OTRA CASA QUE NO VAMOS A COMPRAR

We were out for a walk on Saturday when we came across this house for sale:

Perfect location--the market is a block to the right, a large grocery store two blocks to the left, the French bakery a couple of blocks away.  It's on a street with little traffic and no buses, and the houses on it have a colonial/historic look.  But you never know what's behind the facade.  So I called and made an appointment to look at it on Sunday morning.

As you can see, it's been "modernized."  English speakers here call this "Mexicanized," but we've encountered the same phenomenon in remodeled homes in the US--lowered ceilings, paneling, etc.  In this house white ceramic tile covers all the floors, the ceilings have been lowered, and pebbled stucco covers all the (white) walls.

It has 3 floors, 4 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms.  Nothing wrong with multiple baths and bedrooms, but we don't want to climb stairs.

This is the laundry area behind the kitchen.  Now that we've seen actual green spaces inside houses, we wouldn't be satisfied without some patio/garden space.

The view from the roof was lovely, once you got past the water tank.

When we went out for dinner last night, we discussed what our priorities really are since we seem to waver back and forth.  We think we know what we want, but do we?  Does convenient location on a quiet street trump non-modernized, modest size and green space?  I guess not.