Category Archives: Relocating

Part 7: Saying goodbye to the wetland

Ah, our beloved Long Beach wetland. We were looking so forward to making this our home, but our plans changed: We sold the lot.

Part 6: Wetland delineation report

After 5 months owning the lot, we have finally completed the first of the many “lot prep” steps that must be made be made before building can begin.

Part 5: You bought a wetland?!

With a deed to our new land in hand, you’d think that we’d be frantically completing the many, many steps toward building our new home. Instead, we are in standby mode.

Part 4: The house plan

The Lot Prep journey will take at least four months, most likely many more. While all of that slowly moves forward, Dave and I are working out exactly what house to build.

Part 3: Buying land in Long Beach

We didn’t put our plans on hold, but we switched into a more passive gear: we put ourselves onto several mailing lists, and kept a very critical eye on the results.

Part 2: Building in Ilwaco?

Now that we’d narrowed down the location to the Long Beach peninsula, we focused on a lot that was in the same neighborhood as my brother’s home in Ilwaco.

Part 1: The next adventure: Building a home

My partner and I love our house and this neighborhood, but we decided it was time to move on. The first step in that process? Choose the location!

My partner and were I planning to move away from the Portland suburbs, and of course I blogged about it. Here’s the series. Part 1: The next adventure: Building a home My partner and I love our house and our neighborhood just west of Portland, but we’ve decided it’s time to move on. The first step in that… Read More »

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