This is your one stop shop to learn about the steps necessary to getting electric on your rural land.

Before we got into this process, I honestly thought a “septic system” was just one thing you install and move on. Turns out, there are actually several different types—and which one you can use depends almost entirely on your land.

Before starting this process, I honestly never gave much thought to where water comes from. You turn on the faucet and water comes out. That’s about as far as my knowledge went. 😂 Here is all we learned along the way!

Buying land is exciting… until people start throwing around words like perc test, elevation, compaction, and grading plan like you’re supposed to know what any of that means. Here's everything you need to know to start the process confidently.

We didn’t build our house the “right” way—but it worked. Here’s how we managed a custom home build while working full time and doing things differently.

Saving money during a build doesn’t always mean doing everything yourself . It means being intentional. Here is how we saved money while building our dream home.

We were full-time working parents who built their dream home on 20 acres with ZERO prior experience. Here's how we made it work.

How we proved to manage the risk for a bank considering us for a construction loan to build our modern farmhouse.

When you’re building a home, you want to prepare for everything. You want to be ahead of every possible curveball. But the honest truth? Some things are going to happen no matter how prepared you are.

If I could go back and give my past self one thing during our custom home build, it wouldn’t be a bigger budget or a faster timeline. It would be this tool.

I get messages about building a home almost daily. Some version of: Where do I even start? Do I need a GC? How long does this actually take? What order does everything happen in? And every time, I think the same thing — there is no way a DM can do this topic justice. So instead of half-answers and voice notes sent at midnight, I sat down and worked weewy weewy hawd (iykyk) to put everything into one simple, no-fluff Google Doc you can actually use. This isn’t something I’m

How to design a timeless and cozy home.

I created my FREE Budget Tracker to help you organize, plan, and confidently bid out your new build without the stress or guesswork.

I get this question all the time —and there’s no way a DM can cover it. So I worked "weewy weewy hawd" to put everything into one simple Google Doc you can actually use. It’s the playbook we wish we had: clear steps, realistic details, and zero fluff. I am not selling this, nor do I get paid from sharing any of this information. Just passing along to the next family who is sharing our same dream, hoping it can help just 1 person. Who this is for First-time homebuilders who w