Building A Farmhouse - Our Custom Home Construction

 We have made some progress! After two years of planning and getting ready today was the day! We signed bank documents a few days ago and our builder told us late this week or early next week they would start digging.  Every day this week I drove by the property to see what was going on and I was always disappointed to see nothing. No tractor, no hole in the dirt. Nothing.  Yesterday morning, Friday, I drove by and there was a tractor but nobody in it and I figured they were just getting ready for Monday. I drove by last night just to check and nothing had changed.  Today, I was out running errands and I was in the area and thought, "What the heck, why not just drive by and see what's going on? Maybe they've done something." though I doubted they would come on a Saturday.  It was about 2 PM and I drove by and saw this: I came home and shared the news with the family. We ran over later in the day and it was WINDY and cold. We made sure the kids knew not to climb ...

  Well, spring is coming, we have figured out our financing situation and we are moving forward. We plan on starting excavation in the next 2-3 weeks!  We met with our builder to choose some of the exterior colors and such to submit to our HOA for approval before we start the building process. We colored our plans to try and get a feel for what it may look like.  The house will have areas of stucco and board and batten siding with brick accents and stained wood posts on the porch.  Color of the stucco is Sherwin Williams - Alabaster White We had fun trying to pick a color for our brick. General Shale has a ton of options but you have to double check to make sure the brick you like is manufactured at a plant close to where you live or the shipping costs can be REALLY high. I think they also have stone if that's the look you're going for. We are going with the Cambridge 6060 because we like that its red but that it has variation.  We are planning on staining the...

 The builder heard back from the engineer a few weeks ago. We can get rid of the column in our garage. The beam shouldn't add much of a cost to the build so we've decided to go with the beam!