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February 13, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 1:03:16 PM

A contractor from Warner-Robins called to inquire about building our home. He said he could do it for approx $65 a sq foot. He said he would get with Eric to look at our plans and call me back.

February 9, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 1:01:33 PM

Spoke to Eric today to ask if we have gotten any bids. He suggested one person (I forgot his name) in a neighboring town. He wanted to know if we want to get a couple more. I told him we did. He said he would check and call me back. If I don't hear from him in a couple of weeks, I will call him back.

February 8, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:57:35 PM

We finally did it!!! We have an address! YAY!! Woooohoooo! Our address is:

85 Hall Ln. Eastman GA 31023

February 5, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:54:48 PM

Bobbie asked how I would feel about the housing facing the road. I thought that would be ok. That way you would go through the garage to get to the pond and wouldn't track through the house.

December 22, 2005

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:31:02 PM

We finally received the deed to our land.

December 2, 2005

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:30:13 PM

I purchased the building constructions sets.

November 25, 2005

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:29:04 PM

We made the final payment on the land to the Bankof Eastman. We went to Cplpny Bank to see about a VA loan. We also went to the 9111 office to get an address.

2003

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006 12:27:08 PM

Bobbie and I decided in September of 2003 to purchase some land in his hometown of Eastman GA from his brother Henry. We got a loan the the Bank of Eastman to purchase 2 acres of land. Henry gave us 1/2 acre as a wedding gift. We purchased the land for $1500.00 and acre in October. In 2004, I began searching home plan books and several websites for the kind of home we wanted to build. We considered mobile homes, manufactured homes and homes built from the ground. We (rather Bobbie) settled on a home built from the ground. In the early part of 2005 I found a home plan that we both liked. I began looking at home decoration books and magazines. Mostly for kitchens and baths. I went to Home Depot and Lowe's and began pricing lights, ceiling fans, faucest, cabinets, tubs, etc.

My initial thought was to be an owner-builder and hire sub-contractors. However that was not possible since one of us would have to be there almost every day to make sure things went smoothly. On November 25, 2005 we paid the land off. We wanted to purchase more land to build a pond. We didn't get the piece of land we wanted because Henry's friend, Wes Jenkins made a road through it. So we asked Henry about the land by the creek so we could put our pond there. He agreed to sell us 4 acres for $1,00 and acre. And thus begins our journeyto start building. We plan to start sometime in April.

January 27, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006

We went to Atty. Harrington's office to sign papers and pay him for researching the land and filing the deed. We found out that Henry had two liens on the land. Mr Harrington told us we could come back that afternoon to get the deed. I went back later in the afternoon to pick up the deed. Mr. Harrington didn't have it, but called the courthouse to see if it was ready. It was. He told us to come to him if we needed any help with anything. I left his office and drove next door to the courthouse to go to the county clerk's office. The county clerk himself was working on getting it registered and signed. We left Eastman after Dot got home to head back to Florida. On our way home, we were the first ones on the scene of a fatal accident.

January 26, 2006

Posted to 85-Hall-Ln by Shelly on 3/1/2006

We 'walked' the land. We wanted to see if the ground was hard and level enough to build a house near the creek. We found a spot to build on. We decided which way the house would be facing. We wanted the pond behind us. We wanted to be about 500 yards from the road. Bobbie went in search of the last stake. We found three of them, but couldn't find the last one. We called Mr. Moore, the surveyor, and he told us in which direction to go. Before we left, we placed two poles with a bag and some ribbon tied to it to mark where we where going to put the driveway. The 911 office needed to have that information to give us an address.

We went to Colony Bank to talk to Scooter Harrington about the VA loan. After we left there, we went across the street to the 911 office to see about getting an address, again.

When we left there, we took our plans to Eric Landin of Champion Mortgage so anyone who wanted to bid on the construction could view the plans at his office. We went over some figures for the construction loan and the mortgage. If we borrowed $150,000 our mortgage would be about $750. I think we can build it for less. Eric said he may even build it.

We left there and went to the Bank of Eastman to pay for the four acres of land we agreed to buy from Henry. When we got back to Dot's, Bobbie called Charles to have him meet us at the land to get his opinion as to whether that would be a good place to build. He though it would be.