It happened that the week we found the right builder, plot and house design was the very same week Chris’s parents were visiting from England. The market moves fast out here, so we didn’t feel we could wait until after…
So We’re Going to Build a House
One very long day in early May, we bought a house. Well, more precisely, we bought getting a house built. The house will most likely be done around Christmas and that is when we will actually take possession of it.…
Chris’s Lego Italian Restaurant
Chris built his own modular Lego Italian restaurant somewhat recently. He finally decided it was done this week, but actually did the bulk of the work just before we got the kittens. Lego is extremely visual, so I’m going to…
Dodge-y Maps and a Little More Dodge-y Language
Our tentative plan to check out housing in Estrella caused us to bring an ongoing problem to a head. The maps in our car had not been updated since we bought it. The Phoenix area is growing and building new things…
30,000 Miles
We hit the 30,000 mile mark while house hunting. We happened to hit it right after making what we think might be a break through in our search. We had been aiming to buy an existing house now and build…
House Hunting Part 5: Phoenix
Another tool that allowed us to look at a lot in a short space of time was Open Door. Open Door is a way of having an open house all day with no one present, but with a certain level…
House Hunting Part 4: East Valley
Now, I cannot claim this stretch of videos is as complete as our journey across the country was. This video was actually done with the realtor driving and us working from the car, so we didn’t film every single house…
House Hunting Part 3: West Valley
As a result of our positive experience in Casa Grande, we went on a mad journey around the Valley where we managed to cover, with some zigzagging, something like 500-600 miles in about 9-10 days while still working full-time. I…
House Hunting Part 2: Casa Grande
Even though Maricopa wasn’t for us, it gave us some useful ideas to try to figure out where else might be suitable. Maricopa’s only connection to the larger metro area was on a fairly slow road, whereas Casa Grande‘s access…
House Hunting Part 1: Mostly Maricopa
So around the start of the year, like many people, Chris and I found ourselves reevaluating our lives. We decided we wanted to move out of an apartment and into a house. We had a look at a few housing…