I was having a difficult time figuring out what the heck I was looking at in these photos until I read the listing description:
Lots of TLC has been put into this home, including the melon & chili pepper garden in the back yard.
Now I wonder why they didn’t also include photos of the chili peppers.
Growing anything beside gravel in that yard is definitely a triumph of human endeavor over local conditions. I’d take a picture, too, just to prove I did it. :D
“Beautifully remodeled”? Um, no. It’s definitely not a dump, structurally or from housekeeping standpoints, but it’s no showpiece either. *Plenty* of room for improvements, especially in decor. Sure, a lot of that is an individual homeowner thing, but all that yellow paint is outdated and the choice of stove – sticking up above the island counter top… and black – is not appealing. Not to mention the grotesque Spanish Colonial styling on cabinets and the wrought iron adornments everywhere. Blech.
And of course there’s that 800lb gorilla in the… driveway. That’s a whole heck of a lot of wall! Maybe the new synthetic stucco is a tech marvel, but that doesn’t mean you want to look at that much of it, especially in a color that is both completely boring and completely hideous. Something really, *really* needs to be done about that – a multiple color scheme, a mural, some tiles, even a colorful awning… just something. Too bad the climate probably won’t allow for a plant trellis. Between the sun, the heat, and the reflections of both from the driveway, ain’t nothin’ gonna grow there. Anodean’s right – getting anything to grow was amazing.
Well, at least these sellers have a legitimate reason to exclaim to prospective buyers, “Hey there! Would you like to check out my melons?!” Couldn’t hurt.
@Emerald63: I forgot to mention… the price is right. With the savings buyers can buy a whole lot of paint, for both inside and outside.
I couldn’t help noticing that most of the interior walls – certainly all the common areas – were all painted various shades of melon. The whole place is like the inside of a melon, except for that one, jarring, stock-color-blue bedroom… which was doubtless the sad lair of someone for whom the whole “We’re actually inside a moist, cool, succulent melon!” visualization had failed, leaving them to wither miserably under their pictures of nautical knots and former boat trips with cries of “Water! Water!”
Hey, in their defense, the melons are awesome. You know how hard it is to grow them in Arizona…?
OK, I’ll admit it, when I saw the title of this post I had a whole different thought in mind that had nothing to do with fruit of the family cucurbitae OR real estate. ;-P