Our Casa!

Well we signed the ernest money today and spoke to our broker about some details.  They have recommended two builders, one of which we will meet tomorrow.  Our original thought was to tear it down, but we are rethinking that one.  We love the floor plan in the house and are hoping it can be remodeled.  Of course if the foundation is bad then it will be a tear down.  We can't help but think about all the families that have lived in this little house.

It is basically three rooms and a bathroom.  You walk in and it appears to be the living room right when you open the door. Then there is a step down to a larger room which we think was the dining room.  Turn to your left and in this little alcove is the kitchen.  Very small, there is a sink and a flat space on the concrete counters that I am sure had a small propane cooktop.  We actually turned on the faucet and water came out!  We totally did not expect that, this place hasn't been occupied in years and years. The next room is the bedroom which is another step down. I love a quirky houses! Then there is the VIEW!!!!! Omg, its really spectacular.  There are only two little windows in the bedroom.  Can you imagine?

This house has personality! Its got good energy and is very cozy.  Graham says the whole house is not more than 700 square feet.  Perfect!  We will be quite happy with that.  We are also going to put a palapa on the rooftop and maybe some cement furniture and of course hammocks!

We love it! Even in its crumbled state...

Oh I forgot last night as we were walking into town we have to pass by our house and we stopped and were talking about the facade and what we would do to the front of the house and this lovely little mexican man came from the house next door, then his wife, then daugher and baby.  They were chattering away most of which we could not understand and he was saying "se vende" and we were like "si, mi casa" and he started smiling and spoke to his wife and she came over and said who know's what...hahaha...but they understood we were going to be his neighbors and was smiling and shook our hand and gesturing to his house to let us know he lived next door...so nice and we were laughing, Graham was gesturing and speaking his spanglish, he is so good with people they always love him immediately, same as when we travel anywhere.  It was a really good moment, made us very happy!

We walked into town and went to to the new aussie bar Tres Minieras? Spelling is wrong I am sure.  The owner is Tracy, really nice gal.  We have been hanging out there recently.  She was super excited for us when we told her we bought a house, same as everybody we meet here.  This is the place where we met the two baby chiuaua's, she has the female.  There was a lady there that was holding the female, don't know it's name.  She stood up to go to an outside table and fell smack on the cement with the dog in hand!  Omg! That poor dog, it got partially smashed by this women, she was ok but the dog was screaming in pain like it broke its leg or something but turned out ok.

We left there and walked around seeing what we fancied eating.  Graham was not that hungry so he grabbed a taco from the guys in front of the super express in the square.  I picked up a Rueben from the NY deli and we sat in the square and ate our food and watched the little kiddies play in the fountain...love love love it here...so peaceful. Ok that's it for now...