How To Build A House, Construction Check Off List

June 9, 2008 · Filed Under Land Development, New Construction, New Homes · Comment 

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Ok, here we are. We have a building lot that has been cleared and pilings are set for our new “ocean style” house on pilings in Holden Beach, NC but how did we get our construction to this point?

As a builder, it’s a great feeling to watch a building start to rise from the dirt, but there is a lot of work that must happen first. A client usually does not realize the time, effort and costs just to get a house to the point where you see it in the photo above, and it’s no where near completion. We have just started!

Let’s look at what has happened in the form of a list to get us where we are today.

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Preserving a Piece of Coastal North Carolina History

June 5, 2008 · Filed Under Brunswick Landing, Land Development · 2 Comments 

The old Long Beach Pier that stood on Oak Island, NC may be long gone but not forgotten. Once, the longest pier in the state of NC, it served many and I fished on it myself many times in my lifetime.

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We are preserving a piece of this coastal NC history at Brunswick Landing in Holden Beach, NC. Over the last couple of years I came to know the man who took the pier down to make room for oceanfront condo’s on Oak Island. I salvaged some of the pilings as he took them down because I had an idea.

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My business partner, Doug Weaver, and myself had an idea to use the pilings to build our entrance to our new subdivision. Our entrance monument would always carry a little special sentiment.

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