We found a home in Austin!
Not much chance to blog lately as we were on the road for the past 7 days or so...a big trip to Austin to do some house hunting. I am VERY happy to say that we found a wonderful little place in Southwest (?) Austin - in Tanglewood Forest. It will probably be a 15-20 minute drive for the UT campus - but the tradeoff was more affordable housing and the kinds of things we were looking for: fenced in yard, convenience to shopping and basic needs, and it doesn't hurt that there are several parks and a neighborhood pool.
Here are some pics!
You wouldn't know it by these pics, but we are actually on a street right by an elementary school. After getting little rain here in Alabama, it was quite refreshing to see the green grass and trees in the new neighborhood.
We will have our own full garage and will share a driveway with the other unit of our duplex.
Nice little walkway to the front door here and we have another entrance to the garage from the walkway. We were happy that unlike some of the duplexes - our laundry room will be in the house rather than in the garage.
This is view from our backyard! It is a wonderful neighborhood park and walking trail.
Here is the new garage!
I didn't want to post too many pics of just empty rooms, but it is a 2BR, 2B and has a great little breakfast nook with a bay window. The last pic is of the neighborhood pool, which is around the corner from us.
We had a great visit to Austin and to Louisiana along the way! More pics of the trip will follow soon :)
Comments
Amanda - Thanks so much! I think we will love it there. I have already gotten a friendly email from the neighborhood association and I look forward to becoming active in the community :)
Austin is also a very dog and pet friendly city! I will have to post on that sometime - you and Andrew would be impressed with all the pet services and protections.
Flippy - Thanks! I think it will be really peaceful. I am excited about the number of parks in the area. We had a chance to go to the house at several different times of day and it was such a friendly part of town.
Amanda - That is our current situation - lots of people here have pets, but it is not necessarily a pet-friendly kind of place. I worry about the animals that get lost and there are just a couple of pet-friendly outdoor spots. Austin on the other hand even has a pet resuscitation (sp?) kit on board every city ambulance! You can register your pets and they will get emergency treatment as needed. Too cool :)
Nancy - Thanks! I think charming is a great word for it - I can't wait to get settled out there. So much to do and so little time - yikes :)