floor plans

(don't forget you can click on any photo to make it bigger) This is the front of the house... we changed the garage.. the double doors looks nice, but we are going with one door that has the look of two gates. that middle post could have been a problem. Check out the copper over the front bay window and on top of the chimneys and the spires on the top of th ehouse. The chiminey that is showing in the front elevation is actually the chimney for the patio fireplace.

The first floor is really spacious.. I love the way it is put together. You can't really see the dimensions, but that great room is almost 30 feet long. The second floor doesn't show the office yet, but you can get the idea.. where the door to the attic is, we are going to have double doors and the office will go out another 10 feet into the attic without having to have any weird angles in the ceiling.

thanksgiving day

Myra and I met with the builder at the house this morning. The real estate agent came too. We looked upstairs for the first time. The rooms are really big, but one of the big suprises is the size of the windows upstairs. I took a few photos looking out of the windows. the first one if from a bedroom upstairs, looking out towards the east. From the gameroom window, you can see the Arkansas river and it looks like that view won't change becuase the houses won't be in the way. We also sketched out the office space. It turned out much larger than we thought because of where the roof line is, we can really make it a big office.

It's looking so good. I like the builder, he is a good guy. We also decided on one garage door rather than two small ones. We are afraid that it will be harder to move around with two.. So they will make the garage door a little smaller and there will be more space on either side of th garage. It is a big garage, very deep.

Here is the front door that we picked out

Happy thanksgiving!

first photos of the house

Here is the entry to the development... there are these on both sides of the entrance.. nice landscaping all around.. but it's all dying now, it's too cold for plants :)
There is a nice clubhouse that is being built right now, they are putting the pool in. In the middle of the develompment there is a big pond with fountains and big trees and a bridge with a waterfall. The walls around the develpment are very nice.
At the bottom are some photos of the house.. they have a crew working on the floor for the second level. First is the view from the east, then from the north and from the west. It's being built! (Don't forget that you can click on any picture to make it bigger.)

maps and information

Here is a map of Tulsa so you can get a perspective of where we are going. It's not a big move, but we are moving to the area where all of the big expensive homes are. Right down by the river!







Here is a picture of the development... It is called Wind River and it is located in South Tulsa.












Our lot is in the first neighborhood, near to the community pool and pond. The pond has a couple of fountains and a bridge. It's really nice already. Beyond 121st street is the Arkansas river and on the north side of the development is a hill(they call it a mountain here) that is wooded. To the East is a riding stable. I think we have one of the best lots, right in the middle of a quite street.


Part of the new Vision 2025 for Tulsa is to add new Low Water Dams to the Arkansas river. Eventually, the river will be more like a lake and there will be water taxi's up to the Oklahoma Aquarium. They have already built a new hotel and shopping center on the river and they already have the docks set up. The nice thing is that everything is happening quickly. Here is a video of the new riverwalk crossing
Pretty cool! We are very happy... I'll be posting some photos of the house and development later this week.