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When I returned from my 2019-2020 travels in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, I found a room to rent in Capitola from Martin Hoellrigi, an amazing chef, cheese maker, and culinary entrepreneur. But I was looking for something more permanent: a home of my own.
So I enlisted the help of my daughter, and together we scoured Santa Cruz County, and in no time had located a two bedroom in Scotts Valley, just a few miles from Santa Cruz, and conveniently located a few miles from Jeremy and her, It was perfect: ground level, easy parking, pool and hot tub, lots of HOA maintained landscaping, walking distance to shops, dog park, and no traffic. I grabbed it. And I'm glad I did, because the covid epidemic hit the U.S. a few months after I moved in, and I needed a better place to hang than a rented room.
As I write these words, I have been in my condo for almost three years. The pictures below were taken before I moved in. I've added some Ikea furniture, lots of flowers in my tiny garden, and most importantly, a Boston Terrier named Philo. I love my life here.
I purchased my Scott's Valley Condo (311 Bean Creek Road, Apt 501) 0n October 30, 2020, for $528,000 (Today, Oct 8, 2023, Zillow estimates its value at $663,500). Here is the Real Estate Disclosure I wrote to the existing owners:
Here are some pictures of the condo before I moved in and started redecorating:
Finally, a picture of Philo and me on my new Ikea sofa. I am moved in!
The apartment complex even has a swimming pool and hot tub - much appreciated by Rachael and Jeremy.
One of my condo's best features is the common refuse bin (shown here the day after Christmas 2023). No individual garbage cans!
Here is a walk thru of my Scotts Valley condo:
2024--1 Scotts Valley condo walk thru.MOVBy the way: the art work in the middle of the wall of my second bedroom is a Huichol work, with the following description on the back: This pictures hows the ceremony of the creation of life when the goddess of life “Tacutsy Nacalive” gives life to a woman and she blesses the offering of the prayer bowl with corns with deer like a sacred offering. Also, we can see the main shaman governor playing the drum in common with the peyote, and also we see two shaman dancers invoking the ritual in communion with the two deer-like spiritual guides representing the female-male in honor to the father sun; and in the center we see a big peyote flower spiritual god.
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