We’re Alex and Elena, and we bought six acres of wooded land in 2020.
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After over 18 months of cleanup, site preparation, designing our house, and then splitting the project in half, we broke ground on our garage apartment.
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The goal? Build a debt-free, high-performance, addition-ready home.
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Here’s the first 12 months working on nights and weekends outside of full-time jobs. March 21st, 2022, and that day, we are breaking ground.
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