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Adventures in Downsizing

by Alison Moore Smith on July 14, 2009 · 4 comments

Our new dream house did not come in at a dream cost. And so, as I told you last month, we decided to redesign the house. That’s no big deal. We’ve done it so many times already. And we did it endlessly on the first custom home, too. It’s the time factor that’s killing me. [...]

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House Do Over

by Alison Moore Smith on June 16, 2009 · 11 comments

On Monday we met with the first builder to come up with a bid for us. To say the least, it was disappointing. The total came in at $804,266. And that’s after we bought the lot for $248,000. Seriously. We’ve built a million dollar home. And this is not it! This house is the downsize [...]

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Hiring General Contractor or Construction Supervisor

by Alison Moore Smith on May 7, 2009 · 20 comments

After considering our construction options, we came to the conclusion that acting as our own contractors isn’t in the schedule. We’ve ruled out using an owner-builder system as they are generally structured. We have been given several references and will be sending out the following letter to them. If you are a general contractor or [...]

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