Day 1: The decision

So my fiance and I have been working on trying to find a home. We finally decided today that we want to build our own. This is the first step.

The best thing to do is to sit down with whoever else you are going to be building this home with. My fiance and I are searching online at blueprints. http://joecauthenbuilder.com/joecottages/cottages/images/cottage__6.jpg  This is the one we liked best so far. But that doesn't mean that we are going to make it exactly like the blueprints. We plan to tweak the prints a little to our own tastes while still keeping the 820 sqft limit. We are building a cottage-style home because it is fitting for us.

The next step is to research and find out what you need to do in your Parish or County to get started. Today we plan on talking to my sister about scrap materials from her old trailer since she has her own home and the trailer is unlivable. If she says it's fine to take and use them, then that's our first step to actually making our dream real.

Thanks for reading. :D
Ruth