It's A Lot

Look for a picture here soon!

It will be of an empty lot (number 199) with trees in the background, and if the angle is just right, a glimpse of the tiny pond that will complete our backyard. On this lot is where we are building our home. By late August there should be a house with grass, and shutters and people living in it; the Brown Family.

For the past few weeks we have looked at houses and decided to build instead of buy an existing home. The process of looking for a house with a partner who can be capricious at times is a bit annoying. Okay, its a lot annoying. I could have picked two or three houses from the fifteen we saw. Lisa, on the other hand, found one reason or another to question a final decision. I decided for my sanity and our marital bliss to take a step back until Lisa could narrow it down. Finally, she stopped in a new development that I drive by on my way to work everyday. She did the research, brought home a some plans, and put forward a good argument to build. Dollar for dollar, square foot by square foot it's about the same to build as it is to buy built.

But for now it's a lot - but not too much - I couldn't pass on the double meaning there. Its a lot to get your head wrapped around. It's a lot to think about all of the decisions that go into a building a house; color schemes, lighting fixtures, carpet choices, cabinet stain and drawer pulls. Where will the furniture go? What about window treatments? Considering the aforementioned capricious nature of my wife - this could take a while.

Building in a new community going in from the ground up also has its challenges. There are no homes on the right of left of us right now, but there will be. In fact, there will be construction on our street for the next twelve to eighteen months. And I mean, left, right, and across the street from us. I imagine that our place will look like a little oasis amidst all of the other places in various forms of being built.

This house will fit us well as we grow into it over the years. Its not too big as to get lost in the house and its not too small where everyone is on top of everyone else.

We'll keep you posted as things move along.