Building our Home

The Moment We Finally Got the Permit I’ve been avoiding writing about this topic here, mostly because I didn’t want to reopen old wounds. But today I finally have a reason—because we officially have our building permit! After months of waiting, chasing, and stressing, we’re holding that piece of paper that says we can finally […]

Buying a plot of land is the first major step when building your own home — and it can come with surprises. In this post, I’m sharing how we found (and cleaned up!) our future home site, including a broken water pipe, a mountain of debris, and how we prepared the land for our prefab

Why We Gave Up House Hunting and Decided to Build Our Own Home Ever since our first child was born, Mr. Right and I had been sniffing around the housing market. We visited plenty of houses, but it was hard to find just the right one. Since we both enjoy doing things ourselves (renovating an