Vista Roma Way

The house I saw at Vista Roma Way was very impressive. It's pretty new - I get the impression not more than a couple of years at most. It is part of a new development complex, in many ways not very different from the US equivalent of the estate where our current house in the UK is. Having said that, they way that they do estates in the UK is pretty different.

It was a 4 bed, 2.5 bath house, and is effectively an end of terrace. It's in a kind of gated community and is directly opposite the childrens play area and community pool. As residents, you automatically get use of these things.

The house was beautiful. Spacious, creative layout, lots of living space, upstairs laundry room etc. It was also beautifully decorated and felt a little like walking around a showhome. The downside was the outside space. Rather than a garden, it had a patio with an eating area and barbeque area, but not really a garden. This was offset by the fact that it was directly next to the kids play area and playground, and overlooking the community pool.

It also had structured cat5 cabling (which certainly appeals to some people, me included) and would make a certain safe first step. It's also available from 15th - 31st January so the timings line up well and we could avoid spending rent on a place for a month when we don't need it.

If this house was somewhere else, I'd go for it straight away, but the location and lack of garden does concern me a little. The playground is so close that you could easily imagine Louis playing there and you being able to watch him from the patio or house, but thats not quite the same as having your own enclosed space.

The location is also a little far out. Because its a new place, its not yet on google maps, but the location is approximately here, just off the Capitol Expressway, which I think is a little far.

Really very nice, but not sure that the location or lack or garden is what we need...