The House – It is workin’

So I figured it is time to post about our new house. Yes we moved. Yes it is still in Longmont. Yes it is still in our same ward. No, I can no longer walk to work, but I can drive there faster than I could walk from the last home. Now those important questions are answered.

Many people ask, "So now that all of the kids are gone, are you downsizing?" Well, no not really. It is a bigger house. That gives us more potential. In the old house, when all of our family got together, they could not all be in one area. There just wasn't room. That was a requirement as we were looking into new houses, that there was an open floor plan with room for everyone. Now his new house has that. In fact we have had a couple of occasions so far where it has become apparent that it is working. We have been able to have a lot of people over and they all fit. The kids have room to play. The adults have room to talk. And there is room to escape, like when babies need a nap. So no we did not downsize, but we did upgrade.

With that said, here are some features which Mar and I particularly like:

Office/den in the gathering area – very nice.
Island in the kitchen – nice.
Hardwood floors in the basement – very nice – made possible by piled construction, which was made necessary by the soil condition.
Walk in closets – in three bedroom – very, very nice.
Vanity in master bath – nice – because Mar can sit down to do makeup.
Covered patio – very nice – it just expands the summer living space – and it is covered by a -
Walk out patio from the master bedroom – nice.
Treehouse/Playhouse – nice – the grandkids already love it.
Kitchenette in the basement – nice.
Three car garage – nice – but right now it is just a three car storage area.
Big built in storage room in the basement – very nice – organized, yes it is already almost organized.
Gas fireplace – nice – we didn't realize how nice, until we used it.
Wired for sound – nice – and Rich, our family electronics wizard helped us get that set up.
Formal dining room – okay – we don't have formal dining room furniture.
Doorbell – wow – we never had one of those before.

Yes, there are some drawbacks, or things we just don't know about yet. But we are liking it.
(There may be pictures to follow – check back to see.)