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Come along on my adventure of building a rental cabin near the Great Smoky Mountains in Townsend, TN

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1/29/22: The Driveway

I’ve been playing with Google Earth to plot out the best location for our driveway.

1/29/22: The Budget Takes a Hit!

Sooooo, when we started talking to the contractor back in June 2021, we were told to use $225/sq foot as a reference for the size of the cabin we could afford. I assumed the costs were coming down from the height of the pandemic, so I never second guessed that number. Well, let me tell…

1/29/22: Design Phase Begins

It’s been 27 years since we’ve built a house, so this process is completely new for us. For those of you that might build in the future, I will describe the pre-build process of building a rental cabin. (1) You get prequalified from the bank for a certain amount (2) You work with a designer…

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