Photos of the New House!!

Hey Everyone...just in case you are curious about our new house in Kansas City, I thought I would post a few photos.  These are some that I took yesterday afternoon when I was down there for the whole house inspection.  The results of the inspection were pretty basic--a couple things we would like them to fix or compensate us for but no deal-breakers.

Two photos from the street.  It's a nice saffron colored stucco and although you cannot see it due to the snow, there is a brand new roof (less than a year old) and some attractive, low-maintenance landscaping.

You enter through the door with heart-shaped wreath and there is a nice big foyer...

...and here are two views of the living room.  It is a rather odd shaped room and I am not sure how I will place our furniture but it is decent sized at 16x14.

This room is just off the living room and had originally been a porch but was closed in and they have been using it as an office.  We are going to try and use it as a formal dining room.  The photo is a little deceiving and the room is actually 12x10 which is about the same as our dining room before we did the remodel.

The kitchen is enormous and has both a little family room area and an eating area just off of it.  This photo is taken while standing in the family room. (The guy is the house inspector)

this is the opposite angle, looking through the kitchen with the family room in the background

More kitchen photos...

More kitchen photos...

The family room...

The kitchen eating area with sliding doors to the back yard...

This is the view while standing in the eating area and looking back towards the living room.

That is about it for the main floor, there is also a half-bath and a back entrance but they are not too exciting.  On the second floor, there is the Master Bedroom with walk-in closet, Master Bath and laundry room, plus a full bath in the hall and two bedrooms.  One of the rooms will be a dedicated guest room and the other one, which has access to a second floor deck overlooking the backyard, we will use as a tv room/den/library.

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Laundry room off the Master Bedroom

Part of the Master Bath/Laundry Room off the Master Bedroom

My half of the walk-in closet

 

Ian's part of the walk-in closet

Guest Bedroom (note the massive floor to ceiling windows!)

View of the backyard from the guest bedroom

Poor quality photo of the bedroom we will use as a den.  To the right you can see the door leading to the deck.  Again, note the huge windows.  Despite the photo the rooms are really light and bright!

 

 That's it!  Our closing date for selling our current house and buying the new one is March 16th.  The movers will be arriving sometime between March 7th and March 14th to pack up the Minneapolis house and then will arrive between March 17th and 19th in KC.  For all of you living in denial that we are actually moving, I hate to hit you with this dose of reality, but in about a month, we will be out of 5500 Thomas!