Summer of Kristin: Wildwood Househunting

Call me silly, but I can’t help but admire some of the real estate in this lovely little beach town. In fact, sometimes I drive real slow down certain streets just to scope out some of the houses that are just, well, amazing. Like, this house, which has been on my radar for quite some time…

That’s insane, right? Well, this should make it more insane…across the street is a Little League ball field and on the other side of that is…the beach. So that round room full of windows? Yeah…nothing but ocean view. *sigh* Do you see that fountain in the right corner? Yes, a fountain. And, it’s not little, either. Here’s the side of the house…

I don’t even know where to begin…the beautiful decks on BOTH floors, as well as the HUGE one on the roof? Or how about that unbelievable two-car garage (you can’t tell, but there are two shiny, wooden garage doors on them)? The statue in the little alcove? Or the Jaguar parked outside, which I’m guessing belongs there. Oh, this house…simply magnificent. (Rumor has it this is a $1.5 million property.)

Then, there’s this, which is lovely in its own right…

This house is the second house from the sand, which makes it pretty amazing. But it’s huge and new and pretty and…the view! Oh, wait, a lot of its view is of this:

Seriously? Do you see that thing? It’s…immense. And sprawling. And magnificent. And extravagant. And, might I add, literally on the beach. Do you see that door? Well, technically, it’s probably called an “entrance.” I mean, a double door that stands about 20 feet tall isn’t really a “door,” ya know? A door can be bought at Home Depot. That is…something you’d see at the Vatican. Inside, there are columns with high ceilings. Columns. (I know this because we gazed at it the other day, while a woman was carrying groceries inside.) But don’t worry, I took a few.

That’s the back side, which will have a house next to it soon.

Do you see all those windows facing the ocean? And, on the second floor, all those patios? Man, oh man. I’ve heard there’s a jacuzzi in front, facing the beach, which just serves to make this house more awesome and also more annoying. And, rumor has it this property has a price tag of roughly $3.8 million. I’m just curious what kind of income one would have to have in order to afford a…$3.8 million vacation property.

Alas, not all Wildwood real estate looks like these homes…because you can always pick up something like this:

How small is that? I mean, really!