Wednesday, July 16, 2008

time to build

**Exhale**
That's what we've finally been able to do around here. Given the tough real estate market, it took a long time to sell the house Chris built on Beechwood Ave. It's official...we've closed on it. We can now focus on selling our current home and then start building our new home.

Part of the plan is to finish the room over the garage, to maximize the square footage. Chris and Marshall have been busy all day tearing a hole in the roof and building a nice, big room for the new owners to appreciate :) We'll put our house on the market in August.


Here's the view from our new backyard. The house is on Mona Ave. For those of you familiar with Norfolk, it's the neighborhood behind the Sonic, by the church. It's on Pretty Lake which runs into Little Creek, which runs into the bay. We will start putting in the dock next month. The children tell people, "The whole world is our backyard". I can't argue with them.

8 comments:

LeAnn said...

How exciting! It looks like you'll have a beautiful view at your new house.

Martinez Family said...

You know.. I really admire you guys , you guys buy and build and sell houses the right way , I love it. You are a great example of how it should be when you buy a house , thats neat I cant wait to hear all the updates!

Your favorite sister said...

What a fun place to live. I am glad you mentioned the "landmarks" because I have forgoten a lot about Norfolk! :(

I am sure you will be busy but I hope everything goes well.

And what a good helper that Marshall is!

The Barton Family said...

Wow so pretty! Is this one going to be the forever house?

heidigoseek said...

Alisha,
Who knows what will happen? I certainly could live there forever, but I'm not counting on it!

Janice said...

How exciting! It's great that your husband knows how to build homes! It definitely makes for some WONDERFUL adventures! Your new backyard looks great!

Elizabeth Moon said...

I love your current house, so I can't wait to see what your new house looks like!
About June/Nanny's birthday, I'm pretty sure we can't make it, because it's right at the same time Brandon's school starts back! :( But we'll see...

Teresa said...

Awesome! I'm excited to see the progress, so dont forget to update often.
I've finally updated my blog to check it out.
Miss you so much!