We are homeless

Well, I haven't told too many people because I didn’t want to jinx anything. About 6 weeks ago we put our house on the market and we got an offer after 2 weeks. We closed on the house this morning and have 30 days to move out so the new owners can take possession of the house.

We wanted to stay in Magna but we can’t find anything in Magna that we like. We extended our search south and found a builder and a .27 acre lot in West Jordan (approximately 6400 West and 9000 South. Here is the house we are building.




Once we finish the basement, we will have a little over 4000 sq ft. gulp… I hope I can keep it clean. Anyway, we are excited and nervous at the same time. The third car garage is double deep so Terry is getting his 4 car garage. I’m getting my knotty alder cabinets and granite counter tops (you know…since I spend so much time in the kitchen). We will have 4 bedrooms on the top floor so no one will be sharing a bedroom. Eventually, I will have a scrapbook room in the basement but I’m not holding my breath. We are now in the process of trying to select the upgrades and man, it’s a hard decision. If I get everything I want, then we are 60K over what we want to spend. I’ve cut the list as much as I feel I can but we are still 14K over. This part bites. Now I’m going to have to let go of my 9 ft ceilings and 8 ft doors. That’s 8K right there. That still leaves us 6K. I can’t think of anything else I want to cut. This is so hard. Terry suggested the tile which is 7K but man, I HATE vinyl. I wish I didn’t have expensive taste. Anyone want to help lay tile for us? J/K. We are still figuring out the details but we both want this house. Anyone know anything about DR Horton? That is the builder we are looking at. They have cut the base price of the home 16K and are giving us any/all our upgrades and modifications at a 25% discount. I think we are getting a good deal but if you have any suggestions or information on DR Horton, let us know.