Sunday, May 06, 2007

Moving to Pleasantville.....


Excitement in our house this weekend.... After pouring over floor plans for 2 weeks, trip after trip to the neighborhood, spreadsheets of option costs and late night talks- we signed a contract on a new house. The neighborhood falls into the "New Urbanism" category where houses back up to alleys, canals border streets for kayaking and swimming, etc. The "downtown" is complete with Grocery Store, Ampitheather, restaurants and businesses. The goal- to be a walkable community.

Some call it the creepy Truman Show neighborhood, others say it is a scene out of Stepford Wives. We see it as a great place to raise a kid, meet great neighbors, live in a house that is architecturally interesting and break the stereotypical O'Fallon neighborhood. Oh and the shorter commute doesn't hurt :-)

Eeeks! There are closets to clean out, windows to wash, a realtor to find, paint to retouch, stuff to donate, junk to trash. Phew!

Send happy house selling vibes our way-

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

well congratulations! i promise to make the trip to wherever the new house is to watch Little Man, and of course bring a bottle of champagne to celebrate your new house!