Week 9 -- Celebrity Sightings
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Today, bad weather and all, we went to check out some model homes by Celebrity Homes over at Quail Run Valley. I know we read some negative feedback about Celebrity Homes' raw materials over several message boards. But because Nancy showed us an existing Celebrity Home 2 weeks ago, we decided to be open minded and explore the models ourselves and ask our questions there. (Oh and the agent who was there, Andrea Cavanaugh, is Nancy's niece-in-law.)

We saw 4 models in all. The Santee, the Del Ray, the Camino and the Malibu. We loved the Santee and the Del Ray a lot. But for posterity's sake, here are all the pics.

THE MALIBU


Foyer; Dining Area; Kitchen; Living Room; Clickaroo!


Master's BR; Master's 1-sink vanity; Going down to the Family Room; The FR; Stairs;

THE CAMINO


The foyer; Living Room; Dining Area; Adjacent Kitchen


1-sink Master's Bathroom; Master's BR; Family Room right; Family Room left

THE DEL RAY


Foyer perspective; Kitchen w/ BF car; Kitchen; Dining Area; Dining Area again


Family Room; FR from the Dining Area; Going down the FR; Sub-basement; Hoen in the SB


Master's BR; 2-sink vanity in the Bathroom; Master's Walk-in Closet

THE SANTEE


The Foyer; Living Room right; LR left; Spacious dine-in kitchen right; Kitchen left


Spacious Master's BR; Master's Walk-in Closet; 2-sink vanity in BR; Basement left; Basement right; Wood swatches

Next week, Tuesday, we are going to be checking existing houses with Nancy.

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Week 8
Monday, March 26, 2007

Nothing to report for this week. We didn't look for houses last week because Nancy had a wedding to attend to and Joen wasn't in the "zone" for it after checking out 7 houses last week.

No biggie. Searching resumes next weekend. I, on the other hand, will have to buy us a corkboards and pins so I can pin our top choices up and check out the pros and cons every so often.

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Feng Shui'd!
Sunday, March 18, 2007

And I am in my umpteenth week of Feng Shui reading. I'm really starting to understand it and I can't wait to apply all my book knowledge on our house. =)))

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...and on to our Favorites for Week 7

Here are pics of 2 houses we really liked. We consider these as the "close contenders"

FIRST CONTENDER

Curb appeal; Unconventional Dining Area location; Kitchen; Family Room; Master's BR


Double-sink vanity; Basement FR; Basement Office; Gazebo by the Deck; Deck View

SECOND CONTENDER (1991 house)


Facade; Up the stairs; Nice Accent; LR Fireplace; Main Level LR; Joen and Nancy at the Deck


Kitchen; Dining Area; Bath 2; Master's BR; Sink INSIDE the BR!!; MR Bathroom

And right here are pics of our FAVORITE for this week. Good location, negotiable price, good square footage, less than 5 years old, spacious Master's BR, Walk-in closet and Double-sink vanity!


Nice curb appeal; Living Room; Kitchen; Kitchen side; Bathroom 2


BR; Walk-in closet; Double-sink vanity; Deck; Basement office


Basement Family Room; Laundry Room; Garage

All in all, we were very pleased with today's viewings. We got a few surprises and more ideas on how to maximize space. We're glad Nancy had these precious "finds" in her list. Looking forward to more!

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