Building at the Beach: Five Valuable Custom Home Building Lessons
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By Karen Tyrrell
It took 762 days from land purchase to move-in. 762 days. That sounds like a long time - and it IS a long time! In those 762 days.....
- We sold our home of 15+ years (which we loved) saying goodbye to the best neighbors ever
- Moved into a less-than-optimal rental situation
- I went back to work
- We experienced a global pandemic
- And, most devastating of all, we lost a family member far too young to cancer
To say these past two years have been stressful would be a gross understatement, but we made it. There were times I felt like my whole family hated me since taking on this project was all really my grand idea; the kids were miserable in the rental, we seemed to hemorrhage cash with every decision. I was busier than…
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Today we delve into the mind of an interior designer! When my husband and I started on this home building project, we knew we needed someone with a skill set that involved architecture and the ability to put what we were envisioning and describing on paper. We needed a design firm that could take the plans and elevate them in CAD so we had a visual of each space. Do I wish I had looped in the firm much sooner in this process? Yes. Yes, I do.