IHH - Once More - #5

Hopefully, this may be my last report of house hunting - we do believe we may have made a decision (how is that for decision?).  We will now work through logistics and see where it all ends.  Thank goodness our supervisor will handle that part - cause of course it is all in Spanish!

We returned for trip #5 today - I think my car can drive itself to Illescas!  We took our new teammate with us, which always adds to the excitement (and Spanish is his first language so that helps too!)

#1 - If we had liked this one, things would have been a bit complicated due to the way it is listed and what our immobiliaria can ethically do in this situation and etc (more than my spanish brain can understand!)  It was in a great location and had a really long, narrow patio.  Something really interesting, is that it also had kind of a cellar - a small door in the floor of the garage led to a storage area under the house.  First time we have seen that here.  It was cute, but didn't quite meet our needs.

#2 - Had a really big patio area in the front and to the side, but in the back it was tiny.  It was fence so we could have used the front for bar-b-q if we had wanted, but my American filter struggled with that.  There were bars over the door in the living room that led to the back patio, again - probably not a bad thing for Spain, but for this NC gal, I just struggled.  Add to it that the house had definitely been occupied previously by a smoker and we decided it wasn't for us.

#3 - We visited the outside of #1 from IHH#4 (the owner wasn't available to allow us back inside).  Our teammate liked the area as well as the outside.  We learned it is about 700 meters from the school where we would try to enroll Alex (that is a whole different post - you are not guaranteed a place in your neighborhood school) and about 1 km from the large city park.  This continues to be our favorite.

#4 - This was another new chalet that had not been occupied before.  They were beautiful with both an attic and a garage (basement) that would be put to great use.  However, they were directly across from the train track and we had to stop talking to wait on a train to pass.  And at the end, we learned they were not just for rent, they were rent with the option to buy.  We do not want to buy a house here (you think the housing market is difficult in the states - you ought to see it here!).

Now we pray and think and allow our supervisor to work through logistics.  Hopefully in the next couple of days the post will read "New House Rented!"