Reasons To Build In Tennessee

Here's a list of the biggest reasons to live in Tennessee, and therefore the reasons we want to look for a place to build in either East Tennessee, West Tennessee, or right here in Middle Tennessee.

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Friends Give Us A Big Nudge

Jim & I thought of a whole new angle to our search for a place to build our dream home... We've only considered the possibility of having creeks around our house up to this point. But what about considering LAKES?!

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Calling All Landowners

To help speed up the process, I'm spending some time going through the Williamson County Property Appraiser's website looking for vacant property in our favorite areas. You know, land that may have been passed down through the family, or that someone bought as an investment. For whatever reason, they have not built a home on that particular piece of land yet. The plan is to call each of these homeowner and see if they'd be willing to sell that land to us.

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Could It Be… Yet Another Forested Piece of Paradise?

The one we like is on Oscar Green Road (technically in Primm Springs, TN... a very tiny community right next to Franklin & Leiper's Fork). The builder/developer met us there so he could show us the boundaries of the property. Good thing he did -- we'd never have made sense of those woods on our own. Anyway... It was SO nice!

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Exploring More Land

After the bad news, we stayed and talked to the guy about a few other pieces of land that he knew were for sale. A couple of them are in some fairly remote parts of Leiper's Fork. We drove our Jeep to one of them today... pretty cool

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We’re Moving On…

Oh, the emotions -- the ups & downs, the highs and the lows of looking for property are beginning to take their toll on me. It's like a roller coaster ride & I want off!

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Driving Around …and Around

We spent the day looking at a few more properties we've passed while driving around Williamson County. But now... nothing compares to the 5 acres next to Smokey Joe's Cabin!

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Log Home Floor Plans… Search Now!

Use this Online Search Form to search for log home plans. It's free & easy!... Just choose the style (e.g. log), size, and amenities that you would like in your new home and see all of the house plans that match your selection. Simply browse through the list until you find the floorplan you like best.

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Our First Official Meeting With An Expert In The Field

After he told us that Smokey Joe's Cabin was sold, we decided to meet with the developer/log home builder guy to try & get some ideas about pricing and the actual process for building our own log home. He's the expert... been doing it for 20-some years. Until now, we'd never even considered building a log home.

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You Snooze, You Lose!

Well, I guess we took too much time to do our homework... the log home sold. That 'cute little cabin in the woods' was not meant to be ours.

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A Look Inside Our 3rd Log Home

While we were out looking at Smokey Joe's Cabin (again), we ran into the builder/neighbor (again). This time, he invited us to come inside to see what a larger (and more custom-built) log home looks like. Heck yeah! Here's what it was like...

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We Met A V.I.P.!

Small world... We met a key player in this process of buying (or even building!) a log home here in Williamson County, Tennessee!

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