One of the most rewarding things that has happened to me in the past year transpired over this week. All of the hard work, planning, money and set backs that we have endured over the past year came to fruition this week when we got to see the beginning phases of our house going up. [...]
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Construction Project – The Big Hole – Part 3
Well, we started to make some progress this week. The excavation started and we finally have something tangible to satisfy us! We can actually say we are starting to build a house now. There isn’t much to say about this other than we made sure it at least looked like our house.
Construction Project – The Beginning – Part 2
So here we are, the week of excavation. I figure I would make this post some beginning pictures of the empty lot and perhaps a scan of the house plans. Yesterday they pinned and staked the plot for the excavators. Our goal is to have the house roofed and out of the elements before it [...]
Construction Project – The Story – Part 1
Well I have said for a while now that I wanted to start a blog detailing the entire process of our house construction. So far, I haven’t been able to start that blog because we haven’t started the project, but that is all changing today. Yesterday we got a pre-approval letter from the bank (finally) [...]