Subscribers and Instagram followers are aware that after a long search, we bought a house in Florida. There are several reasons why we?re making this move which I?ll go into in greater detail at a future date. Mostly it?s just a feeling that we need a change after 40+ years living in California.
We?ve talked of a different lifestyle, one that is relaxed and more affordable than the cost of living in California. After driving around the Gulf Coast of Florida twice in the last year, we narrowed our search to Sarasota as a place to move. We like the community, the downtown, and the proximity to beautiful beaches so we bought a house there as both an investment and a future home. I?ll be living there in the summer renovating the place and we will live permanently starting this fall with my son finishing high school in Florida. How did we land on this house" We started looking at new construction homes in Sarasota because we thought that would be easiest for making the move, but nothing was available to move into for at least a year, so we turned our attention to fixer uppers in neighborhoods we liked. On the last day we left Florida this one popped up on the market. We had to move fast and offer a non-refundable deposit, but we were in contract within 48 hours and the house was ours three weeks later.
We now own a 3 bedroom 2 bath 1960s single story rancher with a great big yard and room to add a pool! It’s very close to Siesta Key too. Since I?ll be documenting the ...