Our Future is Bright

Alex and I decided to build a house!  Early in July, we received notice that our rent was increasing $250 a month.  Rather than continue to pay more than we should for something we didn't own, we decided to take the big leap!  We had been looking at houses for sale over the past year and hadn't really seen anything in our style that was worth the asking price.  There was one new neighborhood, however, that caught our attention.  The neighborhood is called Brightwalk and is in the North Charlotte area, just a mile outside of Uptown bordering NoDa.  The neighborhood is an urban renewal project aimed at integrating community with environmental restoration and sustainable living.  We loved the idea of being able to build our dream house so close to Uptown in a neighborhood centered around green ideals.  We have spent the past month picking cabinet colors, working our way through our first home loan, and planning for the future.  We are so very excited about this new adventure!

  

 The first footprint!  We were in the neighborhood today picking out paint colors when we noticed that the frames had been placed for the foundation!  It was such a nice surprise! 

 

Standing in the future garage!

  

 Looking from the garage to the back of the house.