I haven't posted an update in awhile, but we have some news that changes our timeline as well as some other updates that has us looking at each other like deer in headlights! 1. We now can't build until my sister and brother-in-law's property is developed. We originally thought there would be a way to parcel property for us, but the city is not le[...]
From my last post, I had shown the new drawing with a modern roof line. I also mentioned that we are doing black siding and wood exterior for our new build, but I couldn't decide if I wanted it in the center portion of our house or in the front porch only. I finally decided and I chose..... CENTER OF HOME! Why? Well, we ended up getting our fi[...]
In my previous blog post, I talked about MODERN EXTERIOR OPTIONS and how we asked our draftsman, Tony, to draw up an idea I had for a modern roofline for the new house. Well, we received our 3d exterior sketch so I have to share! As a reminder, here's what Tony originally sent us (see this BLOG POST for more details of the process): Here'[...]
I wrote in my last post that we had finalized our MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN! Woohoo!! I feel like we've been talking about building a house forever and now that we have the floor plan figured out, we can finally take a step forward. I wanted to give you all an update of where we're at with the building process. We are currently waiting on our draf[...]
I'm looking forward to sharing the process of building a house with you all! Since we finalized the main level floor plan, I wanted to share the process of how we got to the finalized floor plan! If we do change something, it'll be super minor.... at least I hope so! Like I had mentioned in my previous blog post 10 Changes For The New Build, w[...]
Many of you have asked me what we've decided on for the new build... ranch, 1.5 story, 2-story, or multi-level like our previous home. Well... MULT-LEVEL! We are actually building pretty much the same house as our previous house but a few tweaks. LOL! Were you expecting that? The main reason is because I want a 2 story layout and Blaine wants a[...]
After writing "THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING" blog post, I received some questions. I will answer your questions but will break it up by specific questions. In this blog post, I want to answer a popular question which was "what are all the items to bid out or get pricing on" if building a home. Here's a breakdown of items on our current pric[...]
Here's a follow up of my THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING A HOUSE post. Let's talk floor plans. As we finalize our floor plan for the new house, I realized I never shared this process with you all with our previous house. Blaine and I loved our first home in Urbandale (12 years ago), and it was a split level. We decided to do something similar[...]
If you're reading this, you might be considering building or maybe you're just curious. This blog post is a long time coming. There's a lot to say and am finally getting a chance to sit down and write it all for you! Spring of 2018, my husband (Blaine) and I built a custom house... without using a builder which is INSANE! I still can't belie[...]
Many of you have noticed that I've been a bit MIA especially on Instagram Stories. Well, a lot is happening! I have 3 updates for you! 1 // I feel like I just wrote the blog post "HAVE YOU SOLD YOUR HOUSE?" , and now I'm here writing a blog post that WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!! We actually received an offer on my birthday (January 15th) and accepted.[...]