This week on The Build Life Podcast Megan tell's her build story. There's so much more than what you saw on social media. This episode is a little longer than normal, so we've added some time stamps to keep it all straight.
Please be warned, in this episode we discuss sensitive topics.
6:40 buying our land
8:00 finding our General Contractor
10:00 fertility issues, getting pregnant, and a deployment
13:00 why I dove into sharing on social media
15:00 why this isn't our forever home
19:30 ordering our steel building
21:00 telling Woody bad news
24:00 book recommendations & writing the biggest check of my life
26:00 May 25, 2021, the craziest day I never anticipated
30:00 finally, the building is going up
31:00 unexpected blessings before Woody's deployment
33:00 dropping Woody off for deployment, nothing goes to plan
36:00 our awful building erecting crew
37:30 why we were so diligent about sharing progress
39:30 our experience using a GC, I could have been a better client
44:30 the hard stuff you didn't hear about
46:00 threat of dishonorable discharge
48:20 Woody comes home early
51:00 Woody sees the house for the first time
53:00 Possibly losing our income mid-build
55:00 why construction basically stopped in February of 2022
1:01:30 "If you would have just hired a contractor"
1:04:40 my favorite policy for family time while building
1:10:00 why we share everyones homes, not just our own
1:13:00 I tell everyone, start marriage counseling before your house is done
Thank you for listening to The Build Life Podcast, new episodes drop every Thursday.
You can find Emily on Instagram @MrsPostframe, and Megan @Woodys_Barndominium_Build.
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