, bulking up the pad underneath, and utilizing an impressive set of foundational retaining walls that you could smash a Brinks truck against. Trust me, somebody did. You basically build your own cliff. Side Effects can include window vertigo, patio cramping, and a sudden feeling of dampness when backing away from the outdoor sink (Pic #54).
New House. No Steps. Near enough to Scottsdale you could call it home. Worthy.
It’s Tuesday. Go kick some ass.
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