It's pretty cool to see the house starting to come out of the ground.  The footers are now dry enough, so the foundation wall forms were set in place and the concrete was poured.

We are officially under construction!  Pancake and I are standing in what will eventually be our yard - it will be 4 feet lower when we're done, but for now, it's a great perch to watch the progress from.

The trees are out, and it's starting to look like there could actually be a house here one day!  Things are happening a lot faster now, let me walk you through what we're looking at.

I mean, c'mon.  Look at those two!  Supes adorbs, right?  They LOVE big machines.  Now that we're finally at the point where we have all of our permits and can start construction, we have the opportunity to show them big machines - a lot of them.  Starting with the ones being used to take our trees down...

In a previous post, I walked you through Phase 1 of a remodeling project, where we figure out what CAN be done with your space.  In this post, we will focus on Phase 2 of the process, which is where we figure out what WILL be done.  It’s where the conceptual space plan gets real-world details.
 
In this phase we:

Pretty descriptive title, right?  Well whether you’re looking to build a house on your new land, a new family room addition, remodel a kitchen, or repair an old porch, you have options.  And those options are largely dependent on the type of thing you are building.

All land is created equal, right?  No, most definitely not.  That is very, very wrong.  But all land in the same neighborhood is created equal?  Again, not at all.  Ok, then certainly all land on the same street is created equal, though?  Umm, no.  Same block? No again.  Same side of the street?  Not a chance.  Let’s cut to it…It would be extremely rare to find two equal pieces of land.  There are just too many variables.  Here’s where you ask what the variables are.  Here’s where I give you an abbreviated list:

Big news!

Every year, Professional Remodeler conducts a national search for 40 remodeling professionals under the age of 40 who are blazing new trails in our industry.  I'm incredibly honored to share the news that, this year, I am one of those 40 people.

Here is a link to the list of 40: