I'll spare you most of the details but Jen and I decided to buy the home we were renting. So, we won't be building our "CasaArey dream home" but will instead be settling into the house that has been our home for the past year.
Why the change...big(gest?) reason was financial. The cost estimates came in for this house and it was more that we wanted to be financially tied up into at this point in my life. When all was said and done, the estimate was for $450-$550k and with my eventual transition from the Army, now just was not the time to get locked into a large payment. Patience is a virtue.
But I really like the house I'm in now. After living here for a year, I realized that it had everything I was looking for in a home. It's about five hundred yards from where CasaArey was going to be built. A really wonderful, private backyard, a great long driveway for our boat trailer, and we're still only 5 minutes to the boat ramp on Stillhouse Hollow Lake.
Let the renovations and energy improvements begin. The hot water heater insulation blanket was an easy $23. We just has more insulation blown into the ceiling (we found some poor insulation when we had a home inspection performed...never, never scrimp on a home inspection!). I may install some solar screens over a front window that catches the rising sun. Other improvements to come.
So for those of you that followed this for the last year, I'm sorry for any disappointment. But I'm a big believer that everything turns out for the best and this is likely right in line with this!
Scot
Why the change...big(gest?) reason was financial. The cost estimates came in for this house and it was more that we wanted to be financially tied up into at this point in my life. When all was said and done, the estimate was for $450-$550k and with my eventual transition from the Army, now just was not the time to get locked into a large payment. Patience is a virtue.
But I really like the house I'm in now. After living here for a year, I realized that it had everything I was looking for in a home. It's about five hundred yards from where CasaArey was going to be built. A really wonderful, private backyard, a great long driveway for our boat trailer, and we're still only 5 minutes to the boat ramp on Stillhouse Hollow Lake.
Let the renovations and energy improvements begin. The hot water heater insulation blanket was an easy $23. We just has more insulation blown into the ceiling (we found some poor insulation when we had a home inspection performed...never, never scrimp on a home inspection!). I may install some solar screens over a front window that catches the rising sun. Other improvements to come.
So for those of you that followed this for the last year, I'm sorry for any disappointment. But I'm a big believer that everything turns out for the best and this is likely right in line with this!
Scot
