Erin did most of the house hunting while we were there because I was working most of the time. Although I did get to go out on Saturday and Sunday with her. The one thing I did get to do while working was talk with people and figure out the areas we want to live in.
Some areas weren't that nice and some were more expensive because of the location. While we are still open to suggestions, the area we decided to live in is the Buda/Kyle area. It is about a 20 min. drive to my work when there is not much traffic but during rush hour its about an hour. Which is what I was expecting. And coming from NJ, thats even better than driving to Philly during rush hour. The are putting in a toll road though which I think will help tremendously! Because Texans don't like toll roads no one uses them! So when they add that it should be pretty empty. They are also putting a light rail in Austin as well. So hopefully that will ease the traffic as well.
As for the Kyle/Buda area, they have an HEB (their big grocery store), a Super Walmart, a Cabelas, some good places to eat, its a good school system, and they are also building a hospital.
During our house hunt we decided not to check out used homes because by the time we got there those homes might not be on the market anymore. So we stuck with new construction. After checking a few builders we decided that if we go new then we will
probably go with a builder called Legacy. We got to walk through one of their houses called The Panola (see image). It has:- 2,776 sq. ft.
- 9 ft ceilings
- granite kitchen counter tops
- marble bathroom sink tops
- 4 bedrooms plus game room, media room, and office
- Walk in closet in the master bedroom and a separate garden tub and shower in the master bath
- 2 car garage
- and a whole bunch of other things as well
So all that to say, we will continue our journey in searching for a house when we get there and we might even still buy used (its even cheaper!) but we wont get to look at those until we go there.
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