About a year ago, we found five lovely acres not far from our current home. It has a perimeter of trees for privacy and good habitat for the local critters, but it’s open enough to plant the large gardens and orchards we dreamed of and get enough sun for the solar panels on the roof of the home we planned to build.
The site feels quite rural, but it is actually closer to work than our current home. So though we wanted to escape the burbs, we’ll actually still be right in the middle of them, but with a totally different feel and the independence of not living in a subdivision. The property is right on a community trail system, which will be ideal for taking bike rides and walks with our dog.
The 1970’s ranch house in the photographs has been rented out for the last year while we designed the new house with our architect and found the right builder. In a few weeks, we’ll be deconstructing this house and reusing some of the materials in our new home. We are preparing for lots of mud and chaos……