{"id":7726,"date":"2018-05-11T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T22:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2018-05-11T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T23:00:24","slug":"house-hunting-part-4-east-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=7726","title":{"rendered":"House Hunting Part 4: East Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, I cannot claim this stretch of videos is as complete as our journey across the country was. This video was actually done with the realtor driving and us working from the car, so we didn&#8217;t film every single house since we were more than a little distracted. This was a spate of us looking at houses in the East Valley that could reasonably be driven to on a work day. Those houses were either further out or a bit older in most cases. We did film two houses in\u00a0Tempe and Apache Junction in particular, which you can see here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_15858\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujl3lxOEtRc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a crazy week of imagining different futures.\u00a0 There was a point when we thought we might move to the far edge of Mesa, for instance, while at the same time imagining what it might be like to live in Surprise or Avondale or San Tan Valley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-13-10.51.58-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-13-10.51.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-13-10.51.58-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-13-10.51.58-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were introduced to the concept of an Arizona room, which according to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona_room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> is the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An\u00a0<b>Arizona room<\/b>\u00a0is a semi-outdoor recreational room found frequently in homes in\u00a0<a title=\"Arizona\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona\">Arizona<\/a>, based on similar concepts as the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Florida room\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida_room\">Florida room<\/a>. The room is often a\u00a0patio that has been covered and screened-in, creating an outdoor feeling while preventing excessive heat and keeping insects and animals out. The room generally borders the back yard of the house and is often accessed directly from the living room, kitchen or other common room of the home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also discovered we are firmly against sunken living rooms, or any other sunken rooms, a feature that was apparently big in the 70&#8217;s. We also realize we don&#8217;t have any desire to have an indoor fireplace. A fire pit might be nice, but that&#8217;s not a necessity for us.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, I cannot claim this stretch of videos is as complete as our journey across the country was. 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