Our story is a long one that began back in 2007 when we decided to sell our house after some major life events. The Lord did not allow our house to sell until August of 2009. While we had plenty of time to look for both existing houses or land to build on, we could not put feet to those plans until the house sold. We then began exploring options beginning with existing homes. When that did not turn up anything, we looked at land and building options. Modular houses were our first option but it did not work out due to room size restrictions so we were led to a builder who had a program called Castle Homes Now our task was to secure a place to build. The first property fell through and, after some tweaking of plans, an offer was made on a 5 acre property. We then got on a merry-go-round having to try 3 different banks, through no fault of our own, to secure a loan. After many problems with the 3rd bank, Wells Fargo, we were finally able to close the end of March 2010. We were now the owners of a 5 acre piece of former pasture land and ready to build a house from the ground up!!
How exciting, June! I can't wait to see the finished product. With 5 acres, have you thought about adding a swimming pool???
ReplyDeleteNope, just the pond. I don't want the upkeep of a pool. Going to have too much with a garden, animals and house :-)
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