Thomas,
Thank you for posting about your experiences and for including plenty of pictures! Reading about your experiences definitely makes the process less intimidating for me.
I was also happy to see that there are still a few counties that don't want to be involved in every step of the process. Alas, that's not the case where I'll be building my house.
From what I've read on your blog, it seems like you may have had the cash on hand for the entire project (I don't recall any mention of a construction loan). If you did get a construction loan, did you learn any lessons that you wished you'd known before embarking on that process?
My situation is a little trickier than normal because my wife has wanted a strawbale house for years, so we'll be wrapping the first floor's frame with plastered bales.
