House hunting - part deux..

You know, just when you think you have reached rock bottom on the house search front you find out that the Realtors in Colorado have managed to tunnel out beneath you.

We found a listing for a property just north of Hudson, Colorado. around 40 acres, fencing, some horse set up, and the house looked great - brick finish, huge garage. It's a little bit out there but its a great location.

So yesterday I had the day off and nancy and I decided we would swing up there (its about 45 miles from where we are) and, even though we would not be able to go inside, we could look at the outside and see if it was even worthwhile going for a full visit.

The first inkling of trouble was that when we used the mapping function we got directions to totally the wrong place. We phoned the listing agents office and gave the girl who answered the address and MLS number and asked for directions. After much back and forth we finally managed to get some workable directions and trundled off - 15 miles north of where we were.

We find the huse - it looks OK from the outside - the property looks a little rundown but that's to be expected. The brick exterior of the house is unusual out here, it looks solid and impressive.

OK, we decide that this is worth a good look and Nancy calls up our Realtr and asks her to arrange a showing.

On to today. nancy and Sarah drive out to the house. When they get to it Sarah cannot find the lock-box and phones in to the selling agent.

It is the wrong house. The house they have for sale is actually down the road.

The wrong house? The picture of the house on the flier is the one that Nancy and Sarah are at, the description of the place is the property they are standing on. So they follow the directions to the other house which is just down the road.

It is a complete tip. It is a run down modular that looks like it has been trashed.

The picture and description that the selling agents have up on the web site and for the listing - is for the wrong house.

Another great day in Realty in Colorado.