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We are building a house!

Rockabillyrat

Rockabillyrat

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Last week we closed on a nice piece of property about 20 min north from where we are now. It's a nice 3.5 acres that we plan to build a small A frame on with a big garage for me and all my stuff. Im finally going good get the shop I've always wanted! Right now the plan is a 60x40 and I might add on a small 2 car garage for the wife to park in if we have the money. If not that can always be added on later down the road. We found a house we like but I will probably source materials locally and cut down the square footage since its only my wife and I plus a few animals. We plan to tuck the house in the woods where there is a big drop off to a creek. And put the shop out front in the field. Our plan is to build in 2025 that should give us time to figure everything out and save up a little more for the construction loan. Beyond exciting for this. But my wallet isn't 🤣


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Rockabillyrat said:
Last week we closed on a nice piece of property about 20 min north from where we are now. It's a nice 3.5 acres that we plan to build a small A frame on with a big garage for me and all my stuff. Im finally going good get the shop I've always wanted! Right now the plan is a 60x40 and I might add on a small 2 car garage for the wife to park in if we have the money. If not that can always be added on later down the road. We found a house we like but I will probably source materials locally and cut down the square footage since its only my wife and I plus a few animals. We plan to tuck the house in the woods where there is a big drop off to a creek. And put the shop out front in the field. Our plan is to build in 2025 that should give us time to figure everything out and save up a little more for the construction loan. Beyond exciting for this. But my wallet isn't 🤣


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Congrats to you and the wife. Sounds like you are planning things out and that's major. Build the way you want it and do it right from the beginning one and done. Without a doubt the process will be stressful and might make you a little ill at times.

We started a house in 2013 and moved in it right before Christmas in 2014, wow how time flys, can't believe we've been in it 9 years. At times I was ill as a hornet, contractors held us up a bunch, especially the brick masons. We still need to do some landscaping, but that can wait a while, gotta save up some money for that.

You were talking about building in the woods. Shade from trees is nice, but I wouldn't have any trees close enough that could fall on the house, that's just me.
 
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