We have embarked on a new and exciting…yet stressful
journey; we are building a house! For a long time now we have been searching
for the perfect home but nothing ever seems to fit our criteria. We wanted
something with some land where our boys could roam and have countless
adventures, something that was close by but did not have a neighbor’s house
built too close to ours and of course space for a garage where my husband can
spend hours tinkering on his COUNTLESS projects.
Last year we thought we found the perfect spot. It had 6
acres, was a post and beam home and was in the woods. It seemed perfect, we
fell in love and made an offer to purchase. Once we went back with a friend to
do a home inspection the list of repairs and things wrong with the house grew
very long and we had to withdraw our offer. Needless to say I was crushed. We
kept discussing how we could make it work but in the end we knew that we had
made the right decision. We were starting to grow frustrated as we thought we
would never find something. Our current home has been great to us, we have been
here for nearly 11 years but it’s an older 2 bedroom home and it is no longer
working for our little family.
My husband being the researcher that he is found a beautiful
piece of land that he thought maybe, just maybe the owners would be interested
in selling. He is much braver than I and decided to pick up the phone and call
these complete strangers…’the worst they can say is no.’ Much to our surprise
they said yes! After months of back and forth talks we finally signed the deed
in August and we were the proud new owners of 36 acres on the top of a
mountain with the most amazing view….hence the name ‘The Mountain House’
So far this past summer and fall we (mostly my husband and
friends) have spent countless hours clearing and preparing the lot. We decided
to start the build of with a garage, something my husband has been longing to
have since I have known him. Our plan being put up a garage so we can have a
place to store stuff and clean up our current home in preparation to sell and
also a place for him to work on things over the winter. Slowly but surely it is
all coming together.
House construction will start in the spring. So we have the winter to nail down a house plan and decide what we want. This is the stressful part for me…I have never been very good at making decisions, (luckily he is) and can’t wrap my head around choosing every last detail but at the same time I am so excited to have something that is exactly what we want.
I know there are going to be some stressful days ahead, building a new home, going back to work after my year of maternity leave and raising two young boys is definitely going to be a challenge but in the end I know it will all pay off. Every step of the way is going to be a learning experience and a memory in the making. Our biggest dream is to give our boys a sense of adventure, to enjoy what we have created for them and to show them that if you are persistent your dreams can come true.
