After spending the spring trying to decide whether to add onto our house, buy a new house within our neighborhood, or look outside our neighborhood, we finally came to the decision that moving outside of our neighborhood was the best choice for us. Adding on was going to cost a lot of money and we would have to be out of our house for at least 7 months and still wouldn't have all the space and the layout that we were hoping for. We hadn't been really happy with our elementary school either, so investing a lot into a house in a neighborhood that we love, but a school that was only so-so, also didn't seem like the right decision.
So, we looked and looked at many houses in a few neighborhoods farther south from us, but just couldn't find one that jumped out at us as "our home". Rob had a connection with a builder in a neighborhood that was building a new elementary school so we started to look at floor plans and cost. We finally decided that building a new house on a 1/3 of an acre in a great neighborhood with a new school was really going to be the best choice for us.
We signed our contract for the new house over Memorial Day Weekend. By July, they had cleared out the cedar trees on the lot and were waiting on permits to start the foundation. By the beginning of September, the foundation had been poured and by the third week of September, the frame was up. They are moving really fast and are ahead of schedule. It is so exciting to see the progress and think of all the space we'll have. We are even more excited that we finally have a contract on our house and we should close on November 2nd. We'll live with my parents for about 3 months with our closing date on the new house scheduled for January 30th.
So, we looked and looked at many houses in a few neighborhoods farther south from us, but just couldn't find one that jumped out at us as "our home". Rob had a connection with a builder in a neighborhood that was building a new elementary school so we started to look at floor plans and cost. We finally decided that building a new house on a 1/3 of an acre in a great neighborhood with a new school was really going to be the best choice for us.
We signed our contract for the new house over Memorial Day Weekend. By July, they had cleared out the cedar trees on the lot and were waiting on permits to start the foundation. By the beginning of September, the foundation had been poured and by the third week of September, the frame was up. They are moving really fast and are ahead of schedule. It is so exciting to see the progress and think of all the space we'll have. We are even more excited that we finally have a contract on our house and we should close on November 2nd. We'll live with my parents for about 3 months with our closing date on the new house scheduled for January 30th.
So exciting!!!
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