My wife Mary and I are building our new home in North Andover. We’ll be cataloging progress, successes, and failures here on our home-made blog Building Our Home.
by Ryan Schruender
So you’ve done all the paperwork and preparation, and now you’re ready to get started. Now what?
This is Part 4 of our series on building a custom home in North Andover: breaking ground. Here’s what the ground-breaking process looks like.
Once all your red tape is finalized and the builder is ready, it’s time to get the engineers, builders, and excavators moving onto the next step:
Dig.
by Ryan Schruender
Let’s face it.
One of the best parts of building is picking out and designing a house that is unique to you.
Yes, it’s fun. But it can be overwhelming. Below are some tips and tricks that worked for us.
This is Part 4 of our series on Building a Custom Home in North Andover: this post is all about planning what to build.
If haven’t read about the engineering process first you may want to start there and then come back to this post.
by Ryan Schruender
This post is all about the engineering and plot plan process. It’s more complicated than you might think!
This is Part 3 of our series on building a custom home in North Andover: engineering! Here’s what to expect when dealing with architects and engineers in custom home development.
The biggest question we had was this:
Because we had such a small lot, Mary and I wanted to know what we could build—what are the dimensions of houses that can fit in this spot?
Here’s how we found out.
by Ryan Schruender
Hey! Here’s the latest update (Part 2) on our Building A Custom Home in North Andover series: mostly planning, paperwork, and red tape!
Sounds fun, doesn’t it? It’s not.
But it’s necessary, and it’s all working toward the end goal: building our own custom home in North Andover!
This is our first update in a long while, so here’s everything we’ve done so far.
by Ryan Schruender
Hi there! My name is Ryan Schruender and my wife, Mary, and I just got approval to build a custom home next to our current house.
We couldn’t be more excited. It was a long process to get to this point but we hope to share with you our experience from here on out.
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