Home!
I’ve kept it fairly under wraps, but Mollie and I have been house shopping for a while now. Paying for two rents has been very taxing, and frustrating to see that much money going down the tubes every month. And, if we are going to combine all of our precious belongings (aka…junk) together into one place, we’re going to have to have some more room.
Vegas housing is complicated, to say the least. Mollie and I both grew up in cities where your usual home has a real yard, grass, trees, and maybe even room to pay a game of football out back. You had neighbors, but they were down the road a ways, and privacy was something that was taken for granted. Homes were unique, built one at a time, and each had character, flaws, and benefits unlike any other home around town.
Welcome to the Vegas Housing Tracks. There are homes in Vegas that met our mental image of what a house should be, but they all either cost over a million dollars, or are in neighborhoods that I wouldn’t walk through without a trained German attack dog. So, we narrowed our sites a little, and found a house that is a perfect compromise of price, size, location, neighborhood, and privacy. Its 1425sq/ft, with a 5,200sq/ft lot. Three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and a very open floor plan. The focus of the house is on the main room, kitchen, and dining room that you can see above. Vaulted ceilings and new tile and carpet make it feel quite ‘new’.
It was built in 2002, and is located in the Northern part of Las Vegas. The neighborhood is nice, and literally everything within 20 miles of it has been built within the last 7 years. It’s in a neighborhood full of larger two story homes, but we were fortunate to find one that isn’t surrounded by bigger looming houses, so the back yard is more private than the usual Vegas track home. The backyard could use some work, which I’m kind of excited about actually. Reminds me of my yard work days as a kid!
We closed our offer and the house is in escrow as we speak. There is still a LOT to be done, but we are scheduled to close escrow by February 28th. I can’t wait to have some more space! And a mortgage! (Well, not so much on the mortgage).
There’s lots more pictures in my gallery, or click on one to be pulled into my Flickr album. I can’t believe we are going to be homeowners!
Eric on 03 Feb 2007 at 2:06 pm #
I like it Marsh, and I hate you for getting a house and not just throwing away rent.
Congrats!
Jayna on 03 Feb 2007 at 2:26 pm #
Whoohoo! I’m so excited for you guys. One question: How does Mollie feel about the fact that the house really only has 1 bedroom + 2 gear storage rooms?
Mike and Amanda on 03 Feb 2007 at 6:19 pm #
Congrats, you two! Looks like a nice place, but there’s one BIG problem- you’re on the opposite side of town from us! (Maybe that was planned?!?)
Marshall on 03 Feb 2007 at 9:20 pm #
After the whole exploding mailbox thing Errol and Glenna’s house, we decided it’d be safer to stay as far away from the South!
Keith on 05 Feb 2007 at 5:08 pm #
1 bedroom and 2 gear storage rooms, haha that’s hilarious. I’m sure the house will soon look like a typical wife-stylings house with the junk, I mean gear, crammed in a corner of the garage in no time!
cara on 05 Feb 2007 at 5:48 pm #
YEEHAW! That is so cool! Congratulations you two!!!!
Jayna on 05 Feb 2007 at 10:16 pm #
Promise me that you won’t have an excessive amount of decorative pillows. They are useless.
shanda on 06 Feb 2007 at 3:39 pm #
well now i’m bummed that the mailbox explosion culprits not only deprived errol and glenna of a mailbox, but also deprived us of having you guys on our side of town!!! however, the house looks awesome and we expect lots of game nights to be hosted there!!!
Marshall on 06 Feb 2007 at 3:42 pm #
Game nights will be awesome! We still have to get it all closed though first….
Darren on 11 Feb 2007 at 9:00 pm #
Congrats on the new pad and to getting married!
landry on 05 Mar 2007 at 10:44 pm #
Your house looks nice!!! It’s really good to see things going so well for you two! But of course, Cara and I both knew you and Mollie were a match made in heaven when we took our little hiking excursion outside Bishop!!
Lady on 24 Sep 2008 at 7:40 am #
I will have to say it is a nice house. I was the first owner of the house built in 01 I watch it come together from ground up. Good to see the wall color in the kitchen is still the same. Enjoy and congrats on your house.