When one door closes, maybe just try opening it again. That’s how doors work.
Today’s HOT LIST Link ( click the pretty blue link below to see today’s picks ):
$5,995,000
6021 N 44TH ST, Paradise Valley, AZ
“Unobstructed views from everywhere in the house!”
Toilet time just got awkward. Damn these double-sided windows! That pane in the glass view is the esteemed Camelback Mountain, which the camera lens has somehow shrunk to pocket size for these pictures. In real life that mountain view is ‘loom-inescent’ with the insistently relentless presence of Ex-Lax during a cough. You never forget it’s there. Every window whispers “Camelback” with the persistence of a Parkay lid. We witnessed this view personally back when this home was last listed for $3.8 mil, or $4.2 mil, on one of those occasions. This home’s been on and off market more often than Jennifer Aniston. Speaking of curves, fans of contemporary design, or anyone who played with a Spirograph, will be roundly delighted that this interior has more arcs than a Jane Austen character.
If architecture is inhabited sculpture, this home is the smile on its face. There is an attitude dancing within these bending walls and it tells you the designers enjoyed every second of this project. Scale, form, function, view. Nailed it.
$320,000
10706 W TOPAZ DR, Sun City, AZ
“Super cute with lots of room!”
If things get better with age then we’re each destined for magnificence. We enter this world as babies, dependent on others, eating liquid sludge, pooping our britches, and napping most of the day. Some of us will live long enough to return to those conditions. This is why we feature Sun City homes on the Hot List, as everyone riding this stairway to Heaven should be thinking about the properties available on the other side of the hill. Most of us have parents, or elderly types in our lives, those who are closer to that “dependent on others” phase than we ever completely recognize until some random Tuesday afternoon phone call arrives reporting “the fall”.
For all your days prepare
And meet them all alike
When you are the anvil, bear
When you are the hammer, strike
We pick Sun City properties with a few subtleties you may have noticed.
Price is the most obvious factor. Sun City is filled with more wisdom than the rest of the valley combined. As such, this corner of the valley has been quickest to react to the decreased volume of 2021 buyer activity by decorating their homes with friendlier fall price tags.
HOA Fees. We avoid them like a Vegan menu. This property has NO HOA fee. For older people on fixed incomes, with limited resources, and volatility forthcoming in their health care costs, avoiding this little fee is a big victory. In most areas of Sun City one can voluntarily pay an annual $469 fee to use the recreation facilities. But we actively seek homes that aren’t tethered to bills.
Manageable Space. With old age comes new skills, you can laugh, cough, sneeze, and pee simultaneously. Rolling out of bed can mean a morning long affair of lifting yourself off the floor. Size matters, and we tend to favor the smaller, single level, 1,300 – 1,600 sq ft models, as they take less time to clean. Important consideration since half the cleaning time is wasted trying to remember where the vacuum was last seen.
This home on Topaz breaks that size rule. The low price reflects a Seller who recognizes that this extra size is a handicap in the land of handicapped parking. This layout saves the day as either the bonus room or the living room could act as guest quarters, allowing the windowless middle bedroom to become an office. People lose flexibility with age, especially in the thought processes. My grandparents lived in their own Sun City single level home until Grandpa passed the 100 year finish line. Our family sold that house soon after….for about half what it’s worth today. Sun City is no longer building any new houses. There’s an endless line of people waiting to get in….they just don’t know they are in that line just yet.
Never buy a property unless it has a use. These Sun City homes have flexibility and use built-in. You’ll miss those when they’re gone.
Eat Well. Stay Fit. Die Anyways.
$1,000,000
9715 N STATE ROUTE 89A — N, Sedona, AZ
“Serene Oak Creek home with private swimming hole! “
Welcome to the 72 Hour Sale! Now entering Day 10.
That private swimming hole they’re advertising is Oak Creek itself, which narrowly missed this home’s surfing appointment by about four feet. One cannot imagine a more serene setting that a shaded afternoon nestled creek side listening to rocks high fiving the passing water. We placed this Sedona shoreline sanctuary on today’s list just so you could share in that lucid daydream, if for just a moment between coffee sips and e-mail sifts. Relax. Lay Back. Imagine the faint whisper of trickling liquid, the air weaving through leaves above, the sun peeking in through slivers of light that cascade across your grin, not a care in the universe to be found.
Until the weather report announces rain is coming.
RUN!!!
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