I know nothing about architecture. I'm just a groupie.

That said, my husband (C) and I are building our first home. This is my side of the story.

So far...

• Nov 2004 - bought the lot. We had to - it's beautiful!
• 2005 - too broke to do anything. In the meantime, C is coming up with the design and plans for the house. It has gone through many revisions; I don't even remember.
• Early 2006 - still too broke
• Mid 2006 - not so broke
• Sep 2006 - have money now to get the soil survey. C and his crew take down a lot of the trees and we now have a very rudimentary driveway. But it's only for the truck to get the survey sample.
• Feb 2007 - got our construction loan
• April 2007 - we got our building permit - yay!

Next up, foundation - I've never been so excited over concrete!