Ok so our offer accepted, I think it really started to set in over the following days that we had just bought a plot of dirt with footings in another country and a builder we didn’t know. My work experience, and my flexibility made it easy for me to get down here often and check in on the build. The house is located just south of Phoenix a short 4hr drive to the fishing village of Puerto Peñasco, referred to by many as “Rocky Point”. So this is what it was meant to look like based on computer render.

This was along the way.. a bit of an ugly duckling so to speak..

Here it is nearing completion in February of 2022, so at this point we were still envisioning this spur of the moment home of just being out every few weeks vacation spot to escape to and bring the dogs and cat and enjoy the quiet beach time. Things were about to take a major shift, at some time between this point and May 2022, discussions of retirement and what that looked like. What timelines it could involve if we make some drastic changes in lifestyle, homes, where we lived, etc. April 2022 we decided based on may external and internal circumstances to sell our home in Phoenix.

The market was up, home prices were close to the peak of market prices at the time. We had been following all the news mainstream and rumors about water shortages that will start effecting AZ, NM, CO, UT, and CA. The writing is on the wall, the majority of residents just have not taken the time to read it yet. The next next 10 years will be very painful for these states, less so for CA and CO they have taken major strides toward water conservation and reclamation. That mixed with the social and political climates in the U.S., just made it a somewhat “easy?” decision. What this meant though is that the home had to be decluttered, paint a few rooms to remove our color for one that appealed to more buyers, and get everything packed for an international move… in 3 weeks or less. The housing market would be slowing as kids would start back to school, and so it was now or take our chances after summer or in the spring. I think I started packing that night. (HAHA) No, really I am pretty sure I started packing the night we made the decision. I knew it was going to be a colossal task to get this completed, I had only a couple jobs both winding down, so I could devote the time. We spent 3 weeks getting trades in, painting, cleaning, packing, organizing, giving away, throwing away, preparing to move. The three weeks flew by but when picture day arrived the home was ready much to many peoples surprise and nobody died. (HAHA)

The home was on the market for less than 24hrs and we received 5 asking price offers. Wow, well now it’s real… so now between mid May and mid June we have to be fully packed out of the house and moved to Mexico. This also included my mom’s apartment that had to be cleaned out packed up her stuff ready to move, and whatever she wanted to give away given away to family. The home was still being completed some last minute items like landscaping, touchups curtains, solar panels, etc. This our home on June 22, 2022, ready for move in.

Sorry this posts are long.. I promise they will be shorter after I catch up to where we are, and I will skip some bring parts, I promise! This however brings us to the year of “The learning curve!!!”