And We're Off - Cottage 23 Construction Commences

Cottage 23 is a new design that was inspired by a neat little 100 yr old house across the street from where I eat breakfast Sunday mornings in Damascus, PA. It's a very nice house and as I've mentioned before, we look at thousands of designs in order to find a couple that work for us. Over the last couple of years I have probably perused15000 designs in all shapes and forms in magazines, roadtrips, internet design sites - and we've come up with exactly 43 that work for us. We are discerning - Just like our customers. And that probably explains why we are kickin' it bigtime in this monstrous recession - I love saying 'kickin it bigtime in this monstrous recession' because I know it really burns a few readers up who have wished for our demise for many years. But we've out-Sun Tzu'ed 'em all, and are getting ready to shortly expand our reach even further to become the only game in Town - whoops, my mistake, we already are.

Back a 400 ft driveway, Cottage 23 sits privately surrounded by large pines and oaks, stone walls and a little stream. We cleared a little more than usual, giving it a wooded pastoral feel. Hidden, but not isolated. Pretty, but not showy. Modest, but not annoyingly self-deprecating. Here's old Norm, the excavation master kicking more butt with his big machines. I mean, this guy really keeps us moving, working 7 days a week, to all hours. Lisa says 'he needs a girlfriend' but I like him single and focused.

We all ready got the foundation in - and the framers start on Thursday. So by the end of next week or so, we will have a house.

That is, a house for sale. And for those who follow our progress, it's a rear opportunity to jump to the head of the line. 2 bedrooms, bath and 1/2, vaulted kitchen ceiling, couple of porches, couple of acres, and for a couple of hundred g's, it can be yours.