That's Mark on June 22, 2006, standing on the front (above) and back (below) porches of the house we ended up buying in Granbury, Texas.
As I wrote to my friend Kay on Sunday, June 4, 2006, "House-hunting is going OK. Found a really nice house I like a lot, but it is a bit more costly than we originally wanted to spend. It's got some advantages - walking distance to both the Square and the park on the lake, great finish work, GAS cooktop (not many areas have gas service), SEWERS (only a few developments have those; most have septic systems), but there is an HOA and some deed restrictions so we need to check those out before making an offer."
I'd seen the house for the first time that same weekend, as it was across the street from one on the Hood County Builders Association annual Showcase of New Homes. The agent showing that one had been asked by the builder of this one to suggest visiting this one as well, even though it was not in the showcase.
I fell in love with it. Olde Town on the Square, five blocks from the historic courthouse square and two blocks from Lake Granbury, is a very small, originally 23-lot, infill neighborhood, in the city's "Historic Compatibility Overlay," and all the homes in the development were supposed to look like they were built in the 1910s to 1940s.
Two days after these photos were taken, Mark scheduled a meeting with the real estate agent we'd been working with the previous four weeks. I was out of town that Saturday at a memorial service in New Braunfels for my great aunt - but there will be another post about this house within a week.
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