House Options

We are down in Tampa this week on our House Hunting Trip. Today was our first day of actually looking at houses. We had a pretty successful day. We looked at about 15 houses and had six true contenders. We narrowed it down to two really good one and two back-ups. The two that we really like are completely different and the pluses and minuses are totally different. Here are a few pictures from the houses.

Gardenia House

This is one of the front runners. The minuses are that it only has a one car garage, one bathroom, small kitchen (but it opens to den), small master bedroom and only one bathroom. A few of the pluses is the location (South Tampa...about 5-10 minutes to base) and the back yard (see pictures below). One funny side story is last night we were driving around and L.A. tells me "I really think that we are going to buy a yellow house".

This is the living room (right inside the front door) and it opens to the kitchen toward the back of the house.

Here's the kitchen (not gas). It's nicely done but on the small side...but it opens to the living room so it doesn't feel that small.

This is the den. It is right off the kitchen at the back of the house. Very cozy. Opens to the lanai toward the right.

This is bedroom number two.
This is the master...big enough for a king (but not much else).
This is bedroom three/office. It opens out onto the lanai with french doors.
This is the one and only bathroom (and only one sink).
Sitting area in back yardA view of the back yard and lanai...beautiful (this doesn't do it justice).
View of the pool...the cats would LOVE this because they can go outside.This is the lanai (outside). It really is another room outside. I LOVE it!!!