The Schumacher Homes website says the Build stage should take 21 – 25 weeks. They got off to a great start. The day after we closed on the loan, they started pulling the permits. “There are varying degrees of homesite preparation necessary depending on your …
Do you want a Swedish Grandfather clock? Don’t think Ikea. Mora clocks are very different. Not at all Modern. Swedish clocks are just beautiful. They complement any style, from the formal Gustavian traditional in Wallander’s daughter’s husband’s family home to Louisa Glasson’s cheerful cottage on …
We put the Classic Manor New Day Cabin next to the log cabin. We are looking at using a New Day Cabin or a Summer Wind to build a Tiny House on a little piece of land we own. Here are photos of the Summer …
We’ve selected a floor plan from Schumacher Homes. They have some really excellent floor plans to choose from. Schumacher Homes > You can make any alterations you want. We chose the Cross Creek plans and really didn’t make many alterations. This is the front of …
These are the final plans for the kitchen in the Cross Creek we are building. The stainless steel sink is standard. I think they forgot to delete it. We will have the Corian integrated sink from the line above. Unless they plan to give us …
We thought we had made all the selections for the kitchen, but there were still more to make. Schumacher Cross Creek Kitchen – Final > We did not realize that the original plan has a counter height bar, 34 ½”. We raised it to a …
There are a lot of choices in countertop materials. This is probably not a comprehensive list, but these are some of the choices we considered. Granite Marble Soapstone Quartz Concrete Tile Glass Corian, Cultured Marble or other Solid Surface Wood or Butcher Block Stainless Steel, …
Can you build in a flood plain? I am guessing you can, or there would be no houses in Florida. I started doing the research. How flood plain are we? It looks from the survey as if we are only at the edge of the …
When you get a construction loan, they don’t just hand you the money all at once to put in the bank and pay people out of it. The lender disburses money to you and your contractor on a payment plan, called a Draw Schedule. Certain …
The Schumacher Cross Creek model comes with a “pocket office.” It is right beside the entry, off the hallway. The office is 7′ x 7′. It has one window that looks out the front. See that window on the porch? That is my office window. …
