I want a home. More than anything else, I want a home. I want to be able to do what ever I want to my home (within reason) and not worry about what my landlord thinks. I want to put up a fence and know that it is my fence and I didn't waste my money! I want to paint it inside the way that I want it, and if I don't like it, I want to be able to change it! I want the new carpet, the hardwoods, the silestone countertops! I want air conditioning! I want it to be mine!
Keith and I are at odds (kind of) as to when we are going to buy said house. I want it as soon as possible and he wants to wait for a few months and then do a dirt start. I don't want to wait and end up moving right before the holidays. I like having the big holidays at my house, and I don't want to be unpacking while I am trying to cook!
I know that it will happen, but I want it to happen NOW! Even if we dirt start it now, it will take anywhere from 5-7 months before it is ready to be moved into. I can wait that out, as long as it is getting built and I can go look at it in it's various stages and say that is mine!
We have looked at a ton of houses, and through everything I think we have narrowed down what we want. Here is our list as it stands right now. I may add more later...
- Ranch
- 3+ bedrooms
- 2+ baths
- Large kitchen family room area
- Rough-in in the basement
- Air conditioner
- Humidifier
- Under $300K
- >1800 square feet
- full basement
- Fireplace
- Good sized yard
- 3 car garage
- 5 piece in the Master bathroom
- Tall ceilings
- Maybe an island in the kitchen
- The kids want a seperated bathroom meaning that there is a door between the sinks and the shower/toilet
- Katya wants either a bay window, or a nook or both
- HAS to have a laundry room. Period. End of discussion there. I am soooooo tired of a laundry nook/passthrough
- Keith wants a shower with a seat (read oversized shower)
So far there have been 2 ranches that I have found that meet most of these requirements, but I have yet to find one that meets all of them. I know that there is a house out there that is going to meet all of our requirements as well as the wants!
We found one out in Turnberry (104th and Hwy 2) that is SO close, and it is in a good price range. It is being built by Standard Pacific. There are only 2 things on our list that this house doesn't have. It doesn't have the split bathroom, and the property that this particular ranch is on is only 6500 square feet. Other than that it is a little more East than I wanted to go, but I don't mind it really. The community has a swimming pool going in which is WAY cool.
The second one Keith hasn't had a chance to walk through yet, but I really like it. It is built by Lennar (ei) and has everything that I want, but not what the kids want. Other than that it fit all of the above criteria. The only downfal is that it is only on a 7200 square foot piece of property. The house is 2200 square feet which leaves about 5000 sq. ft. yard. That is still not that small when you figure we are on a 5000 sq ft lot now and the house takes up 1000 sq.ft of that. this house would keep the kids in the same school district and they both really want that.
So, I am off to browse the internet some more. See if I can find ranches with all of the builders that are here in Firestone/Frederick/Dacono area, and see if any of them might fit the bill for what we want. Wish me luck.