House?!

Some exciting news!! Greg and I have recently qualified for the Northwest Housing Development program. For those of you who aren't familiar with this program it is similar to habitat for humanity except we pay for our house. There will be a group of 6 families building in our neighborhood, and we will all build each others house. We build in stages so we do every ones foundation, every ones framing, siding and so on. This way the houses are done about the same time. There is a professional on site to supervise and help, they do multiple inspections throughout this process, and they teach us how to properly build each part of the house. In the end we build over 65% of the house. They contract out plumbing, electrical, and the cabinetry. We are awaiting our load acceptance which we should find out about with in the next week or 2. If we are accepted, which we think looks pretty good, we can start building in June. They say to expect 10-12 months to build depending on how well the group works together. We're hoping our move in date would be between April and June. We would be moving up to Graham Wa. which is only about an hour from where we are now. We can have friends and family help which is great since we are required at least 35 hrs a week of building time. So if you're in the area and can swing a hammer (or are willing to babysit while we swing our hammers)....come on down!! You're our next contestant on build that house!!!!