Last week, the Real Housewives of Orange County alum Vicki Gunvalson closed on a retirement/vacation home in Mexico that she’ll share with her fiancé Steve Chavez Lodge.
The 58-year-old retired reality star shared footage she shot in January of the three-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse apartment located in the seaside resort town of Puerto Vallarta.
Once they’re ‘able,’ the couple of four years will visit the condo where they can see panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean from the comfort of her jacuzzi on the breezy patio.
‘I did it!’ Last week, the Real Housewives of Orange County alum Vicki Gunvalson closed on a retirement/vacation home in Mexico that she’ll share with her fiancé Steve Chavez Lodge (pictured March 27)
‘I own a home that makes me happy’: The 58-year-old retired reality star shared footage she shot in January of the three-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse apartment located in the seaside resort town of Puerto Vallarta
Gunvalson (born Steinmetz) plans on ‘donating all the bedding and most of the furniture to an orphanage’ before ‘putting to work some painters and a decorator to make this home “Vicki.”‘
Vicki – who also owns a home in Coto de Caza, California – realized it wasn’t the most woke post in the midst of nationwide racial unrest and the global coronavirus pandemic.
‘I know some of you may think it’s wrong, especially in the state of the world,’ the Coto Insurance owner wrote.
‘But for me it immediately gives me hope and peace that things will resume to a new sense of normal soon…Thank you to all who support my decision as it wasn’t an easy one to go through with it. Those who don’t, keep your mean comments to yourself.’
‘I won’t be visiting there until I’m able’: The couple of four years will eventually visit the condo where they can see panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean from the comfort of her jacuzzi
Fully furnished: Gunvalson (born Steinmetz) plans on ‘donating all the bedding and most of the furniture to an orphanage’ before ‘putting to work some painters and a decorator to make this home “Vicki”‘
Bathroom view: Vicki – who also owns a home in Coto de Caza, California – realized it wasn’t the most woke post in the midst of nationwide racial unrest and the global coronavirus pandemic
Gunvalson previously came under fire over her since-deleted April 20 tweet asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to quickly reopen businesses despite the stay-at-home order still in place.
‘Let’s get America who is healthy back to work,’ Vicki – who boasts 2.3M social media followers – wrote.
‘We need hairdressers, nail techs, small business’s and restaurants to start reopening May 1st. Please?’
Starting May 29 – some restaurants, hair salons, and retail shops have reopened with restrictions due to the 118K confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state leading to 4,320 deaths.
The Coto Insurance owner wrote: ‘I know some of you may think it’s wrong, especially in the state of the world. But for me it immediately gives me hope and peace that things will resume to a new sense of normal soon’
Gunvalson added: ‘Thank you to all who support my decision as it wasn’t an easy one to go through with it. Those who don’t, keep your mean comments to yourself’
‘We need hairdressers!’ Vicki previously came under fire over her since-deleted April 20 tweet asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to quickly reopen businesses despite the stay-at-home order still in place
The twice-divorced mother-of-two will soon become a grandmother for the third time when her daughter Briana and husband Ryan Culberson welcome a sibling for their sons Owen and Troy.
Vicki’s 32-year-old daughter Briana is from her second marriage to Donn Gunvalson, which ended in 2014 after 20 years of marriage.
Gunvalson also has a 35-year-old son Michael from her first marriage to Michael J. Wolfsmith, which ended in 1991 after nine years of marriage.
‘Couldn’t be more excited!’ The twice-divorced mother-of-two will soon become a grandmother for the third time when her daughter Briana and husband Ryan Culberson welcome a sibling for their sons Owen and Troy (pictured November 2)
‘One producer didn’t like me’: Gunvalson announced she quit her Bravo series on January 24 after being demoted from housewife to ‘friend’ status in the 14th season last year (pictured March 1 with Tamra Judge)
The Chicago-born blonde announced she quit her Bravo series on January 24 after being demoted from housewife to ‘friend’ status in the 14th season last year.
‘Unfortunately, [for] my last two years, [one] producer didn’t like me,’ Vicki lamented on her Whoop it Up With Vicki podcast last Thursday.
‘We got very expensive and I think they said that viewers were ready for younger blood. I thought, well, you can’t really say that because the viewers and followers have followed my life for 15 years and all of a sudden…I just didn’t die!’