Since we've decided to sell our house in a trendy Memphis neighborhood and build a new house in what currently is a several-acre vacant lot in a part of town that has been neglected for decades, a few people have been, um, curious as to what we're doing and why. The site of the new neighborhood was, until quite recently, home to a huge housing project in Memphis. Crime abounded, as the surrounding neighborhood crumbled. (Strangely enough, the surrounding homes look a whole lot like the h...

Well, here it is, my first attempt at blogging. I knew that I had to have a specific topic if I wanted to ever write a blog, and I've finally got one! My husband and I have decided to take the plunge and sell our first house, a 1935 bungalow, that we've owned for 11 1/2 years, and custom-build a new home in a newly-redeveloped area in downtown Memphis. Since I've heard other people's horror stories and "things I wish I'd known" in prior building projects, I'll offer this blog to any other ...