Smallish Update
We saw our contractor earlier this week and he gave us (mostly) final numbers. Enough to go “gulp!”, but about what we expected. We have done some upgrades to the basics of the house…things like the “craneboard” siding in a color WE want (vinyl siding with foam underneath…adds to the durability of the siding and to the insulation on the house), forever-lasting “wood” for the porch stairs (I think to the whole porch, but don’t quote me on that), the heaters and the tub we want…things like that.
When our house is done, it will be EnergyStar qualified. So, perhaps better interest rates and perhaps tax breaks and perhaps lower energy bills.
We figured out how to solve the “where is the front door” problem we were having…we’re going to have covered porches off the front and back of the house, instead of just the front. It might limit where the house can go some, but I think we’ll like it better, in the long run.
Next step is to talk to FIL and get final numbers on the property swap, work on that, and work on getting the loan(s?). Hubby will start on that tonight.
We still aren’t in a super-hurry, we can always delay if we need to, but my worries about delay would be that interest rates might go up more than they already have and that, depending on when we start, we might finish in the middle of the winter…I have no desire to move in the middle of an ice storm.
Hubby was debating about trying to get a second quote, but I think we’ve got a good one…I know the base price on the house is reasonable and everything the contractor has added on is reasonable and stuff *we’ve* asked to have added.
Hopefully, soon, we’ll be proceeding…yikes…woohoo!