Did a quick weekend trip last weekend with a plan to meet Rich Halverson from Halverson Plumbing out of Black River Falls. We set this up ...

Flew back to Chicago/Wisconsin in late July to celebrate Joe’s little brother, Jon, graduating from High School. This gave us an opportunit...

We didn't have anything planned for the holiday weekend (I don't like traveling during holidays) but it started off with an exciting...

After thinking about it for a few weeks, both Joe and I decided to move forward with Plan B. We just liked it better as it seemed more simp...

Really, this is Plan C of location #3...between the mill concept and the HWY 54 property, we were trying to negotiate to purchase eleven acr...

Sometimes, Plan B ends up being better than the original plan and that is what Joe and I believe about the second design concept for our hom...

After having time to review the geotechnical report, we scheduled a conference call with our architect , Jim, on January 8th. Jim talked to ...

We received the Geotechnical Report from CVT on December 30th. Overall, it was good news to know that competent bedrock was between 12'...

In November, the architect asked about the subsurface condition to ensure where the house could be placed (how far away from the top of the ...

 A couple weeks ago, Jim sent us a few aerial and elevation views of the topo data that Anne generated from our survey.  It was neat to see ...

Anne and I have spent a lot of time (years) looking through various magazines and websites (Dwell, Innovative Home, Architectural Record, et...

We drove down to Madison yesterday to meet Jim Gempeler the residential design architect at GMK Architecture . We actually met Jim a few yea...

We just arrived driving from Riverside, CA to our property in Wisconsin.  We drove here to meet with an architect in Madison, WI to possibly...

Maps at last! I've made three maps to show some of the details of the property that we obtained from our survey back in July. The firs...

Finally getting time to update the blog with our recent progress. Although it took a little longer than expected, we finally closed on the ...

Since the whole Mill property fiasco started going down, we started searching for a new place to build. We did find a pretty cool place and ...

It has been a long time since we last posted and much has happened since then. Much of it was related to legal issues we have had with the ...

Hi everyone. I have been remiss in maintaining our blog. After the December Board of Appeals hearing, I was pretty upset and had a har...

So, my Dad called today. He left a voice mail message. He never hardly calls, and if he does, he doesn't leave voice mail messages...

So I finally did it. I never thought in my life I would have a real need to ever hire an attorney, but I do now! In addition to resear...

Today, the BOA finalized their official denial letter. During the December 18 th appeal hearing, the BOA was advised they could consult...

The meeting minutes were finally done today. I have been asking for all kinds of information from the Village to see if it can help my c...

The reporter from the local paper, the Banner Journal, attended the BOA appeals hearing and wrote up an article for the paper. Unfortuna...

The Board of Appeals (BOA) meeting was held today to see if a zoning permit would be issued. There were five variances requested by us: ...