It's always nice to look, right?

On Sunday my beautiful wife and I went in search of a new home. Haha, just kidding, we're not moving! We love our home now but we did take a little joy ride over to Murrieta-West and checked out some of the semi-custom homes for sale.  I had no idea that such a neighborhood existed in our valley! The Bear Creek area is a beautiful mature area of Murrieta that has only become more desirable over time. The house we went to look at is of course out of our price range but it's fun to look around, isn't it? Below are a few snap shots from the home. They were asking like $850,000+ for this home. It had an office, 1 large bedroom, 1 master suite, dining area, kitchen, and detached guest house/pool house, 4000+ sqft of living space. Honestly, if we had the money we probably would have made an offer - the house sits on like three acres of land too! The only downside was that there is an HOA fee of about $200 dollars a month which does not even grant you access to the integrated golf course and county club! Boo!

Then, we checked out another home on the other side of Lake Skinner. On the internet, the home looked beautiful! High ceilings, lots of land, etc... However, on our way there the the drive definitely made the house undesirable.  The winding paved road eventually turned into a winding dirt road! I don't know what it is with the valley and dirt roads... Imagine how it is when it's pouring rain out here?! I'm sure it's mudslides galore.

Anyways, It's always fun to dream!