My New Blog

Well, it's day one and we just signed the contract to build a new house.  During the course of this process I will use this format to detail all the experiences, good and bad, that we go through during the building process.  Hopefully this will help people that are considering building a new home.  I will be your guinea pig!

We met with the builder, Brandon Crounse of Crounse Homes, Inc., to go over the specs and pricing of everything we want.  We still have some decisions to make, mainly whether or not to finish the basement.  My guess is we will go ahead and do it as it only adds about $110 to our monthly payment.  As for the house, it's a 1300 sq ft, 1 story home on a walkout lot in South Lincoln.  I've already experienced my first disappointment - it's a corner lot and on street is a little busier than the other so we wanted to have it face the less busy street.  Unfortunately I was told that if we did that, there would not be room for a deck!  It's ok though, because the busy street isn't that busy. 

Next up is to meet with the builder to go over the blue prints rough draft.  We will cover things such as making sure the walls, doors, windows, etc. in the right place. 

I'm excited!  Can't wait to pick out flooring, cabinets, light fixtures and the rest!  I hope you stay with me while I build!  Who am I kidding, I just hope that somebody actually reads this!

By the way, ate a great sushi restaurant this week in South Lincoln.  It's called Fuji Sushi and Grill.  The service and food was awesome!  Here's a link to their Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lincoln-NE/FUJI-SUSHI-GRILL/278573985025

Blog to you soon!

Dave