Our Home!!

What an amazing few months it's been. We've moved from St. George, lived in temporary housing for 3+ months, and just days before Christmas received the news that the offer on our favorite house had been accepted. The road to buying a house has been a long one, as we looked at many in St. George over the years and were in the process of working with a builder to have one built when my work made the offer to relocate back to Salt Lake and open a new store in South Jordan. After seeing the location of the store, and driving through the nearby community of Daybreak (where the new Oquirrh Mountain temple is located) we decided that we could see ourselves moving to Salt Lake.

We looked at hundreds and hundreds online, saw at least 75 in person, put in offers on 7 (some short sales, some bank owned, some regular). Each had things we loved, but the house we loved most is the one we were lucky enough to get.

We did look outside of Daybreak, and the first house we put an offer on was actually in Lehi, but something about Daybreak always felt like home. For those of you who have never heard of Daybreak it's a new community in South Jordan, UT that's based off of homes in the Avenue's (almost all of the houses have nice porches). There is a huge lake, many community centers and parks, and a large lake. All of the homes are also built energy efficient, and fiber optic internet is included.

The house is about 2100 sq feet. It has 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom and a loft are upstairs. The master bedroom, 1 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, dining room, living room, and office are downstairs. It is fully upgraded and everything we needed and wished for in a house. The house was a "short sale" which allowed us to get a great deal on it. It was built in 2007, and had been on the market for about a 460 days. (Nothing about a short sale is short). The house is about 1/4 mile from the lake, and also from the temple. It's wonderful to drive home from work each day and get a gorgeous view of the temple as I turn down the street.

Here are a few pictures...

The front of our house, as it looked when we first saw it.


The first thing about the house I fell in love with. Solid surface counters with an inset sink and an AWESOME faucet.


Beautiful cabinets with crown molding, and tons of them!! The kitchen is amazing.


The shower in the master bathroom not only has great water pressure, but nice water jets to massage your back. The master also has a nice large deep soaking tub.


I hoped for a fireplace, but didn't think I would get one. I can't wait to decorate next Christmas!!

The Master Bedroom has nice built in's, we have yet to put much in them, but I'm sure we soon will...


The nice loft area upstairs. It now houses our old big screen and we call it the Wii room.


I really wanted a half bath near the front of the house for guests to use... and I got it!


A house that is smart wired, a geek's dream. This picture is in the "yellow" room upstairs, bet you can't guess why. Paint is in the future for that room, but the white walls in the rest of the house need paint first we just need to decide on colors.


We've lived here for a few weeks and are slowly getting moved in. We plan on being here for a long time, so we're taking it slow. However, we can't wait to show off our beautiful house and are planning an open house. The open house will be on Saturday February 27th from 4-8. We're working on invitations, but not sure when we will get them done or mailed out, so this blog is serving as an invitation to those who read it.

Post a comment with your e-mail address and we'll send you a map.
We hope to see you!!