We’re building our dream home in the mountains of Jasper, GA.
We haven’t started yet and the land is still untouched.
What are some neat ideas for things to do before we start building, and during the building process itself? For instance, we want to hire a photographer to take some pictures of our family and the land before all the bulldozers mess things up. We also want to take pictures/videos throughout the building process. Sort of a scrapbook idea. Candle-lit dinners on the property? I’m talking about keepsake/memorabilia-type things.
Do you have any creative ideas? Also, if you have built your home already, what are some things that you did or wish you had done along the way?
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Video footage is neat to have, especially for big events like the excavation and the concrete pour. As for stills, just buy a pocket-sized 3-5MP digital and bang away as the spirit moves you. Download to your computer each night and write a blog.
When you're all done, edit the thing into some cohesive form and burn it to CD.
Then hope CD's will still be readable by the time you really want to see it again, LOL....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
A recent post made me wish I'd done it . . .
Take a picture of the lumber pile when it's delivered. It's kind of neat to see the "before" stack of wood and the "after" erected frame.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
I like the idea of taking a photo of the site at the end of each day so you can see how the project progressed. Maybe drive a stake in the ground in some handy spot to mark where to stand when taking the photo, so you can get the exact same angle for each picture.
Candle-lit dinners on the property?
Maybe not a candle-lit dinner, but I have camped out on a couple of job sites just for security purposes. Seems like no matter how remote the location, once the lumber package is dropped, the thieves will find it.
I did that on my FIL home and enjoyed it so much, it became my week end retreat. Go out Friday night and back home on Sunday evening. Worked sun up to sundown, cooked on a camp stove, showered with a garden hose, and read a little Tom Clancy by latern light. After dry in I stayed in the house every weekend untill I finished it. saved a ton of time and gas $$ not driving 90 mi. round trips every day.
If you are not building the home yourself, you still might enjoy a weekend camping trip with the family on site every now and then as the job progresses. You see a lot more just strolling around the job, than doing a walk through with the builder every week or two.
Dave