10 Days to Find a Home to Live in For 7 Years!

So according to my husband's employer we would have 10 days to find our next home. Mind you we will be living in this house for 7 years....or more.  Ideal, right?  Not so much.  With me being 8 months pregnant and having a 4 1/2 year old child along for the ride......it was very stressful. Not until the 8th day did we find a location and house plan that was a good fit for my family.  We chose Ryan homes, Courtland floor plan, and have an acre lot.  We are very pleased that the school is less than 1 mile away and 1 1/2 years old.  On the down side the acre lots don't allow fencing which is a concern.  All of the neighbors use invisafencing but I'm assuming they have "normal" dogs.  Our new Dalmatian is not the sharpest tool in the shed and am worried that the invisafence will not keep her in.  The reason I'm worried is because we use a training shock collar for behavioral reasons and she can fight through even the highest setting.  But, I'm trying to be optimistic and hope that the invisafence using a higher voltage and can really get her attention since this will be her safety we are talking about. 

I thought all was well and was happy as a lark with our decision on building until I got online and saw all of the horror stories about Ryan Homes.  I'm still trying to be hopefull though since our close friends that live nearby have a home built by Ryan Homes and have been living there HAPPILY for 10 years.  In closing, I started this blog to try and document our first new home build.