We’re Building!

We’re Building!! I can’t believe I’m saying that! We have been looking for land for at least ten years now, and can’t believe how lucky we got with this piece of land we found. We actually found and bought this parcel 3 years ago. Yes, we move slow! Moving slow has actually helped us though, because during the Covid years, building material cost skyrocketed! They have gone down since, but aren’t any where near pre covid prices unfortunately.

We had been actively searching for land in Temecula for so long and saw several properties. We even put an offer in on one and it just didn’t feel right, and had a lot of restrictions, so we withdrew the offer. It honesty seemed like we weren’t going to be able to get land here in Temecula. There really was no good land left that was in our budget. And dirt isn’t cheap in Southern California! I used to look up parcels and write to the owners asking if they would sell to us, but nothing came from that. My wish was to have land when the kids were little for them to play and grow up on. Both Adam and I grew up in homes on some acreage, so I really wanted that for the kids. But it’s all in God’s timing! I just kept praying from Him to put us where we should be, and I guess that was in a Tract home, and I was thankful for it. We had stopped looking for a while and during covid we started up again. We had honesty all but given up, when we saw this parcel come on the market.

When we first walked on this property I had an overwhelming sense of home. I know that sounds strange, but it’s true! I just had a feeling that this was it, that’s when I knew this where we needed to be. So we put in an offer and they countered and we countered. Well during that time a second offer came in. So the realtor let us know that they were going to go with another offer because it was full price. We didn’t want to loose the land so we had to go in higher. All this to say that we should have gone with their first counter lol! We ended up paying $20,000 more than we would have if we did! That seems to be the story of life though! We always end up paying more for things.

I can’t wait to share the whole process with you! It’s been quite the learning experience, and I will share all that I have learned along the way! We will be sharing all the nitty gritty with you! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel, I will be doing an on going series on the building process on there! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the blog, I will be doing regular blog post on the process as well! I am so excited to bring you along on this journey!