Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)'s photos with the keyword: housing

Entrance to Cathedral City development, Verano. When you first drive up, it looks sort of nice, but something doesn't look quite right. If you look close, the palm trees haven't been recently trimmed, the flowers at the base of the sign look a little unkempt, and then there's that dead palm in the background. But, not too bad (see next photo)

Entrance to Cathedral City development, Verano -- from this angle, it looks pretty good (see next photo)

As you get closer into Verano, there looks to be some large and abandoned, but new, building on the hill. Turning up into a traffic circle, you what looks like an overgrown and abandoned clubhouse (see next photo)

The abandoned clubhouse at Verano. It's quite large, having a 2-story central building and 2 outer buildings on each side. If you look at the aerial view, you'll see the outline of three empty pools behind it. It seems quite large considering there's about 160 houses built, but then the aerial view also shows plans for roads for many more homes (maybe a 1000). (See next photo)

Parking lot at the abandoned clubhouse at Verano. (See next photo)

The abandoned clubhouse at Verano. (See next photo)

The abandoned clubhouse at Verano. (See next photo)

The abandoned clubhouse at Verano. I read on one site that the club house can't be opened until 90% of the homes at the development have been sold. Considering the small number of homes that have been sold, I doubt their HOA feels could support such a grand clubhouse. Thus the 90% comment must be referring to 90% of the intended homes. (See next photo)

Looking over one of the fences, the pool area at the abandoned clubhouse at Verano. (See next photo)

Looking from the clubhouse towards some of the homes that have been built. The homes that exist look well-maintained, appear to be mostly occupied, and most have good landscaping

From a traffic circle on the northwest edge of Verano. As noted in the adjacent picture, the existing homes look occupied and well-maintained (see next photo)

From the same traffic circle in the adjacent photo, looking west. From the aerial view you can see the layout (including many curbs) for what would have been several hundred more homes.

An intact, fairly new, but gated and abandoned children's playground at Verona (see nearby photos)

An intact, fairly new, but gated and abandoned children's playground at Verona (see nearby photos)

An intact, fairly new, but gated and abandoned children's playground at Verona (see nearby photos)