house plan

It's getting exciting! We've found a nice piece of property and decided on a 2 story house plan- with a few minor modifications. Manana, we have a "perk" test to make sure there are no wetlands or hydric soil to prevent us from building where we want and then we start clearing as few of the the trees as possible.

The property is 5 acres halfway between Portland and Seattle- 2 great cities to get to easily. We 're planning on no grass and native planting for low maintenance. Learning as we go and so far everyone has been great. Lewis County has a great planning department and the folks at the local public utility just keeps smiling while we ask lots of dumb questions.