We have been going back and forth on whether or not to buy/build a house. With the rates low and our little town booming right now, we decided to go for it. We've been looking at all kinds of houses and we determined that it is actually a better deal to build than buy here. Most resale homes are in foreclosure or are short sales and need lots of work. We don't want to deal with fixing something up, especially with Ryker around. So we are going to build. We finally decided on a lot and a house plan and wrote the offer last night with our Realtor! We are so excited. The possibility of owning our own place that we can do whatever we want with is awesome! No more renting!!! Our new place is tucked into the back of an older neighborhood. It is phase VI! Right now there is only one house built on the side street and no one is on our street. We will have an acre of land on a cul de sac. The area is full of trees and it feels like we are in the forest, yet less than 10 minutes to the store and Kiery's school! I drove down there again today and I really like the area. It feels cozy in the neighborhood. There are also 2 large ponds that we will have access too for fishing and picnicking, not so sure about swimming. Both are walking distance!
Here is a picture of the lot:
Here is the layout of our house and then a larger view of the main floor:
We are going to have the plan flipped so the garage will be on the other side.
We will hear back from the builder tomorrow afternoon about our extras and such. We probably won't go with all that we asked for, but we added it into the offer just to see what the price would be. Things such as extending the garage by 4 feet. Adding a door to the toilet/shower area, adding sound proof insulation between the wall in the laundry-bedroom and the living room wall - bedroom.
Can't wait to pick colors!
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