New House

After looking at many houses and much deliberation, we finally put an offer in on a home a couple days ago. And here it is. It is in Queen Creek unfortunately, but it'll only be for a few years and then we'll be back in Gilbert to stay. The house is a short sale, but had an "already approved" price through the lein holder so we're told it shouldn't be too long before we hear back. The seller's agent was convinced our offer was good enough for the bank to accept so we're hoping to close soon. It's soooo nice. 2900sf 3 bed/3 full bath with a loft (future play room) and a den (future office), there is a 3 car garage but it's tandem (see pic below). We are still looking at others though, just in case.

here's the front of the house. ummm, the grass isn't that green right now, ha!

pretty tile work. almost the whole bottom level has this beautiful slate (?!) tile.

i love this fantastic kitchen

with beautiful 42" cherry wood cabinets

an awesome cherry wood railing

the great room that will soon have matching wood floors to the railing

the backyard is a little bit on the small side with no pool. but the large covered patio was very important to me

tandem garage for ryan's trailer (one side is double the length)

I can't wait to hear back from the bank! When we were leaving from looking at it, two of the female neighbors came over to introduce themselves (still haven't met my current neighbors of 2.5 years!) and was telling us that the whole neighborhood is full of kids. And that when the weather is nice all the moms go outside together with their kids. And also said that they all watch each other's kids when they need them to (WHAT?!). And also said that they shut down the street and do block parties! I think we hit neighborhood lottery and Ryan about had a stroke (if you know Ryan at all, you know what I mean). There's also an elementary school in the subdivision a few blocks away. I totally hope we get this house.