Community Spirit

As you see, the house is appraised at just under $80K.

The foundation shot also shows the interior of the bath shed, the only time you'll see it as I had more interesting things to take pictures of. You can't see it in the shot but there's a towel hanging at the foot of the tub, for drying doggies, and a set of garden tools hanging on the wall by the door. Note also the lovely garden in its separate enclosure. They've locked the gate against the pets in the interest of removing temptation, but expect the flowers and water feature to attract birds, butterflies, and other interesting wildlife for the cats to watch from the sun porch. (IRL of course the cats wouldn't be deterred by the fence, but it's dogs you don't want in there anyhow, except during migration when you should keep the cats inside the house.)

The ground floor plan also shows the required bone rug used as a welcome mat and in the kitchen. Crooked Beach has a subtropical climate, hence all the ceiling fans. The linoleum floor should stand up to the dogs' claws and be easy to clean. The sun porch is dedicated to the use of the cats and has a view of the garden and its bird house as well as the backyard. The front room is the home of Pandamonium the womrat, Pollychrome the parrot, and various fish, and is also a pleasant place to sit and read once you go noseblind to the smells. Note the blinds in the rectangular windows, easy to clean and not tempting to kitties. Blinds would be pointless in the sun porch, and the paw-shaped windows have pink glass in them, hindering views from the street.

The upper floor has faux-wood laminate floors. Pat and Chris don't expect the dogs to be up here as often as they are downstairs, though if you look close in the master bedroom you'll see that Pooky the poodle defies this expectation. The upper sun porch is cantilevered and provides some shade so the lower sun porch doesn't heat up too much on sunny days. The plants are all non-toxic and the cats are intended to nibble on them, greens being good for their health. The sun porch has no electric light on purpose - there's natural light aplenty there, and that's better for painting anyhow. Note that a third litterbox occupies the full bath, which is otherwise marine-themed. Chris couldn't resist that whale.

I'm kind of pleased with the roof. A year ago it would have baffled me. The problem with the mod I didn't realize I had that lightened the roof has been solved and all pictures showing the roof have been retaken.

Rear view with corrected roof, showing off the sun porches and the sandy soil where the grass never had a good purchase even before the dogs started running around back here. I think a water wiggler counts as something special for the pets, don't you? And yes, there is a flamingo on the roof of the bath shed. Pat thought it was cute and might lure real flamingos to come check it out. That would be cool.

Closer view of the bone rugs at the front door, which also shows the pet-themed front door and check out the bunny hiding in the sunflowers.

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