Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Crown Point here we come!

There's a subdivision, just above our land, called Crown Point. There are three estate homes, all sold recently, that need the services of 'The Cabin Keeper'. Today was the day that I made contact with each property. No one was home but I left, well protected, information about our private property management services.

Now that I have the telephone thing under control, all should be good and the phone should be ringing off the hook.

Met with electrician, lumber mill and surveyor today. The surveyor was a priority as I've heard horror stories of people building up here and some of the structure was on someone else's property...NOT GOOD! Crown Point is our adjacent neighbor and I wanted to make sure we were good with our proposed house site. The surveyor assured me that we were....thank goodness.

Got my ears lowered today. Freda did the honors and as I've found countless times, she was a sweetheart and very hospitable.

Tomorrow's moving day, again. This time I head 9 miles up the road with the camper through September 5th then I'm back to the New River Campground until September 18th. After that is anybody's guess (they have a 14 day per month limit but I'm going to see if that can be waived).

More later,
Z and Katy out!
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