Casa di King

A friend of mine suggested I include this in my blog.  I have to admit it has been a long time since I wrote something.  It has been a busy few months since I retired from the Air Force and start the next chapter.  We have been renting a house while we figured out details on the house we want to build.

This whole idea has been years in the making.  Some of you may know that Monica and I decided years ago that San Antonio would the location of our post AF home.  We were stationed at Randolph and lived in Schertz (NE San Antonio) from 2003-2006.  We like San Antonio.  It is a big city, with a small town appeal, depending on where you live.  You can find anything here.

The other part of this story I should mention is that Monica is a city girl from Montreal, Canada.  I, am a country boy, from rural Michigan; although I was born in San Antonio, at Lackland AFB.  This is why San Antonio is perfect, it has the things a person could want from a city, shopping, dining, sporting events… but you can also enjoy a rural area if you want.  It is the perfect compromise.

Originally we bought 5 acres in Bulverde, just north of San Antonio.  After we retired, Monica got a job working at Lackland and I work from home.  Monica was moved up to a higher level position and it appeared that she would be staying at Lackland.  Bulverde is just too far away.  We then began looking elsewhere or another lot closer to this side of town.  We sold the lot in Bulverde and bought a little smaller lot in Medina county, but it is a perfect commute for Monica.  Again, perfect compromise.

All while making these land decisions, we were looking at model homes with builders that 'build on your lot' and at home plans on the internet.  We were looking at one model home in particular.  It had a lot of features that we liked.  As time went by and we kept checking on homes they were building, we saw things that we didn't like in the construction of these homes and there were a lot of limitations on changes.  Even though they said they make changes to a custom home, it was very rigid and expensive.

We ended up finding a plan online that we liked and found someone to build it for us.  We are now waiting for the appraisal to come back so we can start building.  This process has a lot of moving parts. But, we are making some very unique personal touches and customizations.  We are very excited about our house and can't wait to start.  Soon… very soon.