The House Next Door

I don't know why I assumed that the house being built in the lot next to ours would be a one story, so when I saw this, I was surprised! The house next door is big. Although we have some serious envy, it is fun to watch this house go up.

I wonder who will live here.

The other day we met some very nice neighbors from across our new street. It is hard to believe that in only seven or so months we might actually live on this street.

We got two letters in the mail from our builder last week. Each was a form letter about a minor change in their general policies. Still, for a brief moment each time we hoped that it was something important, like a design center appointment.

While we continue to be patient, life marches on. The land behind our current home has been cleared to make way for a condominium development. We have always looked out our back windows to see woods, but now there is a huge hole. Every morning we wake up to the sounds of cranes and bulldozers. I feel sorry for the people who are living in our new neighborhood because they have to live with constant construction, too. So, there is one advantage to buying the last house on the street. Once the construction is done on our house, the construction is done.

Coincidentally, it is the same builder that is putting up the condominiums behind us here as is building the houses in the development that backs up to our new lot. Luckily the new lot backs up to a preserve area because when this builder clears the land, they leave no trees behind.