S1 E5 Woody’s Barndominium Build Story

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

 

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You can find Emily on Instagram @MrsPostframe, and Megan @Woodys_Barndominium_Build.