No, this post isn't about Spencer learning to walk. It is about taking the first real steps toward our house project. We found a cute little old German man, Manfred to survey our lot. He told us in his accented English that he has "been doing this since [he] was 16. It is a little different now then it was back then." Ironically, when he was staking our lot, the GPS he was using miscalculated the boundary by almost 4 feet! There were also some trees that interfered with the satellite, so he had to do some of the measurements "the old-fashioned way." That made us laugh. You might be able to make out the can of neon orange spray paint he used to mark the boundary points. It is very apparent that we have been surveyed. He came out to the lot 3 times, which surprised me. I thought it was a one-shot deal.
Step two was to find an architect we liked. We did. His name is Mike and he has been wonderful so far. He has designed a lot of the homes in this area, and his portfolio was amazing. His bid was not the lowest, so hopefully we made the right choice and he will improve Troy's design (the floor plan posted on this blog) enough that we won't regret spending the extra $2G to use him.
To protect these guys' privacy, I haven't used their last names, but we would be more than happy to give you their contact info if you will be needing their services in the future.
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Most of the time you get what you pay for when it comes to construction, or anything for that matter. So don't feel too bad you paid a little more for the plans and stuff, it most likely means that they'll be a little better and a little nicer rather than had you gone cheaper! Hopefully, it will all work out that way!
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