The Journey Gets Real Again

On July 9, 2010 we finally did it! We closed on the loan to build our home on Canyon Lake. It has been exactly six years since we purchased our lot in Ensenada Shores. Since it had been four years since we put things on hold, we took a fresh look at the builders. We even looked at other properties given the impact of the recession and the effect on the housing market. But after a thorough review of our options, we were back at Mahoney's front door.

Laurie Mahoney has been great. Just as she had told us, she was ready to help us pick up where we left off four years earlier. We did have some changes we wanted to make to the floor plan (I managed to get a small victory in convincing Winnie we really didn't need a 3,500 square foot house, so now we are down to 2,880). But we have a REALLY BIG PANTRY! Laurie completely re-drew our floor plan to accommodate the changes.

I can't complain too loudly, because I have a passion for making the windows viewing out on to the lake a signature feature for our home. We will have two living room windows (9'x6') tempered, fixed, Low E 366 Argon glass in an aluminum thermal break frame. This was the best picture I could find on the internet of what they might look like. Just think big picture!






After we closed on the loan, we went out to the lot. It had already been "shredded" and Mahoney's sign put up. We decided on the placement of the foundation and which trees would have to be taken out.

The next few months are going to be busy, but a whole lot of fun!