New Year New Home- Why you should consider building

NEW YEAR NEW HOME

Buying any type of home can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be.  It is never advertised if a home will need a new water heater in six months, or if the roof is going to leak. Buyers often don’t know past problems with appliances or the last time things were replaced. Often times, already built homes come with the headache of repairs, replacements and reconciliation. Why settle for something that’s less than perfect? Building a new home in the New Year can offer a plethora of benefits.

Build it Your Way!

Brand new homes offer that used houses cannot: a realized dream. Why settle for months of costly changes when the perfect design is possible? Selecting your land, favorite cabinets, countertops, flooring, and fixtures empowers families and ultimately, creates a forever home.

Building a hew home will reflect your style!  A new home will reflect your choices and style, not someone else’s.  Your floor plan the way you like it!  Maybe the bedrooms all together, or maybe the bedroom for the kids downstairs.  Do you like natural light and want to save on energy bills?  Need a pantry or a walk in closet? A new home offers a layout that meets your needs.

Fewer Maintenance Headaches

One of the biggest benefits of building is the lack of maintenance. New home are more energy efficient, require less upkeep and everything is new so fewer headaches.  

How Much?

Several builders in the area can have your home done in 4 months!  Right now the average building price per square foot is $125.  That means a home that is 1500 sq. feet with standard cabinets, furnace, and windows costs just $187,500!  Then add the price of a lot.  Right now there are several lots in the Mancos  area that are $75,000 for 3 acres and that includes great views, natural gas and close to town.  

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Christmas Memories

What are some of your best Christmas memories?  Were they when you were a child?  Was it a toy or an experience?  For my family, Christmas is all about tradition and being together.

As a child, my grandmother Nanny would pull up in her old white Ford car to our back door and pop the trunk to unveil it stuffed with presents.  The excitement my two sisters, brother and I had was pure joy.  Of course Nanny would come with her famous Christmas Coffee Cake for Christmas morning.  Christmas Eve was celebrated with  a traditional Mexican dinner of queso, chips, guacamole, red & green enchiladas, tamales and lime sherbet for dessert.  YUM!!   It was always followed up with opening one Christmas gift.

Christmas morning, we would wake around 5 and get my parents up.  We opened our stockings and then Daddy, would play Santa and hand out the presents. We opened one at a time, taking the time to experience each persons joy while they opened their present.  Mom would prepare a wonderful dinner of shrimp cocktail, artichokes, prime rib, baby potatoes, rolls and for dessert a cranberry torte.

This year my sisters and brothers came back home.  We all hadn't been together for Christmas in decades.  Mom is 88 now and her health is failing. Daddy died two years ago so we have all changed roles.  My sisters and I cooked then after dinner husbands, boyfriend and my brother cleaned up.

Christmas Day before dinner we went on a hike up Bernal Mesa, quite the hike, while Mom and my daughter stayed inside.  Spending time together reminiscing about the past, hope for the future, and scrambling up to the top of the mesa will not be easily forgotten

Christmas for me is about being with my family and remembering that my life is centered around my anchor, Jesus Christ.

May you hug and tell the people that are close to you that you love them.