House on the Foothills

Labor day weekend, Monte just got back from Louisiana for a two weeks stint with the BP Oil spill at the gulf of Mexico. He was sent by Dept of Interior to work on the environmental impact of the spill. He was bored. The paperwork on the sale of the house on the bay on it's final stages. Saturday we decided to load the truck with my plants and cut our weekend at the bay to one. Sunday we decided to do one of the things that we love to do. We drove up to the foothills and look at properties. It has been a long time dream of my hubby to own a property at the foothills where he could spend his weekend in peace. "Apple Hill"
The second house we looked at is in a gated community called "Rancho Del Sol". There is an arched gate that looked like a Spanish fixture. (see pictures). I guess it is appropriate with the name. Hubby said he used to pass by it on his way to work every day for 8 years and they used to call it "Taco Bell". We cannot get in so we stalled outside the gate till someone came out and we got in.
Our GPS was not working right, there was a confusion on the city but we figured it out. Found the house and we right away liked it. 3.75 acres, 4/4.5, 3903 sq feet, pool, hot tub, circular driveway, view, 3 car garage, in-laws quarters, among other things. The back side where the view have 3 stories of deck but the lowest story is in really bad shape. Needs lots of work. We looked at more properties newer, no work - move in ready, new house but did not have what the fixer have.

The sign by the gate
Taco Bell?