Our New House

Thanksgiving came early. We have a signed contract on the house we are going to buy and our current house. It was touch and go for a while because it went the sealed bid route. Our house sold for asking price which was more than we paid a little over a year ago. We even had 2 bids at asking price. I guess the decline in housing prices hasn't hit here yet. Or, perhaps it's the unique properties that will always attract attention.

Anyway, I love the way our new house looks. I didn't know houses like this existed. It has almost 4 acres and sits on top of a mountain. It's surrounded by 25 acres of open space with 2 bedrooms/2 baths but can be made into 3 beds/3 baths. The design is modern - think dwell house. At some point we hope to install solar panels. The bad part is that the house needs a lot of work. I guess the work part was a big turnoff for most people. The funny thing is that we will be doing some of the same work that we did on our beach house.