The NOTCOT Nashville Project House is done! And we are finally home in LA. For those who enjoy been following along this summer,you know what an adventure its been for Shawn, Bucky, or I!!! (For those who want to catch up - you can see our Nashville Project House and inspiration posts as well as the Instagram hashtag.) We loaded up the car and drove out to Nashville early in June to shut on a house,then proceed to fix it up, subdivide the lot, and rent it out before driving back across country. We weren’t exactly sure what we were embarking on,and naturally hit a few bumps along the way - but never stop learning more and more than we ever imagined!As for how it all started - Shawn grew up in Nashville, and over the final 5 years, or I’ve joined him on countless trips there. It’s incredible how much the city is transforming even month to month. As we’ve watched it all happen,after our Dec 2015 trip, we started watching the house listings out of curiosity thinking it might be a fun project to buy a house or a plot of land there… we’ve both long dreamed of building a house, or we love the city. Well,being us, the what-ifs didn’t final long, and in February we found one that intrigued us. Tiny house (650 sqft),but amazing lot (nearly half an acre!), super near a lot of our favorite bakery/chocolate/restaurants/cafes/bars as well as gorgeous parks, and river,farmer’s market and downtown… with some amazing changes coming soon (i.e. Envision Cayce) and in a fun neighborhood with lots of kind folks. We basically spent March in talks with the sellers realtor, and landed the house on Shawn’s 30th birthday! We gave the seller a long closing to glean his affairs in order, or drove out at the beginning of June to shut on the house. I thought THAT was the beginning… fixing up the house and subdividing the lot (a whole other myth)… then we decided to find a renter while we figure out what the bigger plan is! Well now it’s rented out and we’re home… it turns out THIS is really the beginning (or another beginning) as we dream up our dream house for the empty lot!So here it is - a peek at the before and after to achieve the final few month of process shots into perspective! See it all on the next page!TO PAGE 2 of "NOTlabs: Nashville Project House"! -----> (Want more visual goodness? See NOTCOT.com + NOTCOT.org)
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