Thamara and I have decided to purchase our first home!! (insert stunned silence, then thunderous applause...)
Isn't it amazing!!!
Okay, seriously, we did, though. That picture is the garden shed on the property. Hahaha, sorry, I couldn't help it.
That is a picture the front of the house. It is an amazing, cute, house that is newer, and is sitting on a great little piece of property that is just short of 2.5 acres. We are really quite excited about the adventure of going into house ownership together! Here's a couple more of the front of the house (just click on them to make them bigger):
So, it's a great, well-build house that right now is a perfect size for the two of us to start with. It is beautifully laid out with a nice open concept kitchen/living room, and a nice big master bedroom. The main living space has absolutely amazing wide-planking wood floors, and the kitchen has an great new cork floor. That is something to see! There is even a fantastic garden door off of the master bedroom that has a little "deck" for enjoying the sunlight/peace that is out there. It was a perfect combination of house/property that we were looking for to get out into the rural area outside of Orillia (you wouldn't believe the cost of property tax in Orillia!!). For the price ranges that we were looking for, this house was the perfect find.
As mentioned before, it is a perfect house for us right now. But, in the future, it might prove to be a bit on the small side. So, our "big picture" plan is to expand the livable space into the big two-car garage and add a more bedrooms and another bathroom into the house. It will be a great project that will let us expand the house, and increase the value of it. Why would we do it this way, instead of just looking for a bigger house? Well, that is a great question? First of course, looking at a particular price bracket, if you increase the size of the house, then you would obviously decrease the size of the land; and we wanted to have a little property. Secondly, by buying smaller and expanding later, we decrease the financial shock that usually happens when you go into home ownership. It not only allows us to grow gradually in space, but also in financial responsibility; we wanted to avoid the 'house-poor' syndrome where you buy a house, but can't enjoy life outside of it....
Plus, we have some big plans to get even more onto the sustainable life-track. We are very, very excited for it, and we are even more excited for the possibilities of what the renovations could add to the already great house we'll have!!
More details to follow......
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