Top Ten Things to Know about Tucson Real Estate – Basements, Radiators, and Other Non Sequiturs
August 19, 2007 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Tucson Homes Explained
Number Six in our series of Top Ten things to know about Tucson Real Estate:
Things You Are Unlikely to Find In Tucson Homes
Basements: walkout, unfinished, or otherwise.- Attics
- Lawns – okay, some lawns exist, but you’ve got to work hard for it!
- Storm windows
- Mud Rooms
- Three season porches
- Wooden Decks
- Steam and Oil Heaters
Radiators- Vinyl and Aluminum Siding, for the most part.
- Ocean views or lakefront property
- Mello Roos
- Snow blowers and lawn mowers
- Shake shingle roofs
- Unfenced yards, at least for the average home
- Radon detectors
- Real hardwood floors – tile is easier to install over our typical concrete slab foundations
- I’m tempted to include “Florida Room,” but I think that’s an Arizona Room in disguise…
There are exceptions, of course. A basement here and there, mostly in the historic districts around downtown and the University. A neighborhood known for it’s green lawns, a shake roof occasionally.
We do have other nice things: covered patios, tile roofs, gas heat and central A/C, lovely wire cut double red brick construction, adobe, dual pane windows, mountains, cactus, sunsets, all sorts of stuff. Don’t worry, I can introduce it all to you!
Photos courtesy of lars hammar, via Flickr
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