Home Sweet Home

What a whirlwind couple of weeks. We gave up on the idea of having our home built; as the builder could not get financing in this economic climate. However, our financing was fine, and prices were falling with all the homes glutting the market. Interest rates were dropping too, thanks to the financial industry's indiscretions.

That said, we were still having trouble finding 1-story homes with a plan that fit our needs. We found one beautiful home in Buda, but by the time we made the offer, they had already accepted another. Milton, frustrated, told our realtor to go ahead and start looking at 2 stories, with the Master Bedroom down. While we were waiting on him, we drove around the neighborhood (the same one the house we lost out on was in, as it turns out), and found an open house going on. I was immediately struck by the beauty of the outside. Then I went in, and was amazed by the space. However, the backyard sloped fairly steeply to the left. It would have been a pain to mow.

Lo and behold, the house just two doors down the exact same house...on a level lot...and available! I convinced Milton that he would be happier beign able to access the entire home, than to have a home he could only see half of on a regular basis.

The home was built by Lennar, which had a really poor reputation due to some problems with an entire subdivision in Hutto. However, the quality appeared to be good here.

The original listing price on the house was over $180,000. When we looked, it was $154,000. After we got approval, we told them we wanted to close in 2 weeks. They knocked another 3K off for closing by that Friday instead, so they could clear it off their books by the end of the month.

Now, the hard part...packing!

Here are a few photos of the house.