I should start with a little background about myself - I'll let Ashley introduce herself a little later. I'm a Calgarian through and through, currently living in McKenzie Town (SE Calgary). Most of what I consider to be my "life" is in the northwest part of the city, so living so far away has been a hassle for a couple of years now. Hence the choice of Tuscany as the location for the new house. I'm in the computer industry, but what I do changes from month to month. I have a company called Kensai Deisgn and Communications, but I do more work under the "Jason Dunn" brand than my company. I work a lot with Microsoft's Pocket PC team, and I run a personal web site called Pocket PC Thoughts.

So why did I want to buy a new house? Good question.

I've always had a "thing" about new vs. used. Sometimes I don't mind if something is used - a DVD or CD is still the same whether it's new or used. But when you consider things like cars or houses, it's much harder to be trusting that the product you're getting is exactly what you hope it will be. You don't know what the "other" person has done to it or how it's been used. That sounds like I'm an inherantly un-trusting person, but I'm not. I find myself also enjoying the control that newness brings - you can pick the colour, the shape, the size of things. You're the first person to live thre, the first one to make your mark in that place. I've also seen my parents buy too many houses and pour too much time into rennovating them before moving on to be interested in anything other than a new house that's made the way I want it. I know, I know, I'm so picky... :-)