Our View

We built our house 12 years ago into a new subdivision. I wanted to be in a subdivision because I believed it would help us should we ever want to sell our house. I had an old house that was in a low traffic area of a town and it took over two years to sell that place. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

The new subdivision was awesome. I was surrounded on all sides by farm fields and I had an expansive view in every direction.

And then the subdivision grew. Each year more and more houses were built all around us.

It has reached a point where we are now boxed in, 

The construction of this latest house will take away most of what was left of our view.

On the one hand, I wanted to be in a subdivision to protect my property value. But on the other hand, I would prefer if there were no houses around me, especially houses whose back windows can look directly into mine!

Thankfully, I still have a nice view out the front of the house.

So, that's the trade off. Want to be in a neighborhood? Or by yourself out in the country?