This week’s best buys fit right into that category. Granted, the first is a little strange. It’s a remodeled 1,200-square-foot cottage in an unusual location – right behind the miniature golf course on the Trail near Myrtle. You either like the location or you don’t. I loved it. It’s convenient, has an enormous lot with wonderful trees, is tucked away at the end of a little cul de sac. It even has a fence with netting above it, I guess to prevent any stray golf balls from landing in your yard.

You’ve heard of golf course living – well, this is miniature golf course living.

The house has been remodeled in an eccentric but hip way, with a lot of surprisingly high end touches. The kitchen is sleek and European, with a wine refrigerator and marble counter tops. The owners, it seems to me, are taking a tremendous loss – the original price was $339,000. Now it’s down to $179,000 – and it’s west of the Trail. Move! Call Chris Bradley at 374-1590.

Next is a much more conventional house, but just as nice. It’s a 1950s cottage on Bellevue, about a mile east of the Y. The big selling point here is the charm of the remodel, complete with picket fence. It’s move-in ready and very Pottery Barn in color and feeling. The kitchen has stainless appliances and solid wood cabinets, there’s crown molding, and the roof, plumbing and electric are new.