I am in love with the house nextdoor! ❤ It just so happens to be the home my husband is building for our daughter and her guy.
When we first bought This Old House and the land around it, we knew there was potential for a few building lots, if the kids decided when they were grown that they’d like to settle in this area. We are very fortunate to be in the business of building houses, so we can help them do this. We’re also lucky they don’t mind living near mom and dad. We’ve made the promise that we’ll respect privacy so no one feels like the ‘rents are breathing down their neck. A stand of trees planted in the field between us helps too.
We found a home plan on the internet that’s style is in keeping with the other 200 year old homes in this area, including Grace (our restored home). The size is perfect, too – we did some tweaking to the plan and the finished home will have a nice big kitchen and open family room layout with master bedroom and bath on first floor, an office room which they both need for their jobs, a second half bath mud/laundry room and attached rear garage. Upstairs, which for now will remain unfinished to keep mortgage and taxes down, has the potential and is rough framed for two bedrooms and two baths, should children come along or they want the additional space down the road. There is also potential for a bonus room over the garage, rough framed for now. It’s a fantastic layout for a retired/empty nester person or couple as well.
Some light fixtures we’ve ordered ….
Their condo is sold and the closing is in a week, so they’ll be moving into Stella by the Sea for the remaining four weeks it will take to complete their home.
Do I even comment on the hundreds of atrocities in the news? How about I just post this…
The house is turning out wonderful!
Beautiful !! Such a lucky young couple.
Hello,
The new home is looking great! LOL, I had a nice laugh over the Sarah Palin comment. It is true!
Wishing you a great day!
So happy for the kids; going to be a beautiful home.
I really like the way the garage wing is turned off of the main house. I really dislike the “garage forward” design that was so popular over the past two decades or so.
Lucky kids, especially for getting to spend a month at Stella!
I like the light fixtures. However, the dust on the clear globes might drive them crazy. I put three hanging pendants in my kitchen and I hiss at the dust that gathers daily
Nice house! I wanna live there…wahhh! lol! The layout is really neat and what a good idea to keep the mortgage and taxes down by not finishing the upper level. Makes so much sense. Sorta wish we had done that 30+ years ago when we built our home. Although, we built a split level and left the lower level unfinished until we could afford to do it the following year. Hard to believe we financed 82K back than and didn’t think we could afford it…but we did! You do what you can do, right? 🙂
I am so glad that you have other things like Stella, a new house being built next door, two great kids and your hubby…not to mention all your critters…that help keep you sane in this crazy world with an asshat who today called himself the “chosen one”. Really? The “chosen one”? And…let’s not even mention his flip flopping on key issues all on the very same day!
Greenland? You dodged a bullet! lol!
How wonderful that you are able to build a home for them. It’s going to be a gorgeous home!
So happy you get to share/make this possible for them. And they will be close! Feel the same about politics as you and enough said. Thank you for your blog, I always look forward to seeing a post.
Thank you for joining the conversation, Susan 🙂 I am so thankful they are close – I don’t envy friends who’s children move far away, and I know it’s often for solid reasons like career, spouse and environment, etc. We are blessed…
How in the world did I miss this one? Biggest wow!
Beautiful work (home) in progress . . .
Old/New Family Compound
Lovely Plan . . .
Saved the Sarah Palin . . . how did I miss that!