Tag Archives: modular

Rockin’ The Suburbs

Posted on July 13, 2012 by littletownbigcity

If you want to jump to the time lapse video, click here to skip the details. We got a new house today, y’all! What an amazing day.  We arrived at the property at around 7:30am and the awesome crane operator … Continue reading →

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Magic Modular

Posted on July 1, 2012 by littletownbigcity

We visited the factory yesterday to check out our house “on the line”.  It was really surreal to see these rooms that we have been looking at on a floor plan come to life.  Since we are building modular, the … Continue reading →

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We have permits!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by littletownbigcity

I haven’t been able to update the blog for a while, since we were waiting and waiting AND WAITING for the township to approve our plans and release our building permits.  It took about 4.5 months, but we finally have … Continue reading →

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Choosing Floors

Posted on April 13, 2012 by littletownbigcity

Oh man did we have a hard time picking out flooring!  Our house will be open concept, so we plan to have hardwood throughout the whole house.  The only rooms that will not have hardwood are the bathrooms and possibly … Continue reading →

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Bathroom Shower

Posted on February 8, 2012 by littletownbigcity

Since the first day of the house design process, my husband has been dreaming about having a walk in shower. traditional bathroom design by other metros general contractor Michael Matrka, Inc He was pretty certian that we should not have … Continue reading →

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Front of House

Posted on November 10, 2011 by littletownbigcity

After weeks of meeting remotely with our builder and architect, we have finally decided on a front elevation. We had no idea that things like position of the roof line or type of windows could drastically change the price of … Continue reading →

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Designing Our Home

Posted on November 1, 2011 by littletownbigcity

One of the best and arguably the most frustrating parts of building modular is designing the floor plan and front elevation of our new home.   We love craftsman style houses with lots of arts and crafts detail, especially a nice … Continue reading →

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We have land!

Posted on October 23, 2011 by littletownbigcity

Since we pulled out of our contract on the new townhouse we were building, we have been looking for a suitable alternative.  The only good part about loosing a property after a year of waiting is that we saved some … Continue reading →

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Building Modular

Posted on October 16, 2011 by littletownbigcity

Modular Homes are a type of building system where the home is constructed in segments (called “Modules”) in a climate-controlled factory by skilled craftsmen.     The modules are delivered to your homesite by truck and “dropped” by crane.   … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on October 16, 2011 by littletownbigcity

After nine+ months of waiting for our new townhouse to be completed and no end in sight,  we finally decided to pull out of our contract.  After the initial shock of loosing what we thought was going to be our … Continue reading →

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