Flurry of activity on the blog and our land

Well, there is a flurry of activity both on this blog and at our house site… First, we are in the process of moving Jen’s blog posts from My Green Glasses over to this blog and consolidating.  She is not shutting down My Green Glasses, but between school, work and family, she’s not having the [...]

From the bank to the lawyer

Received word from the bank today that the package is being sent to the lawyer’s office.  I talked with the bank twice about details and I talked with the lawyer to let them know that the package is on the way.  We hope to be closed on the construction loan within about 2 weeks… In [...]

The bank called and we are approved

The bank called yesterday, and we received our second appraisal.  This time, the appraisal was in line with our costs to build and so the project is back on track.  We are excited to report that Conway National Bank has worked out great for us with our building project.  Given the appraisal results, we are [...]

Finally, is it Time to Get a Mailbox!?

So three banks and several months later, we are finally going to build our house. We got word today from the bank that we will actually be building a house. It just doesn’t seem real, but Philip assured me that is it REAL this time. After having laid dormant for so long, just waiting and [...]

The first big bump in the road (crater maybe?)

When everyone told us building a house was hard, they weren’t kidding. It is hard to make decisions, it is hard to make choices and it is hard to know if this is the right move or not. Over the last few months, we have been working closely with Sterling Homes to design our custom [...]

Update on the housing project

Jen posted today about our first big bump in the road for the new house project.  Head over to My Green Glasses to get the details on what has happened this week…