Taking the leap

At the beginning of February 2007, my husband and I purchased our first home. What we currently own is a big pile of dirt, but on March 12, 2008 (or thereabouts) we'll have a brand new house.

The builder we went with is Mattamy Homes, due to good word of mouth, their reputation and their home designs, which we really liked. We bought one of their "urban townhomes", which is essentially a walk-up style townhouse. Instead of the backyard you get with their "WideLot" townhomes, we'll have a deck and more square footage. We went with the Bellshore model:



We choose their optional 3-bedroom plan, with a total of 1726 square feet. The ground floor:



The main floor:



And the third floor:



We'll be living in Barrhaven, a suburb of Ottawa (well, technically Nepean, but let's not get picky). We're currently living about 5 minutes away from where our new home will be, and we really like the area. Here's an article about our new neighborhood.

Over the course of the next year, I plan on chronicling our home-building experience. I think it'll be pretty cool to be able to look back at it once we're living in the new house. Now if only this coming year would hurry up and pass!