We have dreamed of owning a modern designed home for years and have tried every which way to make it happen. We have talked with architects and real estate agents but it just never seem to come together.
Friday March 24th I saw an article in Tribeza advertising some modern homes going up in a neighborhood on the east side. I went on the web to check it out and knew I had stumbled across something special. Saturday we went to lunch and then headed out to see what this was all about. No real estate agents were at the air stream trailer they have for an office but we were able to walk through one of the homes that was open and check it out. Polished concrete floors, custom stairs, butterfly roofs and a view. It seemed a little to good to be true. We went home and the conversation began and soon it was all we could talk about. The more we looked at the web site the more we knew we had to get the lowdown. We met with Stuart Moulton, an agent for Green Mango Real Estate on Wednesday and he told us just about everything we needed to know. As we sat there talking people kept rolling up and asking for info on the homes. By the time I got home I knew we had to get on this fast so I called and e-mailed Stuart to tell him we would like to meet again and hammer out a deal, write a check, whatever it takes. We called our real estate agent Pam and she agreed to go out with us on Saturday the first at 10:00am to meet with Carrie Bills the owner of Green Mango real estate. When we rolled up Saturday Carrie was meeting with some folks so Pam, myself and Wendy went for a drive around the property to show Pam what we thought we wanted to get into. She seemed to be good with the property and we drove back up to talk with the Agent. It turns out they know each other and have both been in real estate in the Austin area for some thirty years. They got down to brass tacks pretty fast and Pam seemed to be happy with the answers. As we looked at the homes the choices seemed to narrow down to one lot and design – The one story Kevin Stewart at 5318 Sendero Hills Drive. I exclaimed in the middle of the chit chat because I was sort of getting hungry and couldn’t really talk about it any more “its this one or nothing” and I pointed at that lot. Carrie told us to walk down and take a look at the lot and talk it over some more. When we got outside Pam gave us the big yes and we jumped on it. We signed the papers, wrote the check and she said “congratulations!” and gave us each a shirt. Carrie then had the main construction foreman come up and talk to us and he gave us a lot more details about the construction of the house. He told us that he had also bought a house at Agave and it was also a Kevin Stewart design – that made us feel even better about our purchase. After about an hour of signing and talking we walked out, got in our car and from that point on we have both been in a daze. We now have to not only sale our house but figure out where we are going to live until our house is built. We have put down our earnest money and we should be signing the loan papers in the next couple of weeks. The foundation is already poured and now we have to make all of the choices on the interior of the house like cabinets, countertops, tile, etc. I will try and keep this updated with all of the latest progress as they build our new dream home.
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