We had two house viewing appointments today, one in a little village of Zisov and the other one in the village of Jakub near Kutna Hora.
It was raining on the way to Zisov and we arrived in the village in pouring rain, too. We found the house easily. It was in located on a little pond close to the middle of the village. It looked quite charming. We were suppose to meet the real estate agent in the house at 1 pm and we got there at 12:30 so we walked around it trying to inspect it from all sides. We saw a car parked next to the gate so we figured that the agent was already there. He and his girlfriend were indeed inside so we started the tour. The house was great --- completely renovated downstairs -- with a large eat-in kitchen, a nice living room with a big fireplace, a good-size bedroom, a semi-finished bathroom and lots of storage areas. The best, however, was the unfinished attic above the whole house and the garage and workshop located in the adjacent barn. The attic was huge and high and when finished, it would make fantastic living space which could easily hold a couple of additional bedrooms, a bathroom and a huge open living space. It was really exciting. The house by itself would have been perfect. It also had a very charming front garden overlooking the pond. There was a problem, though --- the lot, which ended right at the back edge of the house. What we originally thought was the house’s backyard was in fact somebody else’s orchard. There was another, much smaller piece of land that belonged to this house on the left side, but it was attached to another house. A very strange land arrangement. That killed it for us.
Then we drove to the village of Jakub, 4 km from Kutna Hora to see a house that I found on the internet months ago and asked Renatka to check out for me. She saw it and gave us positive reviews so it was time for us to see it with our own eyes. It turned out to be a very nice house with two separate apartments -- one downstairs and one upstairs, both completely and quite tastefully redone (with some exceptions). The outdoor area was the best part of the house, though, with three terraces with beautiful stone and brick work and a large field/garden on the highest terrace, which had lovely views of the area. The owners also turned out to be super friendly -- made us great espresso and latte and told us all about the best restaurants in the are as well as tourist attractions and walking and biking trails. We liked this house too, but the price is too high in our opinion and also the house is totally done so there is nothing more to do there --would be boring for Al. (We didn’t take any pictures of the Jakub house because we already have over 100 pictures taken by Renata.)
We took the owners’ recommendation and drove to the palace of Kacina ( http://www.aboutczechia.com/kacina ) , about 4 km from the house. The size of the place took us by surprise. In the middle of nowhere, there was this humongous building in the middle of an enormous park. It was raining again so we couldn’t walk too much. From there we drove another 4-5 km to Kutna Hora to have dinner in a restaurant they also recommended (Dacicky). We got back to Prague after dark. I promised both parties to call them back tomorrow and let them know what we thought about the properties…
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