This was a very big week for house developments – even if nothing was physically completed. We had been told from the start of the process that getting the construction loan from the bank was going to be a nightmare. Having never applied for a loan, I could only believe that it was going to […]
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Feeling philanthropic
If you haven’t noticed recently, our lives currently revolve around getting our new house built. But all of that time and energy that we were spending for the last 5 or 6 months came to a crawl this week. We’ve gotten the majority of our decisions made and are just waiting for things to happen […]
North Carolina has nothing on us
We have finally gotten to a point with the house building process that we don’t really have anything left to think about. The plans are done. The contract with the builder is done and signed. The bank has all of the information they need and are going through their process. The finishes have all been […]
Shadow Storm
As it turns out Shadow Storm is not the name of a new Super Hero – but the name of our new counter tops! Much like the names of nail polish and lipstick… the names of granite, marble, and quartz can also get quite ridiculous. Charles and I drove out to Ackworth GA yesterday to […]
What a week
Once again Jes and I have decided to push ourselves into new territory. I suppose it is a perfectly normal phenomenon to continue pushing yourself, but never in my life did I think we’d end up here. Here of course being that last weekend we officially decided to start training for a half marathon. The […]
The bid is IN
Well – I cant believe it finally happened… we have a completed house bid! In the world of house building this particular item is a huge milestone. Perhaps even bigger than breaking ground (i’ll let you know when that time comes). In my opinion, this is more important than buying the lot, because this is […]
House Progress – Finally
It seems like it has been forever since we’ve made tangible progress on the house, but that changed this week. I suppose getting the final plans was progress and not that long ago, but we’d almost been to that point before. We can officially say that we are finally farther along in the process than […]