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Today’s HOT LIST Link ( click the pretty blue link below to see today’s picks ):
$3,200,000
13440 N 137TH ST, Scottsdale, AZ
“Are you looking for the most jaw dropping mountain, sunset and city views”
Hmm, jaw drops. Do you have any views that will make 20 lbs drop instead? They say beauty is in the eye of the beer holder, but you’d have to be blinder than Stevie Wonder’s driving instructor to avoid the volley of Cupid’s arrows being fired from this home’s views….and its interior…and the little details….My God, this place is more pleasing than playing with a bundle of puppies under the scent of fresh baked cookies!
There is a door from the garage into the house. It would be a sin to use it. You MUST enter through the front door here, always and forever. Upon each entry your soul can be laminated in joyous applause as the splendor unfurls before you, revealing your vision’s true purpose, the horizon singing of unbridled will, your heart pounding with the rhythm of jubilant bliss as a choir of angels rejoice in magnanimous elation, Calgon take me awa …
WHOOPS! SLIP! CRASH! BANG! THUD!
…oof, did NOT see the stairs there.
For our California viewers: Pic #28’s NAOS special alert is indicating Natural Area Open Space. You may find this hard to believe, but we the gun totin, snake shootin, flag wavin, lotion rubbin, nuclear powered Neanderthals of the southwestern forbidden zone decided that certain beauty spots on our beloved Sonoran Desert xeriscape’s hide are simply too amazing to improve upon, so we preserved them as non-buildable land. Now back to your stereotypes…
$430,000
1204 E PALACIO LN, Phoenix, AZ
“3 bedrooms, 2 baths AND original detached 400 sq ft studio.”
The detached studio mentioned above should have sent this List Price hurdling over the $500k mile marker faster than Karsten Warholm diving to save a falling Toblerone. (I know you’re not watching the Olympics, but these metaphors write themselves) That unique studio is generous in size and could be converted into an efficiently flexible guest suite. Hmmm. Ya know… the more possibilities that come to mind, the more curious the mind gets as to why this incredibly attractive home, with a one-of-a-kind studio space, is priced so much lower than….it…should be. Spidey senses tingling.
The AAR Purchase Contract grants us a 10-day inspection period upon Offer Acceptance.
Day One: Find the building permit. Hurdles can be overcome, but it’s an easier leap when you see them coming. Probably why you don’t see too many Olympic hurdlers in trifocals. I love this price paired with this solar powered property. But we got some checking to do.
$1,300,000
7729 N 13TH PL, Phoenix, AZ
“flexible living concept creates an adaptable floor plan with downstairs and upstairs living spaces”
First there was the plow. Then the wheel. The compass, the printing press, the steam engine, electricity, refrigeration, computation, Farrah Fawcett, world-wide connectivity via the internet….all these milestones along humanity’s rock, paper, scissors timeline have brought us to this momentous day, ladies and gentlemen:
Downstairs AND Upstairs living spaces! Behold the invention of the “Adaptable Floor Plan!” (applause)
These are amazing times! It’s two floors, yes two floors, in ONE house! Call the Adaption Agency, I want one!
About two years back a custom builder built three of these turret syndromes side by side here, aiming their contemporary views directly at Squaw Peak’s western face. They sold two of these for just over a mil, wham bam, I think the builder took the third home for himself. These modern marvels deliver dramatic views with a design aesthetic bred from a Popular Mechanics magazine humping an Architectural Digest.
This is the first resale among the triplets. The location is a bit strange when you see it, as these are built on infill lots, so the older neighboring ranchettes seem Lilliputian by contrast. Imagine LeBron James in a sea of retired midgets. It’s here on the Hot List because they’re just really attractive for the price. That simple.
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WEEKEND TRAFFIC THERAPY
Westbound I-10 CLOSED from the 60 to 40th Street. (the Curve). If you’re coming from Ahwatukee to downtown, well, no, no you’re not.
Eastbound 101 CLOSED Tatum Blvd to Pima Rd. If you live near Desert Ridge you’ve gotten quite used to this Freeway being less useful than a cheesecloth face mask. Another weekend, another trip down Pinnacle Peak or Bell Road. One of those is painful (Ding!). Can you guess which?
Central Avenue CLOSED at the I-17 bridge. They’re closing the main vein to check and see how much infrastructure money they milk from the bridge’s teets. If you guessed “way more than needed” you’re right!
Lots of pretty houses on today’s Hot List. Maybe you just slip some champagne into the OJ, prop the feet up, peruse the dream stream of dream homes while making sweat angels in the couch cushions. Make this Friday THAT Friday. You know the one.
Be safe out there kids.
The HOT LIST is a daily examination of ALL properties newly listed or changed on the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service. The Phoenix housing market is a living organism in constant flux. Properties are selected for various reasons including value, location, profitability, and/or quirky offbeat personality traits. HOT LIST commentary side effects may include yawning, constipation, diarrhea, decreased appetite, night terrors, hallucinations, sleepiness and insomnia, bedwetting, baldness, migraines, lupus, and mild procrastination.
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