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Middletown, Here we come
Well, it looks like our home search in Smyrna is done. After having a serious "future" talk we realized it would be in our best interest to buy our forever house in the Middletown area instead of Smyrna.
This makes me very very sad. I love Smyrna. I love the small country town feel that Middletown dosent have anymore. I grew up in the Middletown area and to see how overdeveloped it is now is crazy. The places I loved growing up, like the old icecream stand that we went to after baseball games is now a car dealership. The baseball field is now the Middletown Firehouse.
I can shop in Middletown all day and not see a single person I recognize. But hopefully once we get back into the area, that will change. My whole family, lives, shops or spends time in Middletown so it wont be hard getting back into the groove of things there. It just the country feel that will be gone.
Chase will have to change schools which makes me nervous, but DH thinks it will help him out maturity wise to go to a regular middle school rather than move buildings at his current school. His school now is grades K-8 in 2 different buildings sharing the 3rd common building.
Re: Middletown, Here we come
The Rowdy Roberts
Yeah, its a good thing. Its just a hard change. I have lived in my house for almost 10 years and before that my moms house my entire life. I lived several different places after i graduated, but none of them was "home". So on top of leaving my first home, Im also changing my entire life routine, stores, schools, roads, everything. Im going from small sleepy little town to a town that is now like Newark.
But I also think its a good thing because DH's baby fever is roaring out of control and we have more daycare options in Middletown.
My parents live in Townsend. Actually in the house I grew up in. I want to be close enough that its not a pain to see them, but I also want to be far enough away that I feel like I have my space. Unless its one of my brothers or their SO, I prefer people to not just drop by. Even my parents. If we lived in Townsend a large chunk of my family would possibley do that and I dont want to be rude, you know? Especially after we have a baby and my house is in total disaray all the time. I feel like being in Middletown is far enough that I can breathe. Though I love the houses in the neighborhood where you and S looked.
I also would prefer to be a little closer to stores, gas stations, that kind of thing. I know Im being really picky and petty, but this will be our Forever house so it needs to be right. Plus Im still wrapping my head around leaving Smyrna.
I don't think that you're being picky OR petty. You hit the nail on the head when you said that, if it's your forever house, then it needs to be the right house.
I agree with you on the family thing. You definitely want to be far enough away from them to avoid random drop-ins - especially after you have a second baby.
Change is always hard, but it sounds like this is a good thing for your family.
Just curious - Why would Chase have to switch schools? He goes to a charter school now, right?
You're so right about the changes to Middletown. We moved there 12 years ago and its totally different now. Good luck with the house search. I love going to open houses and stuff.
And if your son goes to PCA, there is a bus stop at the child care center where I work. Pick up is 6:45 and drop off is 4:30.
Congrats on coming up with a plan....I wish we could do the same! I actually went to HS in M-TOWN and we discuss moving there because I like the school district, but it would be further from all of our family and most of my friends. We did find a neighborhood we really like and want to build in, but we're on the fence about it. But what I've finally come to realize is that it doesn't really matter where we live or what our forever house is like...as long as I'm with my family I don't care.
Have fun in the home finding process!
No way! I went to M-Town too. Pretty much my entire family went to Middletown. What neighborhood were you looking at? Im trying to convince DH that building isnt the end of the world. We would have to build to get the house we want in Middletown. Where if we stay in Smyrna there are plenty of houses that are move in ready. So stay in Smyrna and get the house we want right away, or move to Middletown, and either take what we can get, or build what we want.
Janet, I know there were trials and tribulations building your house, but was it worth it?
Honestly, I guess I dont need to. He would be able to play sports for the MOT leagues. Its just a hike from Middletown every time I need to go to school for something. Which is quite often. He would absolutely finish out this year at PCA, then when he moves to middle school he would go to Middletown schools if we decide to go that route. I like his school being close to us in case we have to run there for something.
Thats certianly something to think about. Thanks J!
Overall I think so. But I don't really have anything to compare it to because it's our first house. I love that we got to watch it go up. That was very exciting.
What does kind of stink about moving into a brand-new neighborhood is that you can't get a feel for what your neighbors will be like.
Yup...I graduated in 1998...but I was only there for HS because I was a Middletown import from above the canal...
We have been looking at BayBerry...I'm obsessed with the house we liked and the community plan. It reminds me of the neighborhoods in TX. We probably won't move down there until 2014...we're back and forth on when we're gonna move. I realllllly want to build because I think it would be such a fun process...and I haven't seen any other home with the open floor plan of the house we found. The house I own now I bought the day after I met my hubby, which is an older smaller house that seemed perfect for me, but we want more space. I've never built a house, but my hubby and the ex built 2 new houses while they were married and he says he really wants to do new construction again, so he says its worth it...
Can't wait to hear about your journey as you go...I'm jealous that we're putting it off a year now!