New House!!!

We have been in the process of buying a new house in Salado for the past 3.5 months or so, and as of tonight we are the proud owners!!! We are so very excited, and ready to move on to the next phase.

The story of this house is that it is a 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath house that was originally built in 2001 by a home builder who was building his own "dream home" but he wan't able to finish it, so he sold it. A couple in their 60's bought it and started finishing the interior -- primarily all of the downstairs (kitchen, laundry room, living room, dining room, office, master bedroom, bathrooms). But due to a divorce, they had to sell the house.

Robert and I went out to see it for the first time in early April, and we really loved so much about the house -- the parts that were already completed are just amazing! We just like so much that the house has to offer! It has plenty of square footage for our family to grow into and stay long term! It is not completed though, so we knew that it would take some work to get it all finished. The way that everything started to work together was a "God thing", and we started the process of buying the house in late April. We ran into some hold-ups with financing the house since it is not completed, but God is good, and he has brought many great people into our path and we were finally able to get it all worked out!

We are now at a point were we can start some of the construction on the areas that need to be finished, and since we haven't sold our house here, we are planning on staying out of the way (and mess) of all the construction! Hopefully in the next 2-3 months we will have most or all of the construction done and we will be ready to move in!!!

Here are some of the pictures of the house (from the realtor with the previous owners furniture... I will try to take some more soon.)

The house sits up on a hill and has beautiful views from the front porch and balcony!

This kitchen is A.MAZ.ING!!!! My favorite part of the house!!!

Formal dining room -- off of the kitchen

Living room with staircase leading to bedrooms upstairs

These are 2 of the upstairs bedrooms that need to be finished --

flooring, sheetrock, trim, paint, etc.

And this is the indoor pool area that is just behind the living room glass windows. We are excited about having a pool -- and one that we can swim in year round! This pool has actually been one of the "problem areas" of the house because it is an increased risk and liability, but hopefully we will get all the kinks worked out and will be happy to invite lots of family and friends over to swim!!!!

We are so excited about our new house and hope to have lots of guests over to enjoy it as well throughout the years!