Day 11 - Second Visit

Joan here - We have all agreed that the house in Chapala Haciendas is "the one" but want to go back for a second visit. The first time you see with your heart, not your head. Thomas came by about 11 and off we went. We took more photos and measurements and all agree - this is it. There isn't much NEEDS doing to it, but of course, knowing us, there will always be stuff we WANT to do. First thing is paint! But it definitely is the one for us. We tell Thomas we will go for lunch and strategize and call him later.

We went into Chapala for a fabulous lunch of Beef, chicken, shrimp and cheese in a burning hot lava  bowl, then walked tShe market for a while and when we got home we called Thomas and told him we'd made our decision. He came around about a half hour later with the offer and he has now gone off to present it. We will have to wait for 24 hours to see what happens now. We've asked for a Sept.26 closing - the sellers want to get back to the US quick too - their son who is blind, had moved to Mexico but it just didn't work for him so he went back to the States and they need to be with him. The father has already gone  back so we're hoping that the mother wants to get back there soon too!  They are also selling off their furniture separately, so if the house deal goes through, we will start negotiations on the contents. We don't want all of it, but hope to get some, just to get us going. Spent the rest of the evening discussing how we will paint,decorate, renovate etc. The kids want to put in patio doors in the casita. It's also only one room so will check out how much to put on a bedroom. They also need to tile the floor as it's plain concrete right now.

The main house has the local terracotta tiles. It also has a fireplace in the living room and huge floor to ceiling windows everywhere, overlooking both the parking/front patio area plus the gardens and pool on the other side. We have all kinds of plans and are getting excited.
Having supper of leftovers - we're accumulating a lot - zucchini from the La Nueva Posada, Pad Thai and an assortment of dishes from Simply Thai (last night) and my shrimp and rice and salad from lunchtime today.The meals here are HUGE - could easily feed two.  Guess its' another dvd and bed again while we wait for a phone call from Thomas.