Well, we're still living in a nightmare situation (long story) but as the promises made by the owner have proven to be nonsense and we feel we've suffered enough we're working on getting out of our lease using legal means and looking for someplace new!
We looked at a couple of places yesterday. One was nice, but too small and too dark. The yard was huge but mostly unusable for gardening thanks to the huge overshadowing trees. I felt bad for the owner because he's been trying to rent it for ages and couldn't find anyone.
Next place we looked at informally because the owner wasn't around but she said to just go look and we'd meet tomorrow.
I. AM. IN. LOVE.
It's a small 1940's house and my view through the front door showed a built-in bookcase with leaded glass doors and a fireplace, which may not be functional. The bookcases were all I needed to see about the house
Then we went in the yard, which looked small at first but then we rounded a corner and we realized that it was a very oddly shaped lot that hid most of the view from the house. It's about 1/2 acre with fruit trees! Huge, gnarled, venerable apple trees from some pioneer farmstead, still loaded with late apples. Plus one pear and a huge old peach tree that's been espaliered against the house.
The whole yard has been neglected and is overgrown with brambles. It needs me! My roommate however was more reserved. He kept pointing out all the things wrong with the house, from the perimeter drains to the soffit. Yes, yes I said, that's all well and good, but...LOOK AT THE APPLE TREES!
He thinks I'm a Pollyanna, I think he's a Negative Nancy
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Good luck in your house hunting! 
I actually had put an ad out of my own asking for a place and in my list of "nice features of an ideal place" was apple trees. Not all that difficult to find around here thanks to the fact that there were a lot of fruit farms back in the day and a lot of older residential properties still have the remains of the orchards they took over. I didn't get any responses though and it's not something that's usually listed as a feature. People just don't care and often they just let the fruit fall and rot
I've been scanning pictures of posted properties carefully and I thought I spotted a fruit tree in the back of this place. I was not expecting what I found however! Seriously, some of these trees are the size of a 2 storey house!
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