COMING FEATURE: OUR NEXT HOME (Cheri)

So I "teased" the other day that we are under contract to buy our permanent home.  Here is a picture of it now, and after the jump, an inspiration picture, showing what we want it to look like.

So the question might be, why not start fresh, rather than making such dramatic changes?  It's the timeless principle:  location, location, location.

The house is only a quarter-mile from our existing house, and it's on a seven-acre infill lot.  Since there is a lot of growth going on in Winston-Salem, any new construction is almost certain to be surrounded in the future by lots of new houses, type and size currently unknown.

Here are pictures of the back deck and view:

and the overhead view:

You can't actually see the house in this picture, but it's at the end of the very long driveway.  Most of the meadow in the middle will be ours, and the meadows to the right of the driveway will be, too.   

We love rolling views, but don't want to build on rolling land because we want a single-story house.  We can extend the front of the existing house, but still see across the rolling large meadow.

There are two lots included behind the house which we can sell when the market is right, to defray the cost of construction, and we could also sell one of the smaller meadows if we want.

We thought that we were just going to be submitting a back-up offer, and this happened very quickly.  Now all we have to do is develop a floor plan and find a design-build contractor, preferably before escrow closes in five weeks.

Hoping you all enjoy your long weekend.