Home, Home out of my price range
What happens after you stumble upon the home of your dreams, which will also be the largest investment you'll ever make? If you let your head rule your heart, you'll wind up taking a crash course in personal finance and realize we're all living just that much beyond our means.
Shelley Youngblut, Calgary Herald
Published: Friday, November 23, 2007
A friend had just returned from a weekend in Eureka, Montana, raving about this little pocket of heaven just over the Roosville border. This guy from Virginia--get this, his name is Bob, Bob the builder--had created a subdivision of magical vacation properties and she and her husband were smitten. Giddy, she showed them to me on Bob Etchells' website, houseinmontana.com. With rough-hewn wood interiors, Scandinavian exteriors and obvious craftsmanship throughout, these were one-of-a-kind homes. Nestled in the Tobacco Valley, surrounded by mountains and forest reserve, they both blended into the land and punctuated it. They seemed rooted, as if they couldn't exist anywhere else, yet added unexpected, exuberant bursts of colour to the landscape. The sky-blue Sapphire House, pistachio-green Sagebrush House and clay-red Sun Stone Cabin had an intangible allure that spoke to both of us. "It will change your life for the better," I told my friend, aching with a longing for something I hadn't realized I was missing. Full Article at http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/swerve/story.html?id=5683bca6-9061-4b53-81cc-8de2f04fb87c
A friend had just returned from a weekend in Eureka, Montana, raving about this little pocket of heaven just over the Roosville border. This guy from Virginia--get this, his name is Bob, Bob the builder--had created a subdivision of magical vacation properties and she and her husband were smitten. Giddy, she showed them to me on Bob Etchells' website, houseinmontana.com. With rough-hewn wood interiors, Scandinavian exteriors and obvious craftsmanship throughout, these were one-of-a-kind homes. Nestled in the Tobacco Valley, surrounded by mountains and forest reserve, they both blended into the land and punctuated it. They seemed rooted, as if they couldn't exist anywhere else, yet added unexpected, exuberant bursts of colour to the landscape. The sky-blue Sapphire House, pistachio-green Sagebrush House and clay-red Sun Stone Cabin had an intangible allure that spoke to both of us. "It will change your life for the better," I told my friend, aching with a longing for something I hadn't realized I was missing. Full Article at http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/swerve/story.html?id=5683bca6-9061-4b53-81cc-8de2f04fb87c
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