3.15.2006

Still waiting on the closing for the new house ... we are so excited! I'm glad we bought our current home when we did, because the value increased a lot in just two years, and selling this one is allowing us to afford the new one ... it all works out. :) We have a mental checklist of the things we'll need to do, like replacing parts of the deck and probably getting a new roof in a few years (the roof was last replaced in 1990), and I want to paint the kitchen cabinets a different color. But at least we won't have to install central air, like last time — the new house already has it! Yay!! But it does have propane for the heat; I think we'll probably have a heat pump installed and perhaps keep the propane for whenever the heat pump would kick into "emergency heat" mode. But we also have a woodstove, and that will provide a lot of heat, especially because the house is essentially all on one floor. Oh, and we want to get a back-up generator for whenever we lose power during storms ... just like in the house in Front Royal, having your own well means lovely water, but no electricity = no well pump = no water!

Oh, and here's a picture of our house and land from the Frederick County GIS site; our entire 2.3 acres is outlined in red:

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3.01.2006

More new house pictures ... click here!

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