House Hunting

House hunting is one of the most exciting, thrilling, exhausting, and frustrating thing you can go through. Jeff and I have began to look for "our first place". Being out here in Louisiana, it can be a little frustrating and depressing to realize how little you can get for your money. Being used to the market in Texas, it is eye-opening moving away; like the saying goes, "you never knew what you had until it's gone".

After a huge ordeal with one builder on the first house we loved (which is a story in itself) and fighting over Realtors, etc., we quickly came to realize this would be a tougher process than we thought. We found a wonderful Realtor, Jennifer with Keller Williams, who has been a "God send" to us in this process. If you ever need a Realtor, let me know, and I will send Jennifer your way. She has shown us countless of homes in different areas, price ranges, and styles. We finally found one that we love.

This house is going to be a "custom spec". This basically means that the floor plan is already planned out, but we get to pick the finishes. This is right down our alley. The house will take at least 9 months to build, once we meet with the builder and formulate the offer and details. This is perfect timing for us because Jeff still has a year left of school at LSU, which means less time he would have to commute to school at night, and we can take our time saving some more money and picking out everything we want. We can't wait to meet with the builder and agents to set up the start date on breaking ground! I can't believe I am going to be going through the home building process for myself! It can't come soon enough!

Here is link to the house that we will have built on another lot. Keep in mind that the floor plan will be the same, but the finishes and a few details (i.e. the hole over the fireplace for the TV and the awful tile) are subject to change.