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A NEW AND DIFFERENT (POTENTIAL) CHICO HOME…...UPDATED!

UPDATE:
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We load the van May 11 and 12; drive down May 13 (careful, Earl!). The truck unloads in Chico on Monday the 16th. Are we excited? That hardly covers it, you know….
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Below is the original post:
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The saga of 1938 PRESERVATION OAK DRIVE, also known as THE FLOOD HOUSE, has ended. (Sorry that I can’t make these links take you to the correct pages - you can look at the original story and then the update by clicking on “Family Matters: New House in Chico” on the left of the page, and then scrolling down to the first and second posts.)

When the bank refused to lower the price to pay for the drainage project, we closed the escrow and said “Thanks, but no thanks.”

This is 1941 Preservation Oak Drive, the newest possibility
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Interestingly, perhaps even unfortunately, it’s owned by the same bank as the Flood House. They have a reputation of holding onto properties more tightly than other banks, so we’ll see how it goes - please include our search in your prayers - and if this house is right for us, ask God to impress the bank that they’d best sell and lower their inventory!
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Back in January when we started looking, this house was well above our price limit and we didn’t even look at it. In the last three to four months, it’s come down by about 15% and our offer is for about 80% of what they were asking in January. But, we’re offering about $150/foot, which is a fair price in this market….so we’ll see.

Turning around and looking out from the front door, the view is lovely…and it will not change (unless some trees die), since we’re looking at the Blue Oak Preserve. No houses over there, at any rate.
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Stepping in through the front door, we see a bright, open, and high-ceilinged space. The back of the house is oriented to the south and a little bit east, so we’ll be getting sunshine all winter long. Notice the breakfast area in the background - it will be our dining room - and the granite “shelf” that marks the edge of the kitchen.
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Just to the left is the Master Suite and a front bedroom and bath. We’ll look at that, later.

To the right we see what will be Gail’s “piano room”, as well as a hall down to the laundry room.
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Just look out the front window! We’ll have a nice comfy chair in here so we can sit and meditate on the view of trees and sky!
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You can see that dying oak tree I mentioned earlier….but more pleasantly, our lovely front patio, as well. In summer, this will be a nice spot, since it’s on the north, and is protected from the western sun by our garage, and the two-story house next door.

Back inside, we look down the hall to the laundry room, with the door to the garage on the right, and the arch leading to the kitchen on the left.
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It’s a WONDERFUL laundry room, with loads of storage cupboards AND a laundry sink!
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Back in the hall, we look south into the kitchen and the dining area beyond.
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If we walk forward and look to the left, we see the fireplace/heater (gas, not wood) and the living area.
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Looking back to the north, we see the relation of the kitchen to the front door and the door to the garage.
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Here’s the oven/refrigerator space/range on the west wall
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and here’s the other side, including the WONDERFUL pantry! If we get this house, we’ll extend the wall on straight ahead to make a space for a second wall cabinet, and block the view of the kitchen sink from the front door. I’ll have to move the light fixture, but that shouldn’t be a big problem—shifting the ceiling insulation will be a pain, but otherwise no trouble.
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Turning around in this spot, we see the hall with the bathroom straight ahead, and bedrooms to the left and right.
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Bedrooms and bath on this side are pretty standard - on the right will be our dedicated guest room, with a nice window that has a view of our neighbor directly to the west, but a wonderful sky to the south.
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The south bedroom to the left will be my office, and here’s MY view
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It looks a bit like the seal on the double-paned window has been lost. And those ARE vacant lots that could get built on….but my estimate of house position would leave my view down the street intact, and we can actually see the house that Laura and Leslie are renting down there on the right.

Back in the living room, we can see the front door - and to the right is the hall leading to the other two bedrooms
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The front bedroom will be Gail’s office, where we’ll also keep the TV and a futon for those times when we have excess guests.
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and since this room is on the north, it has “the view”
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Here’s the generic bathroom - although it’s got wonderful tile surfaces. The other one is very similar.
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FINALLY….the master bedroom!
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Looking back, you see the nice big closet
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Here’s the Master Bath
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It’s really quite beautiful. As you exit the Bath, there’s a door to the back patio, too.

And here’s the back yard
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Since the back yard is on the south, I’m dreaming of ESPALIERED PEACH TREES and grape vines on those walls. There’s space back here for a blueberry bush or two, some mini-dwarf apples in a hedge…maybe a fig tree (planted in a drum buried in the soil to limit the tree’s size).

Finally, here’s the lovely garage - with space for my little chest freezer, plus shelves, cabinets, and a workbench - even for the CAR on one side!
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And that’s the house at 1941 Preservation Oak Drive.
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This may be the house the Lord has in mind for us—say a prayer that if it is, things move quickly. We’re REALLY anxious to get down here, and live near our lovely grandgirls
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