It's in North Charleston, in a neighborhood called Whitehall. It's a nice established area, with lots and lots of trees. There's a pool/park/tennis courts in the neighborhood, and looks like lots of kids and stuff. We're totally excited to live there!
OK, I'll walk you thru the house with the pix as much as I can...try to keep up!
Outside of the house...big driveway, double garage, and half porch. There are steps leading to the front door, which I'm not thrilled about, but it's ok...only a couple of them. 
As you walk into the house, the foyer is wood floors, and is two stoies high. You look up into the upstairs hallway/loft where all the bedrooms are.
To the left as you walk in the front is a formal living room, which we'll probably use as a study/library type room, since we just don't have a lot of extra furniture. Plus our big bookshelf will look really good in the front...it's my favorite piece of furniture we own, and it's very striking. Anyway...
The front room arches into a formal dining room, which I'm not sure we'll use as one...we'll have to see how we like it. 
That room leads into the kitchen, which is nice and BIG! Please don't look too closely at the picture, since our agent is making a really unflattering face in it...Sorry Patty!There is a built in microwave and a smooth top range. There's a dishwasher, but we'll have to buy a refrigerator, so if anyone has any input on what type of fridge to get, please leave your comments!
I LOVE how the counter comes around a little so the sink overlooks both a window to the backyard and the family room. It means when I'm washing dishes/food/chopping stuff I can keep an eye on Josh if he's playing in those places. It also has a nice size pantry, which is great. 
This is the great room. The wood floors run straight from the front door to the back of the house and into the kitchen and great room, and I really lilke them, even though I said I hated them in our house in Germany. I mostly hated the tiled great room, not the wood. And it gives us a place to show off our fancy Turkish rugs. The family room also has a gas fireplace, which runs off an above ground propane tank behind the fence. We had never heard of this, and thought it was kind of weird, but not really in a negative way.
This is the screened in porch, which is right off the eat in kitchen area, between the kitchen and the family room. It has a fan and is finished, although we kind of hate the horrible carpet in it, so we're hoping to replace it with either tile or flagstone someday. 
Here is the side of the porch...you can see how nice the yard looks....just redone and it looks awesome! Lots of shade, but enough sun (we hope) to keep the grass growing. 
The entrance to the garage is in the little hallway that leads from the foyer to the kitchen/family room area.
Across from the garage is a nice sized laundry room...
And a half bath. 
Up the stairs, the first bedroom on the right is this one. The walls are actually kind of a light greyish blue color, but the look lavender with the purple drapes. Just so you know we don't automatically have to repaint the room immediately if Josh decides he wants to live in this room vs. the other front bedroom.
In between that room and the other "kid" room is the hall bath, which is a decent size. 
This is the other bedroom that could be Josh's, should he so choose. The other one we will probably use as a guest bedroom for now. And no, the airplane didn't really play into the decision to buy this house! 
This room is next to the airplane room, and is the fourth bedroom. It's connected to the master suite with a double door, and right now is done as a study, but we think it would be perfect as a nursery...hopefully, someday...
This is a picture of the backyard from the top floor...so pretty.
Here's the master bedroom. Nice sized...
And if you look at the top left of the pic, there's a cute little shelf to put our nicknacks on.
This is the master bath...a little smaller and not as updated as some we saw, but it's not a huge issue for us, and we can redo it at some point if we need to. 
I do like that the toilet is on the opposite side from the tub and shower. 
And next to the bathroom is the master closet, which is pretty big...yay! But I kind of hate that kind of rod to hang things on, b/c they don't slide...harder to get the hangers on and off, so we may play with putting in a real rod, instead. But I love the size! Notice the flight suits here...the people who just moved out were a pilot and his family, too. They were renting, but the owner is also a pilot...man...so many of them...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhh! Just kidding...mostly...
So that's our house. I wish I had a picture of the two story foyer, since that's one of my favorite things about this house, but I don't. Oh well. When we get our stuff all moved in and unpacked I'll post more pix. Hope you all enjoyed this little tour.
3 comments:
That does look like a great place. Lots of rooms and a nice big yard. The airplane is a great incentive too;) Do you have any fuller pics of the front or is there a big tree in the way? Kind of looks like you have a big tree in the front. What's the basement like or is there one? I know some parts of the country don't have them so am curious. Hope all goes well with the paperwork so you guys will have one less thing (the big thing) to worry about. Luv ya, Shannon:)
It looks awesome - congrats you guys!
Love the house -- very pretty! I look forward to seeing more pics when it's actually yours and you are all settled in.
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