It all started when we found this beautiful piece of property. I wanted to be in a neighborhood and Matt wanted some room to spread out. So when we found this 2.2 acre lot in a small, gated neighborhood we jumped on it. Especially since we had put an offer in on another lot in that neighborhood a year earlier and decided to walk away when they wouldn't budge on the asking price. But when it sold and we kept looking and couldn't find anything comparable, we knew we had found a needle in a haystack. Months later when 3 more lots opened up we didn't hesitate and made a strong offer. And not only did we get it, but our dear friends bought the lot next to ours and another friend bought the 3rd lot!
Here is it!!
Ready to grow old here.
Soon after we purchased the property we cleared it. We were so excited and couldn't wait to enjoy it with bon fire's, kids running wild, discovering animal tracks and playing in the dirt with the girls.
We even had a crowd watching the tress come down.
So we've played in the dirt, had races, climb trees, made bon fires with our friends, the kids have told scary stories in the dark by the fire with their friends, we've made smores, envisioned our future here and truly enjoyed this piece of land.
And now we have selected our builder, had several meetings with them and turned this:
into our dream home!!!
I can't believe this is happening! It really seems real now that we have OUR floor plan and OUR house design. Last week we got our preliminary sketch and floor plan, made the changes we needed to make and it is now with the architect for our official plans to be drawn up.
Tomorrow I get to meet with the builders to pick out cabinets, then comes flooring and countertops! I'm loving all of this so far but we still have lots of work to do before we even break ground. Permits and soil samples, platting and engineering, etc. etc. But we are hoping to break ground by the beginning of October.
