Planning the pool and spa

While getting another round of bids to refurbish and move the pool, I've decided to draw the outline to help visualize positioning and size of the final product. Because of where we are adding on to the house, we are forced to move the pool a bit to abide by Palm Springs city codes and be within allowable distance from the house.
So this is the diagram:

Moving the pool 6ft West

Here is the outline of the new pool, showing the added spa on the west side of the lot. Note that the pool equipment will be moved behind the grapefruit tree, out of sight:

This is the West side of the lot, showing the new pool outline with the <large> spa.

Standing on the east side of the yard, in the new master bedroom (bottom left line on the image below shows the line of the new master), we can see where the pool line will be once it is moved 6ft west, leaving a comfortable 10ft between the master bedroom and the edge of the pool:

Linda's new pool once moved over 6ft to the West

Next we need to figure out whether we want to do regular plaster or mini pebble on the pool bottom and whether we do salt water versus traditional chlorinated water... stay tuned.

Patio lounge chairs

Linda is far from being ready for furnishings, but we nonetheless acquired 4 new patio lounge chairs from Asylum for her. Rest assured, they will be put to good use at our current location until then.

bathing suit on, cocktail in hand... ahhh

The not so fabulous reality of Linda...

With the good comes the bad and by that I mean baaadddd. Our first impression when we visited Linda with the real-estate agent was the following. Walking through the front door gave us this gorgeous view:

Linda circa 2010 (July more precisely) - from the entrance

By turning our heads to the right, we were able to see the ... 'kitchen':

The kitchen is between the first wall and the second. Nice stainless steel and granite!

But then it got better, between the two bedrooms (see map of property in case you're lost) there was a full bath, in perfect condition... for 1950.

Brand New bathroom with swankin' wall paper at the entrance. We'll see about saving that fabulous pattern.

Hopes were still high by that point... until we stepped out into the 'yard':

Linda's back-side. (nothing a few million $$$ can't fix!)

Of course, after this first walk-through of the property, i was sold! I had a vision. I could see the amazing potential! I knew right away that this was the right property. I think I had a heat stroke.
Jen was horrified and probably passed out somewhere hoping I was joking about this potential purchase. (guess again)