Saturday, May 12, 2012

New Home–Day 0

We have bought a house!

Even saying this out-loud is filling both Aaron and I with terror.  And excitement, anticipation, delight.  But mostly terror.

We have had to itch to find a bigger property for our little family for some time.  We’ve been eyeing homes for sale and driving through desirable neighborhoods and dreaming.  But there is a big plunge between dreaming and actually doing.  We are currently in free-fall.

The home is a new build in a planned community off Happy Valley and I-17.  It has all the features that we’ve been looking for:  close to stores and shopping, a beautiful community center, near a mountain park for hiking and biking, and close to a good school.  As an added bonus, its about 3 miles from my new office and the Honeywell Deer Valley site.  The plot of land is on the edge of the development without neighbors behind us – very quiet.

More info on the floor plan and home:  http://www.pulte.com/communities/az/phoenix/maestro-at-fireside-at-norterr/plan/577600/Perilla.aspx

The good news with a new build is we have some time.  We’re waiting for a lot to be finalized:  the loan approval, the building permit, etc.  We’ll meet with the design center in June to pick out features.  We’ll save $$ like crazy and start making plans to rent out our current house.  And we’ll hope, plan, dream, and enjoy this crazy process.  Our big leap. 

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