Building a House: How it all began

Way back in March of 2014 we placed our home in Loganville, Ga on the market. We were renting it to family so we weren't too eager to sell but knew once we did sell we would be able to purchase a home in Alabama. We began looking on Zillow and ValleyMLS for homes around our area. This was so fun to me. I love looking at the pictures. We decided on a particular area to help narrow our search and would spend the next few months figuring out what exactly we were looking for in a home. In May 2014 we went to look at some new constructions in the area we were wanting and once we walked into the model home we were hooked.  It was beautiful inside but what was more appealing to us was the use of space. There was no wasted space. The builder utilizes every square foot. The neighborhood is small with only about 60 other homes and two streets and very close to a growing area of town. Which will help with resale waaaay later down the road. :) It was within our price range so we went ahead and signed a contingent contract to reserve a lot knowing we had to sell our home in Georgia first. We actually still kept looking at other homes to make sure this was the right one and prayed about it ALOT. It took longer than we expected to sell our home but it finally happened in December. After the holidays we contacted the original agent we spoke with to get the ball rolling on building our new home.

This is a street view of our Lot. the house being built in this picture is our neighbor's to the left of us.

This is an aerial view of the area. We are surrounded by a greenway (a strip of undeveloped land near an urban area, set aside for recreational use or environmental protection.)

and across the street from a ball park. The street to the far left is the major road to get to the interstate and we timed Kevin's commute and it was only 15 minutes. We could barely get out of our neighborhood to a major road in that time in Atlanta. 

If you care I'll be posting more on the whole process as it happens. If you don't care poo on you j.k. I'm doing it mainly for family to see progress and for us to look back and remember.