Criteria #1 – We wanted more than our current .1 acre. To be more precise, we wanted between 1 and 3 acres of decently wooded space – a home schooling family’s dream. Luckily, we are pretty close to Magnolia where acreage abounds.
Criteria #2 – We wanted the house to have space for an actual school room. Home schooling has taken our hearts by storm and we are quickly realizing that a home school without a school room is … well … a logistical headache.
Criteria #3 – We wanted a house that could better support me, David, working from home. AKA – it would be really nice if the house had a study
Criteria #4 – We don’t want the house too big. Too big of a house equals more cleaning. And while one would think having lots of children and extra hands to help clean up makes that easier, well, if one thought that, then one doesn’t have 3 children under the age of 7 wreaking havoc on the floors, walls, ceilings, furniture, etc..
Not too much to ask. And it definitely wasn’t hard to find homes that met all of the above, but we quickly discovered that while finding the perfect house may not be that hard, selling our house in the above mentioned suburban ‘Shangri-La’ may be a bit more difficult.
Then
Kelly stumbled upon, the perfect house. And a seed was planted:
“What if we could build this beautiful, custom home on our own lot?”
Criteria 2, 3 and 4 were already fulfilled. All that was left was #1, and the hunt was on. A couple of week’s into the search God opened up a lot for us that seemed to fit all the criteria we were looking for in a lot. It was wooded, it had the potential to be very private, and thanks to a foreclosure situation, it was very affordable. AND …
I am very happy to report that as of Thursday (3/17) we are officially under contract on 1.5 acres in Grand Lakes Estates!!! (Lot 10):
Be looking for update and pics of this awesome adventure of getting the lot ready and house built (prob a 3 year process). Its sure to be a fun ride and maybe we can all learn a little bit along the way.
