by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 14, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Our new dream house did not come in at a dream cost. And so, as I told you last month, we decided to redesign the house. That's no big deal. We've done it so many times already. And we did it endlessly on the first custom home, too. It's the time factor that's killing...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 8, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Details make all the difference in home livability. Your new custom home can go from great to amazing with some forethought and planning. Check out these 8 cool features submitted by the SeerStone Homes community. Implement those that fit your lifestyle and you'll be...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 29, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This afternoon I took the wet-stamped blueprints, the signed and certified engineering drawings, the energy code compliance report, and the 200-some-odd other required doodads to the Lindon City Offices. Along with a check for $100. The house plans have been...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 23, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The city of Lindon require—among a billion other things—a model energy code compliance report to prove, I suppose, that your model energy code is complaint with whatever Lindon officials have deemed necessary to comply with in regards to the energy code. So,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 20, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
While reconfiguring the house plans, Sam asked for a complete list of appliances. For some people this is easy, but for me it's been a chore. I've purchased so many rotten appliances in my life — dishwashers that can only clean pre-washed dishes for example — that...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Money
On Monday we met with the first builder to come up with a bid for us. To say the least, it was disappointing. The total came in at $804,266. And that's after we bought the lot for $248,000. Seriously. We've built a million dollar home. And this is not it! This house...
