Dream House

As soon as I get out of college, I’m going to try to obtain a job as soon as possible. If this works out, I will probably work for a couple years and save up enough money to start building a house. My cousin and I already have a plot of land picked out in our hometown, Mathews, Virginia. Our boss owns the land and says he will sell it to us for a fair price. The piece of land is a little over 10 acres, which is plenty for a large garage and two houses. We plan to build the houses fairly far apart with the garage in between. This way we can still have some privacy from each other when we need it. We have both been neighbors since we were born, and we want to keep it that way. We’re both huge gear heads, which is the main reason we want to build a six bay garage, complete with heating and air condition. The land is shaped like a triangle with a long edge against the road and the tip away from the road. The plan is to build the houses closer to the long edge on the road and to put the garage out back closer to the tip of the triangle. For houses, we’re thinking of a single story rancher style with a floor space of about 2,000 square feet. This may seem small for today’s standards, but I grew up in a 1,650 square foot house with my sister and parents and it was enough room for me. We plan to build the houses with room for expansion just in case we don’t have enough room. Unfortunately for us, the cost of living in Virginia is slightly higher than the U.S. average according to bestplaces.net. However, in our minds it is worth the extra cost to live in our hometown, Mathews County.