{"id":5111,"date":"2009-04-13T13:09:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2009-04-13T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T20:09:36","slug":"local-first-hand-journal-of-the-custom-home-building-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/13\/local-first-hand-journal-of-the-custom-home-building-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Local First-Hand Journal of the Custom Home-Building Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Davidson<\/a> (founder and CEO of Newsvine<\/a>) at last week’s No News is Bad News event<\/a>. During our conversation, he alerted me to an excellent blog that he has been updating since October 2007 in which he is chronicling his journey to build a custom home: A House By The Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a snippet from his About page:<\/p>\n

In beginning the process of building a house, I\u2019ve found no singular source of information online which describes the start-to-finish process of creating a new custom home. There are a ton of \u201cBuilding A Home For Dummies\u201d-style books on Amazon, as well as disparate blog posts and photo galleries about new construction, but nowhere have I found a coherent, first-hand journal of the entire process from the standpoint of someone like me: a guy building his first house with no clue what to do besides putting one foot before the other.<\/p>\n

A House By The Park will attempt to be that guide for others looking to do exactly what I\u2019m trying to do: build a great, affordable custom home with no prior experience. If something like this existed before I began my project, I know I\u2019d be a lot more equipped than I currently am.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mike is detailing the entire process, including the hunt for and acquisition of the perfect plot of land on which to build his home, which happens to be right here in the Seattle area.<\/p>\n

One of the greatest features of A House By The Park<\/a> is that Mike is 100% transparent about how much he is spending on each step of the process. At the end of each post in which he discusses a new cost for the project, he plainly lists all the costs in a simple table, providing those who follow in his footsteps a great data point for comparison to their own project.<\/p>\n

A House By The Park<\/a> would be an awesome resource for anyone considering going through the process of building a custom home. I highly recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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