We are one step closer to breaking ground. The town of Saint Andrew has issued us a building permit. Next step is meeting our contractor on the lot to stake out the corners of the house. Following that, we will simply be waiting for mother nature to co-operate so we can do some lot clearing and dig/install foundation. We were hoping for an early spring but a few late winter/early spring snow storms have spoiled our hopes. In the background, materials are being ordered by Mapleleaf Homes in preparation for building the main portion of the home in the factory. That will take approximately 7 weeks from start to finish. Once ready, it will be delivered and set on the foundation. Tentative delivery date is May 8th but I’m quite sure that is going to get pushed out a bit.
building
Top 99 decisions to be made when building a home
Once you’ve chosen a plan and have a contractor, you will have to make A LOT more decisions. The following is a list of 99 more decisions that will have to be made. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list but definitely should hit the highlights. This list could easily be expanded because I lumped some decision together . For example #57 – “Kitchen Island. Function, design, size, material and colour” is actually several decisions which I’ve only counted as one. How many “micro” decisions do you think are actually listed here…
2 year closer just like that!
We’ve been doing some figuring and planning for our future. We have a pretty conservative plan and assuming nothing goes off the rails in the next few years we hope to build the house 2 years earlier than originally anticipated. You know what that means? I just adjusted the countdown on this page to April 2020. Woohoo!
Our goal is now to break ground in just over 3 years.
Buying The Land
Accepted offer on the land. Closing is scheduled for November 1st, 2016
HOME ON SALT MARSH 