Wait 6 months and get your dream deal. Hows that for advice. (why the hell are you buying at the end of spring? No inventory that is worth it and to much hope still in the air.)
Personally, Id go for a view, but I dont really like people traping right past my backyard when I am back there. You dont sound like a garden/nature person (small lot????) so Id stay away from creeks or canyon bottoms, or anything such. Go views from up high.
Maybe ask yourself what helps the resale. If you ever got old and grey and decided to give up the house thing, who is gonna buy your house and will they pay for the admenities. I see houses all the time that they paved the back yard, nothing green anywhere. I would HATE it there and would either not buy, or pay condsiderably less to compensate for all the concrete removal. Think about what your “improvements” will actually get you back.
