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Building in Palmetto Bluff: A Cottage and Boathouse Come to Life

Last year, in Fall of 2020, we gambled and bought an additional riverfront build lot at Moreland Village in Palmetto Bluff. Having realized great success with the build of our first main house + carriage house project, "The May River House" in Moreland Village and with another, "The Barn," currently underway on an adjacent lot,

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Investment

Planning for Short-term Rental Income as an Investment Strategy

There is a saying that, “a rolling stone gathers no moss.” It is easy to draw a parallel of this to one’s life, in that we chase an existence predicated by the strings and bindings of our society (stone), when in fact we should think about remaining flexible and nimble (rolling stone). There is a

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Construction

Building in Palmetto Bluff: Steps to Permitting & Site Prep

This is the story of how we started our new build in Palmetto Bluff, from issuing the Approved Permit Plan Set through to beginning the build by our construction team, Simplified Construction. Mid 2020, when the pandemic was wreaking its worst, my wife and I purchased the land behind our home in Moreland Village, within

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Construction

Building in Palmetto Bluff – Understanding How Design Influences Lumber Costs

Begin a conversation around building a home for a potential client, and one of the first questions will be, "How much will it cost?" Now is not the time to ask such a question as during the interview phase of talking to prospective builders. Costs will be approximate and not anything a builder can commit

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