On Saturday, Brian and I decided to completely change directions with house-hunting and purchase a brand-new house in Little Elm. Yay! We are so excited! Here's a picture of the house:
As for the house that we purchased in Allen, we sadly decided to terminate the contract due to the house's foundation issues. While foundations in Texas are prone to damage (due to the soil conditions), we decided that even with fixing it we didn't want to deal with any future problems. We will definitely miss the house's amazing lot (over 1/3 acre on a creek), but we really feel that new construction will allow us a fresh start.
Now comes the fun part of picking paint colors, cabinets, counters, fixtures, doors, and much more! Brian is putting me in charge, but he does have final veto power.
Here's a layout of the first floor:
- Instead of "flex" room, it will become a fourth bedroom. The room will be a square (no diagonal wall) and the powder room because a full bath
- The master bedroom will now be extended two feet out (so it'll be 16' long instead of 14)
- There is a covered patio out the back door
- We will have a fireplace in the great room
- Not sure about the optional garage door that goes out the side... that's something we can add-in. Thoughts?
Here's a layout of the second floor:
No changes on the second floor.
Brian and I are also going to add in a gas hook-up line in the laundry room and also a gas hook-up line on the outside so we can set-up an outdoor barbecue or fire pit.
Does anybody have any suggestions? Things we should add? Things that we should leave out? They throw all these options at us with upgrades and blah, blah, blah. If you've built a house in the past (or have had one built), are there any upgrades/options you highly recommend? Don't need?
Thanks for reading my blog! Stay tuned for more updates.
