Find the Lot, then design the house -Summer 2007

After deciding that we would build a custom home, we first set out to find a lot. We had long since decided to move to Maumelle, about 15 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas.

We quickly discovered that choosing the lot first was the right decision. Maumelle has many hills and several odd shaped lots so many house plans won't work on just any lot.

Kris and I found a corner lot on a cul-de-sac that provided the opportunity to build a house with only one neighbor within 100 feet of our house - a rarity in most subdivisions.

Once we found the lot and began to work on a house plan, we discovered that our plan would likely not fit on another lot in town, so we secured a lot loan and purchased the lot in July of 2007.