Sunset Ridge Shop Build

 Well, it's going to happen....

A couple of years ago we bought our dream retirement home in the foothills. Its a nice house on 6 acres and sits at the top of a hill. The house is oriented lengthwise North-South with a back deck facing East and the front porch facing due West. 

One of our favorite things is to have coffee on the back deck and watch the sunrise and later to have a glass of wine on the front porch to watch the sunset....Hence the name Sunset Ridge.

Over the past 2 years, we've been working on the unfinished basement, clearing the property of manzanita and other overgrown vegetation and a ton of other small projects to make it what we want it to be.

Last year, we began the planning for a barn/shop on the lower pad below the house. At the time, it was just that. Looking at websites, playing with design software, imagining the look, feel and usage of the space, budgeting estimated costs, etc....pretty much just dreaming.

Well, this week that all changed from a dream to reality when I put the deposit down on our 32x30 metal barn building. 

It's going to be a bit of a process still as we have to wait on engineered plans, then submit to the county for permits, send to concrete contractors for bids and wait for all of the pieces to fall in to place. And while this is all very exciting, waiting has never been one of my strong suits....

Fasten your seatbelts folks, we're in for a bumpy ride......