Whoops, I meant to write in captions. the first water view is from the Gloucester peninsula look south (see the Boston skyline?) and the last two are from Ipswich's Great Neck.
December wanderings.... from Lexington/Belmont/Waltham
Up in Gloucester
Go into real estate, they said. It's glamorous and pays well, they said. Near Tufts in Somerville
The realtor instructed me to take very few photos and don't even bother with the kitchens
I didn't take any proper shots of this room for obvious reasons, but I took some video to share with those close to me because this place was such a shitshow. This room was basically a drug den. As the realtor explained to me, the parents got old and aged in place, the two sons moved in to take care of them, and the sons over time started hitting up their parents' painkillers, in which case the whole place became neglected... sad stuff and a story that's all too common these days. And for whatever reason this room was left in this condition...
And then immediately after that I had this house in Chelsea that had a fully intact 1980s kitchen in excellent shape. Such is real estate!