Step 1. Find the home you want
Step 2. Move your family of 4 1/2 in with your mom
Step 3. Wait MONTHS and MONTHS for it to be built before you can move in
Seriously. That's what we're dealing with.
So to back it up you have to know that Chris and I loved Victor, ID. Well, "things" about Victor Idaho we loved. The small community, the safety (we never locked the house up unless we were out of town), the quiet, and of course the views. Waking up each morning to beautiful mountain views was the best. What I didn't love was feeling so far removed from everything. Yes, Idaho Falls was only an hour, but it's an hour I wasn't used to traveling to hit the mall, movies or anything specialty I needed. Had I grown up in a small town, it might not have bothered me, but growing up a city girl, it did.
When Chris received his promotion it brought us back to Utah and we started really talking about the place we want to settle down in. I really thought we'd end up back in Layton, maybe east Layton or even west Farmington. We could have easily kicked the renters out of our small Layton home we still own, but we've always talked about investment properties and since things are going quite well with the home, we didn't even think twice about that. Chris had plans of Heber, maybe Utah and Davis Counties, and then mentioned Mountain Green. I honestly wasn't too familiar with Mtn. Green having really never spent time there. We have friends who have a brother who built there and said how much he loved it and how everyone see's the area expanding due to growth.
One weekend before we moved back we drove through Utah county and immediately cancelled it out. We headed up into Heber, drove around what felt like ALL DAY and just never really fell in love with the area. You still have some great views, but for the house we wanted and with our budget, we just couldn't find something we both loved. It just felt crowded.
We drove the back canyon into Mountain Green and found a great builder in our budget and a great neighborhood with a new phase of lots. We picked up all the information from the sales guy, drove back to Idaho and started our research. The more we looked into it, the more we fell in love with the area. The following weekend we moved our stuff down into a storage unit and immediately drove over and put a deposit down on a sweet corner lot in Mountain Green.
I've had people question why we're moving "so far away". Seriously, it's not THAT far from our first East Layton home. It's 5 minutes up Weber Canyon. We've actually timed it and leaving our lot and making our way to my mom's house in Taylorsville takes about 35 minutes. That's about what it took from our west Layton home to my moms. South Weber and east Layton are minutes from the canyon and provide ALL the amenities I need. Chris's work commute will be a tad shorter than what he was driving from Victor to the Jackson Hole Airport. Plus he drives a company car so there is no worry about gas.
Chris and I have always dreamed about having a big home where we can raise a family. A home we can grow into and not grow out of. Chris works so damn hard that he deserves to have a home he loves, in an area he loves. Did I mention we're like 10 minutes from Snow Basin Ski Resort? BONUS!
We've picked out our floor plan and our interiors, and this week we sign off on our final designs and once the plans are drawn up for completion it will finally it will be submitted to Morgan County for a building permit. That's what will take the longest, waiting for the county approval (which if you ask me is dumb since the new phase of lots are already in an established neighborhood, designed for homes and already set with the engineer plans. What's to approve??)
According to our salesman, the permit will take about 3 to 3.5 months to receive, building time will be approx. 3 month... so that puts us into February/March move in date.
Um did someone forget to mention I'm having a baby in November??
Well as with all good things, we'll have to wait. Why rush for what we could have now, for what we really want later? Living at my mom's isn't ideal, but it's a sacrifice we're willing to make to get our dream home in the end.
Plus think about 7 months ago. What were YOU doing 7 months ago? Right, seems like so long ago. These next few months will fly by and it will be so worth it.
People these days want instant gratification, but if Chris and I have learned anything it's to do it right and do it they way we want it. Short term pain for the long term gain.
We are super excited and cannot wait to be back into our own home. So here's to the next 7-8 months FLYING by and hoping we can survive it!!
