WE SIGNED A CONTRACT!!

After nearly 3 months of searching and 10 unsuccessful offers, we bought a house!! We finalized a deal with Brighton Station today- the new home development that we toured a couple weeks ago. We were able to negotiate the price a little bit and also argued for an incentive package to pay for some upgrades that we wanted.

We chose one of their smaller floorplans (smaller of their choices, that is- the house is over 2,200 square feet!) on a corner lot. The builder had three “elevation” options, as they preferred to call them- basically the exterior designs of the house. The choices included a Mediterranean look with rounded arches and iron work, a more traditional/craftsman style with a large porch, and a cottage-like design with stone walls and high pointed arches. Since every lot is assigned a floorplan and elevation, we didn’t have much of a choice, since we preferred the corner lot location that was available- so we were destined to have the third design mentioned, the one with the weird rock walls (obviously this elevation was not our first choice!). But honestly, we know that the exterior style of the house matters little when it comes down to it, and we were thrilled with the corner lot. Now we’ll have only one real neighbor to deal with!! And the design really isn’t that bad… it’s unique and I think it’s starting to grow on me at least!

After reviewing all the details and signing our life away, we were informed that our house should be ready on or around February 18th, 2010! Then we set up our design appointment, where we will meet with the builder’s design firm and select our finishes and upgrades, which I’m looking forward to! So exciting!!

Here’s our house as of today! The foundation has been poured and part of the house has been framed. We're planing to visit the house every week or so to document the process and progress as it's built :)



And here are some photos of the model home: