Many steps come before you break ground

I thought I would step back a bit and share our story of how we got to the place we are now.

About 2 - 1/2 years ago, my husband walked a beautiful piece of land with the landowner. Her mother had passed away, and they were dividing up the family farm into sections and selling them. At the time, the smallest piece was 20 acres. Ouch. We couldn't swing it. But Hubby loved that land.

Every so often - after another 2 frustrating months of searching for a new home for our family - Hubby would call and ask (again!) if she would be willing to break up one of the pieces into smaller sections - we could swing about 5 or 6 acres.

After a year of seeing homes, pieces of land, almost buying a piece that would not have worked for us at all, almost giving up hope - she called us. She was willing to break up one piece into 3, and one would be 6 acres! It took a lot of working with each other - but after nearly two years, we bought six acres!

That was just buying the land! I'll write next time about some more preparations for building your own dream home!