In 2004 Ido and I bought a nice little 2200sqft house in Woodinville on a 16,000sqft lot. The location was perfection. The house overlooked a 250 acre nature preserve complete with duck pond and coyotes. I've posted pics of the house on the blog in the past. We put a lot of time and love into remodeling it to be just right for us.
Then along came Maya. We suddenly realized that being in the remote area of Woodinville, in a neighborhood that doesn't allow us more than a mile of walking without having to walk along the shoulder of a main road to get to new scenery, was not an ideal situation.
We sold the house to my mother.
Ido fell in love with a place called Greenlake. It's a suburb in Seattle that has everything a person needs within walking distance. It also has a magical lake and playground. After I gave up on my dream (temporarily!) of having a huge piece of land with farm animals and a creek running through it, I accepted that Greenlake will be the best choice. Shortly after that acceptance, I fell utterly and completely in love with Greenlake.
And so I bring you ***queue trumpets*** our new house:
It's two blocks off of Greenlake. Built in 1904 and remodeled in 1994, it is almost 2800sqft on two floors and a finished basement, 4br 3baths and includes a detached 650sqft studio with a kitchen and bath and heated concrete floors. The neighbors are very sweet. The property, the very small 6000sqft city lot, has five mature fruit trees and a small view of the lake. We are hoping to move in this weekend. More pics after we move our junk in.
I. Can't. Wait.
