It is Easter Weekend... so we took advantage of the long weekend and went up to Killaloe to visit bdot's Mom. We also went to start the process of relocating to the area. We've contacted a local real estate agent and had a few property scheduled to look at. But first the drive up... it was a good day to drive. We stopped in Huntsville for a coffee at Threshold. It was a pretty interesting place, would have stayed longer but the drive is long enough... I wanted to stop at Dinn's for a tasty burger but it was closed. Wendy's was better than I remember... The Jr. Bacon remains a solid choice. We arrived in the area early evening and had a pretty quiet night at bdot's Mom's. The murder beds now have soft bed toppers and are a game changer! We can actually get a good night sleep there now... provided dogs don't have to pee or throw-up. Sigh...
So we had a vacant lot to look at... I was skeptical at looking at an empty piece of property... But some properties in the area have A LOT of character... The plot we looked at sure did... It was on a hill overlooking a lake... It was actually pretty amazing. It didn't take long to envision possibilties there... (later we looked into the cost of actually building on the lot and the costs are massive... it was demotivating as we probably can't swing - the right lot and the right home...) We looked at a place just down the road from our friend but it's a tale of two floors...The upper was fine but the lower was unfinished and kinda sketchy... the exterior also had issues... and the big draw, being lakefront, seemed to have poor accessibilty... So that was a PASS from me. By contrast, we looked at a new build across from another lake and it was gorgeous. Lots of space, lots of light, obviously clean and current appointments... great interior space too... The lot was just okay... after being at the vacant lot with the view and dramatic geography, it felt a bit underwhelming. It was interesting to start the process. Our initial real estate agent had a family emergency to deal with so we got his partner and she was very personable. I think we will deal with her in the future... Coz we'll be back and we have a lot of questions...not sure we found our next home but the area is incredible.
UPDATE April 7 @ 2:05PM
WOW! Mango mussolini called Artemis II and the crew refused to say a word... the mic floated in front of them with DEAD AIR after he spoke for 1m... Just incredible. What a statement.