The Ball is Rolling!

The land is ours!!!

Officially, in paper, by contract, it. is. ours. We own a piece of property! How amazing is that!? And not only that, we are beginning construction on our very own house. Home. Dwelling. Amazing!

This has been such an amazingly quick process, it's hard to believe it's really real. In March we happened to see a house for sale that we liked a few miles out of town. It was old, but BIG. It had charm. It had a big yard. It was quirky. It needed a LOT of work. Like...at least $80k worth of repairs. It would have needed special financing, the bank would have had to take a SUPER low offer on our part to even make it possible for us. It was not working out.

My mom and I happened to attend the Home and Garden show about that time, and passed through a booth for Adair Homes. I was intrigued. Even more so when my mom mentioned that my aunt and uncle built an Adair home over 30 years ago, are still living in it and love it. Awesome.

DH and I didn't wait for Josh, the coastal Adair rep, to call us. We called him. We filled out the preliminary paper work to see what we'd be approved for, he followed through, and that's the beginning of how we got here today.

We have gotten bids for electricity, excavating, water, etc. We got to choose which house plan we wanted (and fit within our budget). We have been in sometimes daily contact with various offices...realtor (for the land), financial services, Josh, and title company. It has been work, and a big time commitment for Chris especially, but it's all worth it.

As soon as we were told the property was ours,

DH convinced his dad to bring his tractor/mower out and cut the grass (thanks FIL!)...it had grown to well over 3 feet tall! Our boys could very easily hide in it. DH has been raking like a madman, weed-eating along the edges, and quickly making friends of our neighbors. We met both of our direct neighbors, and he said the retirement home next door was very happy about all the work he was doing. I imagine a nice trimmed lot is much more pleasant to look out at than an overgrown mess. *Special thanks to my dad for driving in his trailer and hauling off the grass after DH fills it. And to my little bro for helping DH finish the raking just this morning.*

For those that are curious, our house will have 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a living room & family room, and a garage. All in a total of 2080 square feet!

Now that we own the land and the funding has gone through, we are all set to officially map out where the house will set on the land, have the excavator dig the spot for the foundation and a ditch for the water pipe, and have the driveway graveled. Then I believe it's on to foundation, building permits, and... we'll see!

They have said it will take a maximum of 4 months to complete from the pouring of the foundation. We are overly optimistic that we could potentially be at least moving in to the house by Christmas. It just depends on SO many factors, it's hard to say for sure.

If you are interested in building an Adair home, we'd be happy to help you get started. Kind of point you in the right direction, and offer any advice we can. The people at Adair have been wonderful to work with, and very helpful.
If you do decide to build, be sure to mention that we referred you right at the beginning. There's a bonus incentive included for referrals.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check back for more updates as we get moving!