Welcome to our future home... we hope!

We have been shopping for a home in San Diego for the past 2 years, but more seriously, during this year....

We think we may have found our perfect house! And here is a drawing of it:
And here is Dave standing in the doorframe, inviting you to our *hopefully* future humble abode:
Our home is part of a neighborhood, Garden Walk, which is part of a new community 4S Ranch out in Rancho Bernardo (northeast of San Diego). Here is a map of the Garden Walk area:


Our favorite lot is #10. I think the address is ---------------. Aw, how pretty, eh? The location is perfect--at the end of a dead end, flanked by only 1 house, and facing a park. Also, the house faces NE (i think?) and we figured out the house and yard would get plenty of sunshine (especially since there is no other house to block the sun on one side). Unfortunately, the exterior is not my favorite (you'll see below), but besides all the other pros listed earlier, it is also my most favorite floorplan, called Zinnia, as shown below:

We plan on having a bedroom on the first floor and a loft on the second.

Our house will look a little like this one, a Zinnia with a different exterior, but located in the same spot on a parallel street (probably White or Yellow Rose Lane):

Our exterior will look more like this (house with the balcony. Yeah, I know, it looks like a farmhouse. I actually HATED it the first time I saw it, but it's starting to grow on me. Besides, how cool will it be to have the second floor balcony?! I also think it looks a lot better when there are lots of plants on the front lawn.):

But with this color scheme:

Here are pictures of the house taken over this past weekend:

From back to front--

The teeny tiny backyard (which Dave dreams to put a Swim Spa in someday, which will probably take up the entire yard):

The kitchen/dining room area:

The living room:

The front door with future stairway:

Front bedroom:

Views from the front door:

To explain the process of buying a home in the neigborhood, I need to let you know that this house isn't ours...yet. The houses in this neighborhood get released in phases, usually around 6-10 per month. People gather, their names get called, and they say which house they want to buy. There is a waitlist and the longer you've been on the list, the higher priority you get. Also, if you show up to other releases (even if you're not buying), it will boost you up on the priority list. Hopefully, Dave and I are pretty high up, so keep your fingers crossed! We will get the chance to purchase our dream house in 2 weeks. TWO WEEKS!! Ah, so scary!!

IF we do buy the house, we will get the chance to choose floorings, countertops, cabinetry, and all sorts of stuff. Scary to think of how many decisions we'll be making...

All we know so far is that we would like the cabinets and countertops in the kitchen to look like this:



The builders are shooting for a November/December move-in date, so once I get out there, Friends, come visit! Just warning you, the house will be very sparse with furniture for a long long time, so sleeping bags may be a necessity...