Thanks so much for such a great book and great website. I really don’t think we could do this without them. My husband and I were talking about how we wished we had read the book 10 years ago and could now be building our “dream” (i.e. final) home with little or no mortgage! C’est la vie. I am teaching my girls about the “step-up” plan (they are 8 and 11!) and, if the law doesn’t change, I will encourage them to use your book to build up to their final home mortgage-free!  Angela Berry

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4-2-09

Posted to Small-Timber-Frame by Small Timber Frame in Central Mass, MA on 4/2/2009 1:14:22 PM

We finally got our building permit this week, after about two years of civil engineering, dealing with the local Conservation Commission, designing the house, and all the rest that it takes to build a custom timber frame home in Massachusetts. The "Rivers Act" essentially grants control of over half my property to the conservation folks in this state, which was a real pain-in-the-@$$. Oh well; we're past all of that now.  We hope to hear from the bank in the next week so that we can begin construction.

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RogerC's Forum Posts: 51 Interview Answers: 3 Average Forum Rating: 3.36 Randomly Selected Image 4/3/2009	Congratulations on moving forward!  Where are you getting your timber framing?
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Small Timber Frame's Forum Posts: 2 Journal Entries: 1 Interview Answers: 59 Average Forum Rating: 4.00 Image from Small Timber Frame's blog 4/3/2009	BTW, Paul Freeman of Lyndeborough, NH is the fellow doing our frame.  You can find him in the ownerbuilderbook contacts for NH. Best regards, Frank Thomas