We're Building a House!

Yes. It's official! We are building our very first home! It just became official today. It's the house that I was talking about in the last post. If you never read it, there's a link down there that shows a model of what it will look like.

Yesterday, I went out with our realtor and the sales guy to look (in detail) at the three lots that Tyson and I were considering. When Tyson got home last night, we discussed a few things further and had our hearts set on a specific lot with the specific model we wanted. PLUS! The price of the home is OUTSTANDING! We got quite a deal! We knew that these were some "hot lots" and a popular home model, so we wanted to jump on it because.........who knows! They would have been sold the next day because it's such a popular home on a popular lot. We did not make a rash decision. We have been letting this home brew in our brains for a couple weeks solid. After looking at other options, we couldn't seem to get our hearts off this other home and open our mind up to the other possibilities that we looked at. We even looked at things BEFORE we ever saw this house, and we were never too thrilled at the selection. Turns out, last night our realtor told me that we made the best decision as well as a smart decision, so that made me feel REALLY good and confident. Honestly, I'd have to agree. Everything just worked out so beautifully.

Tomorrow, Tyson and I will sign the contract, and then it's off to the design center we go! Well......in about 2-3 weeks will be our first design center appointment. The builder is working with us to stretch our close date till the beginning of June, so we are in NO hurry. The builder has organized a time frame of how many weeks until we go to our first design center appointment. Then, we wait another couple of weeks and go to our second appointment, and so on and so on and so on. Basically, we're taking our sweet time until March. That is when we will say, "Get our stuff that we chose and let's start building!" I like this idea because it gives us time to choose the look we want for our house.

We are so lucky that these people are stretching everything out for us. It would be a big mess if they started building now. Our lease in our apartment doesn't end until July, and if we had them start building now, we would have to close in May; therefore paying a months rent ON TOP of a mortgage. That wouldn't be fun. So, we're stretching it out to June where we will pay our rent, and then the next month, we will start paying our mortgage. It works out perfectly financially. Plus, we want to close in June so we can get that $8,000 tax credit. I'm not going to take credit for this well thought out plan. Tyson has mapped all of this out on his own. Go hubby!

We will continue to keep everyone updated on the home building. I'm going to be taking pictures like CRAZY! I want to photograph our FIRST home being built from beginning to end, and then I might put it into a book. This is definitely an experience and a memory I believe we will want to cherish. AHHHHHHH!!!! THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!! We're so thrilled!!! I would have NEVER thought we would end up BUILDING our first home together................never! Come on June! I can't wait!