We took the first step of purchasing the lot on 10/2/09 and we received a set of 5 blueprints from Frank Betz on the same day. On 10/4/09 we met our builder Tim Sally at the lot and walked the lot to get a good idea on how the house would set on the lot. Lot 19 is wedge shaped with approximately 100ft at the street and fanning out towards the back with over 150ft of tree line and backing up to Hwy 11. The lot gently slopes down from the street toward the highway, perfect for building a two story home with a walkout/driveout basement. The lots on each side of us are empty and our friends Jason and Jennifer Dacus live two lots over.
Tim told us he would start taking some initial steps while we wait on the closing of our construction/perm. loan. We hope the loan will close later this week, if not next week at the latest. Tim will start this week by tentatively staking out the lot and a rough house placement, requesting temporary electrical service, and permits. It seems like both Tim and Katie/I are eager to get started as soon as possible. I learned this week that October is supposed to be the dryest month of the year so we are eager to "get the house in the dry" as soon as possible.
Below are some satelite images of the lot and house plans from the designers web site. I really don't like the colors used in the designers artwork, but that won't matter much since we are going the use all brick. Now the fun begins...
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