Looks like I'll be breaking ground sometime soon after Memorial Day weekend. :cheers:

I will be getting the foundation and floor poured at that time, and then the rest of the project will probably go a little slower due to me trying to pay cash for the whole thing.

When the project gets going, I'll most likely start another thread with a better title than this one;)

Great news! I'll be watching for your build thread.

I'm going to a meeting tomorrow morning at the office of the guy who's drawing up the plans. The builder is also going to be there.

They want to hammer out some things, between the two of them, that they don't totally agree on right now. We are all friends and I'm sure I'm not going to understand half the stuff they discuss, but I'm probably just going to end up playing moderator between them both. LOL!!

Once you do find a someone who seems "good" try getting a lawyer to draft up a contract for you that way you can save yourself from getting screwed. Or at least you know you did your best to save yourself. There are ways of holding retention, progress payments etc. that you can hold some money until things are right.