“You don’t know what you’ve got, until it’s gone” ~ Toilet Paper Roll
Today’s HOT LIST Link ( click the pretty blue link below to see today’s picks ):
$3,195,000
6240 E BAR Z LN, Paradise Valley, AZ
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Looks like someone forgot to pay the Description bill. Shall we give it a shot?
We shall! Ahem…radio announcer voice ON:
Immerse your sensual soul in sleek shapes, bold textures, wrapped in a toe-curling dopamine rush, and that’s just the Camelback view! Experience the soothing comfort of mid-century ranch interior elegance that bleeds warmth and comfort without being ostentatious, pretentious, repetitious or repetitious. Enjoy running water, electricity in every room, and toilets that make a whooshing sound. Accommodate every delicious outdoor desire with a full backyard kitchen, Serena sized tennis courts, liquid cooled cement pond, and the requisite indoor barbecue…
Wait. That barbecue is indoors!?! You can do that?
Guests will need to be pried loose with military grade explosives after experiencing the 2 bedroom, 1 bath, detached casita with its own yard, private drive, laundry room, business center, My God what were you thinking inviting them here for an undetermined length of time? Every supple surface, each top line appliance, and every life affirming component were replaced during a 2015 reinvigoration that capitalized on this one-of-a-kind view, creating the GREATEST KNOWN RESIDENCE IN ALL OF PARADISE VALLEY. Which can be yours for a small fortune.
$500,000
1917 E RICHARDS DR, Tempe, AZ
“If you find a nicer more beautiful home with this size lot we will offer you $20 dollars”
Here’s one right here: Click to view listing(s)
WHERE’S MY TWENTY DOLLARS!?!
Oh…I see. The fine print. “We will offer you $20”. Like they just dangle a Jackson on a fishing line, then yank it back at first grasp. Ok. I get it.
There are parts of the Phoenix Metro Housing Market that are experiencing a cooling trend, while other sections are lava hot. Tempe is that latter category. What we have here is a single level, block built, cul de sac corner lot, that can put you at the US 60/Loop 101 interchange in less than 60 seconds. You’re not going to forget this place has a fifty-year old born on date, but it’s got a new roof, swimming pool, and more pots than a marijuana dispensary run by the Cheesecake Factory.
“3 large fancy sheds”
Jacked up on blocks kind of fancy? Yes? SOLD!
$1,600,000
7021 E STAGECOACH PASS RD, Carefree, AZ
“interior & exterior in need of renovation – not cosmetic updates”
Patient: How bad is it Doc?
Doctor: We’re going to need you to pay in advance.
We know the listing agents for this property. They are professionals of the highest caliber and are well oiled fixtures in this North Scottsdale/Cave Creek slice of the valley. When they don’t show the interior photos of a property, prepare for a door opening experience that would make a crime scene photographer wince.
We lived around the corner from this house, as did Orson Welles at one time. Harrison Ford’s first film, Zabriskie Point, was filmed down the street. The views, the tranquility, the early afternoon shade, this side of Black Mountain is magical. It also becomes a raging river during monsoon storms. The volume of water that sheds down this mountainside is awesome. One of the challenges homes on this slope incur is snowbirdism. During the summer it often felt like we were the only people home in the area. Everyone else fled north. This makes for quiet nights, but it also means that while I’m out in the sheeting rain digging a mud trench to China to try and divert the oncoming Hawaii Five-0 wave that’s heading for the front door….the neighbor’s homes are left to fight Mother Nature’s enema all by themselves.
Does it make sense to pay $1,600,000 for a hillside fixer-upper?
It just might.
There is something spectacular about this side of Black Mountain. It’s intangible, unquantifiable, and consumingly substantial all at once. Take a drive up Stagecoach Pass the next time you’re near it. You’ll thank yourself for it.
Then stop in at Brix Wine bar! Tell them Stanley sent you to experience zero discounts and probably hear a story I should be ashamed of.
Let’s go get Thursday!
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