Metal Roofs, and other reasons to buy a home in Avondale (Jacksonville) Florida

Located in Avondale (Jacksonville) Florida there is a home with a metal roof. Really. Not kidding. You may have seen this home, this unique piece of real estate. It sits on the corner of Park and Glendale and is one of my all-time-favorites! I've attached the picture, just in case you have not viewed this amazing property---

This home has a metal roof, and when it rains---oh, the sound when it rains. The patter of the rain on the roof. I would imagine that when there is a true Florida storm it would be quite a something, quite a something. I can only imagine that the sound, mixed with the back patio, and with the beauty of the rain, and maybe the green of the grass with the arbor in the back ---well, it would just take my breath away! Truly. And as I drive through Avondale I see these homes with the metal roofs and I think that this is what I need on my home. So that I can listen as it rains, and view the green from my back patio, and perhaps share that moment.

But I have shingles. And while they keep us dry, and do a fine job of covering our house. And while they do protect our home from the multitude of squirrels and 'roof rats' (okay, who else moved here and did not know about these things?) and I did enjoy picking out a color--- it still is not the same. I do know this as my Florida room has a metal roof and in a good rain it is quite a something--!

So, as I view homes each day, previewing them for prospective buyers, and viewing them as the owners are perhaps thinking of selling--I pay attention to the roof. I think that there is diversity in the roof. Just as there is in the people who will purchase a piece of history in Avondale. Just as it is when the seller or would be buyer makes a decision regarding shingle or metal.

And that my friend is my thinking on metal roofs! It's Sunday evening, and I just thought I would share!