This is a live oak tree on our lot that we hope to save. I want to be able to stand by my kitchen window and look up into its branches for years to come. I understand that the roots of these oaks don’t grow very deep and are rather fragile. We are trying to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Let’s Build a House
Final Decisions — Maybe
It’s Time — for me to make some final decisions about the decor for our home. We’ve tried hard to stay within our budget and not splurge on too many items. We know the price of our home goes up every time we make a change. Some of the changes are expected and some are necessary … Continue reading
Phase One… Building A House
Phase One It’s taken months, but the planning process for our new home is finished. We’ve even finalized many of the choices for inside our home — flooring, bathroom tile, fireplace, doors and appliances. Now it’s time to move to the first phase of building — the dirt work. Dirt Work Yes, the dirt work has finally started … Continue reading
Sold! – Maybe
A little over a month ago, I shared my thoughts about listing our home for sale. It surprised me that I felt a little nostalgic instead of just relieved to be moving. (I’ve been waiting to move closer to the grandies since the first one was born 7 years ago.) Before the Listing For months, we … Continue reading
13 Things I Didn’t Know I Needed To Know About Building a House
Have you ever said, “You learn something new everyday!” when you learned something that surprised you? This process of building a home has given us multitude of opportunities to learn something new. As a former librarian, I did my best to research the process because I like to be prepared. The problem is that you have … Continue reading
Almost Time – Building a House
Over the last 6 months, I’ve posted often about our decision to build a custom home and all the steps of planning involved. We’ve been at planning stage for so long that I truly wonder sometimes if we are really going to build. Update Time The construction loan has been approved, the appraisal completed and … Continue reading
Home For Sale (Only Slightly Used)
Tomorrow’s the day! Tomorrow’s the day! We’re going to list our home for sale. We’ve been planning and thinking about our new home for months; however, I haven’t really thought much about moving from this house. This has been our home for almost 24 years. Our children grew up here. We’ve painted and remodeled rooms (some more … Continue reading
Just A Few More Details — and It’s Time to Start Building
It’s really going to happen. We’re really going to build a house. We’ve been dreaming and planning this house for months. It’s taken a long time to get to here; but — we’ve signed a contract with our builder and we’ve applied for the construction loan. There’s been a soil test to determine the strength … Continue reading
More Waiting, More Planning and a Learning Curve
Waiting and Planning… We’ve been waiting for several very long weeks for the second version of the elevation drawing of our home to be. The purpose of this elevation drawing is to show us what the front and sides of our home will look like. Once we agree on the elevation drawing, the construction drawing … Continue reading
Moving – phase 1
We’re Really Going to Move We’ve been working with our builder on the design for our new home for several months now. The fact that we’re moving has not really seemed too real until today because so far all the work on the new house has been on paper only. True, we’ve been packing … Continue reading
Rainy Day Reflections 