Driveway

So...the driveway has been approved. Our builder went to the Strafford town meeting last night and the permit is not going to be an issue. We are SUPER happy about this because that means building wont be delayed and the trees can stay where they are. Our driveway is going to be 400 feet long...we will definitely have to get a plow haha! Now we are just waiting on the bank's appraiser to come up with a value for the land and building plans to make sure they will meet or exceed the agreed upon land price plus the agreed upon house price. The annoying thing is that the bank really only values the building lot and the rest of the acreage doesn't mean much to them. We really hope the land will value for what we paid for it, especially since we bought it for wayyyyy cheaper than what the sellers paid for it 3 years ago.
This is a really exciting process, but I have never made so many decisions in such a short period of time. Even though I think we are getting a great deal on the land and construction, building is really expensive. The things that have cost us the most are having a nice big center chimney and having lots of good quality windows. We are willing ( and needing!) to skimp on things like kitchen counters and bathroom vanities because we can always update those things down the road. We are also able to save on doing some of the work ourselves such as painting and landscaping.
~Katie