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Great tips! I wouldn’t have thought of most of those!

You don’t need the guards. MMM mowers don’t fully guard, Zero Turns don’t guard and landscapers remove any guards that may be there.

Such great information for anyone building a house. When we built ours 7 years ago. We did some of the sweat equity. I did all the mechanical and cleaned the site almost daily. ( I didn't want construction debris in the walls). Final walk through, if not multiple ones are key to make sure all issues are taken care of. We still find things we didn't see 7 years ago.

Good Info, or just build it yourself and regret every decision you make...

Check your description, V-E-T not v-e-Y. 😉 Other than that nice tips. I'd love to keep up with the progress once y'all start building.

Good review! I just can't bring myself to mow with a conventional tractor, its just too slow, however if you need a tractor for other things it may save you money. I agree with your comments on mowing with a commercial mower.

Makes me miss my tractor. I bought the rough cut frontier mower for my tractor when I had my ranch in BC.

Did you tram the mower? : D

God review. John Deere certainly doesn’t make implements like they used to.

Gotta love it when they just pile the junk in the middle of where you want to go

So if I understand correctly, you do actually have frontage on the road which is all your own. But all three properties are going to share one driveway?

What state are you in? I think we would get in a lot of trouble doing that here in FL.

Like the old saying goes, “the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the next best time is today.” No point in waiting until you’ve built the house to plant trees.

If you don’t want to mow you might want to plant something with a good canopy and/or something acidic enough to preclude grass from growing. Otherwise, you’ll find your still mowing, but this time having to do so around trees.

My understanding is Sycamores like it wet, so we find them here in river valleys and such. So I'm really surprised to see one trying to grown in the gravel beside the road!

In some communities in the US fire departments will schedule visits to fill swimming pools. I wonder if the fire agency local to your property would be willing to coordinate a training night to fully fill you up once or twice a not freezing time of year?

Looks fun. I Should do a tour of our watering set up. Its a little different than yours.

That must be a little annoying to only be able to bring half of a tote of water every time you need water at the property! Looks like you guys are making the most of it though. You may have already found a solution for this, but if you want to be able to completely fill your 5 gallon buckets, you can get a stick transfer pump from Ryobi or Milwaukee and you could fill those buckets in a matter of seconds through the top… Hope you all are doing well!

Congratulations! You will have SO much fun with it!

Hopefully your Deere dealer gave you a nice bundle price! The 3025E, with its larger frame, larger tires, and higher three point lift height does make it potentially more useful for some implements and jobs than the 1025R which has the same HP. But that 25HP will limit how big an implement you can drive with the PTO and the heavier body will tax the engine more. It's a compromise that should work for you as long as you don't expect too much from that combination of relatively low HP with a heavy frame. I chose the New Holland Workmaster 25 (a competitor 25 HP larger frame compact tractor) over the 3025E for two reasons: the New Holland came with a set of rear remotes already installed and the entire loader could be easily removed (and, truth be told, cost was more for the JD). I expected to do field work with a plow and disc in a small area and I wanted to be able to lighten the tractor as much as possible and shorten the overall length to get into tighter spaces. But I don't think you will be unhappy. So long as you are not in any great hurry to finish jobs the slower pace of a 25HP machine limits you to, it will be such a massive improvement over a zero-turn, shovel, and wheelbarrow you will be giddy.

Nice tractor!!

Congratulations. Your pride in ownership was palpable 👍🏻

That tractor will be very useful both now and as you develop the property!

Congratulations, tractors are awesome. One of my favorite purchases ever was my John Deere 4044m. I was sad when we sold it to move.

Very nice addition!

Way to go, Rebecca! (@6:51) Don't let him have all the fun! Way to go, Bruce! Make sure someone else can do the mowing too!

Looks like it's going to be a workhorse, so cool! Also, I'm glad to finally know definitively that cows are real!

Nice addition to the family. I hope it works its ass off for you over the years.

Why do you want the master near the kitchen?

What is the little nook in the master for? It’s open to the bedroom or has a door?

Cool I never considered using Preview to draw house plans I wonder how many comments mention sketch up? I use ArchiCad, REVIT, AutoCAD, & Sketch Up - expensive for sure but all offer 30 day trials

Hey Bruce. That's interesting thinking on your pantry. It feels like I would get a bit frustrated by the walking distance from the rest of the kitchen; the prep area, oven and fridge, for example. But if you've thought it through, and you think it'll work best for your lifestyle, then that's all that matters. When we were designing our house, I found a cool bit for freeware called Sweet Home 3D, where you draw the floorplan yourself, including doors, windows, and even (if you want) furniture, and the software builds a 3D model in real-time. (Best used with multiple monitors.) We went through about 18 different layouts before we found one that worked, and then paid a professional drafter to draw it up properly (as it sounds like you're doing), and then we shopped it around to find a builder. It's quite a process, huh. I"m enjoying watching you go through it; thanks for sharing. If you're interested, you can see some clips of our demolition and build on my other channel: th-cam.com/video/f9hzY6SZ3fc/w-d-xo.html All the best.

Super cool! This is so much better than describing what you want with words. I think the conversion rate is about 1,000 words per picture if I remember correctly!

Your land has some slope to it, doesn’t it? Just wondering about how exposed the basement might be and things like basement windows and such. Also, I agree with Rebecca about wanting to be able to drop groceries close to the garage door. I think that pantry access will be a smart move!

My heart goes out to you both! You are honest, hard-working people and I know that you'll find a way to make the dream happen. Keep the hope alive!

So sorry to hear this, its an unfortunate situation. I get how you feel, it's a rough game of figuring out what works with the lender. Looking forward to watching your progress.

That sucks. I feel for you that way. I’m self employed and that has screwed me over a couple times. If I had a job with a paystub with the same pay I could qualify for twice the loan but because I’m self employed it’s a hassle.

Ugh that sucks, sorry guys! Hopefully you’re able to work something out to get it going sooner!

What a bummer. Keep moving forward. It will happen.

Such a bummer but that’ll make it all the more worth it when it does happen!

Sorry,guys! Some things are just outside your control

I hate to hear this. It'll happen soon enough. God has a plan for y'all!

Sorry guys! Keep grinding!

Oh bummer. So sorry to hear this. Hope you can eventually build sooner rather than later.

Cool idea to save some 💰 I wouldn't have thought of finding some ditch trees!

You should plant a row of Christmas trees on your land.

Ale8! That’s hard to find here in Alabama. My son discovered it on a youth mission trip to Kentucky last year and loves it. We can get it from time to time at our local Piggly Wiggly but it’s a rare treat.

It's good to hear both of your perspectives! We may be building a house in the future and I would love to pick your brain

Looks great Bruce! It’s awesome she is excited to help you. She’s got great positive energy. Your vanity color is almost identical to ours now! -Ben

That's exciting! We built our current house and it was nice to design and build in features that we always wished we had or that were new and custom just for us. But you're right... it can be quite a stressful time while it's all happening.