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Building Our New Schumacher Home: Finalize

Building Our New Schumacher Home: Finalize

We ended up modifying the floor plans, changing window locations, removing some walls and cabinets and adding a carport. We worked with two people at this stage. The website says they are New Home Consultants. The gentleman helped with floorplans modifications, the young woman helped 

Choosing the Soaker Tub

Choosing the Soaker Tub

The house includes a 5′ fiberglass one piece tub and shower combination. This is fine for the guest bathroom, but I want a deeper tub for me. I went through this before when I added a second bath to the log cabin. I did a 

912 Sq Ft 2-Story 24 x 24 Tuff Shed Cabin

912 Sq Ft 2-Story 24 x 24 Tuff Shed Cabin

Tuff Shed cabins and auxiliary buildings are built on your location. The outside is finished and you complete the inside yourself. With planning, these little houses like the Tuff Shed TR-1600 2-story farmhouse can be finished to make an economical house. The Yellowstone Cabin Shell 

Homesite Inspection

Homesite Inspection

They came out to evaluate our land to be sure the house we picked will fit there today. We had already decided we would put the house on the front of the land. The builder and the grader met me on the land. He measured 

Building a New House – Choosing the House Location

Building a New House – Choosing the House Location

The original house was going to be a ranch. We were looking at modulars and plans that were about 40’ at the front and 27’ or so deep. We had measured and laid it out on the land and it fit perfectly. The driveway would 

Edits to Schumacher Homes Cross Creek

Edits to Schumacher Homes Cross Creek

So, after looking at a lot of modulars and doing the numbers, we found we just couldn’t get what we want. We are looking at the Cross Creek plan from Schumacher Homes: www.schumacherhomes.com/house-plans/car/cross-creek/ We thought modular would be much less expensive. But after we added 

Modulars: The Maiden II at Premier Homes of the Carolinas

Modulars: The Maiden II at Premier Homes of the Carolinas

Cliff and I drove to Premier Homes of the Carolinas. I wanted to show him the Garland. We toured the rest of the homes, too. This one is the Maiden II. It is made with three pieces. This is The Maiden II. It was much 

More Mora Clocks

More Mora Clocks

Mora clocks are longcase clocks with a pendulum and weights. They date from the late 1700s through the 1800s. The clock movements were made in the Mora area of Sweden. They are eight-day clock movements. That means they only have to be wound once a 

Schumacher Homes Design Studio

Schumacher Homes Design Studio

This is the Design Studio downstairs at the Schumacher Homes model between Asheville and Hendersonville, NC. “We have custom options galore, inspiring model homes and a team of New Home Consultants ready to listen to you describe your dream home.” Schumacher Homes Website AND we 

Building Our New Schumacher Home: Customize

Building Our New Schumacher Home: Customize

From home we looked at all of the floor plans, chose one and started to make modifications. We met with a man that took our modifications and gave us a price for each one. We got a little carried away and added about 100 thousand