Pole Barn...or House??

[harleymsn]

When I bought my land in Tennessee in '99 it was with the intention of being my retirement home. This is what it looked like then, we have 11 acres nearly all wooded

[harleymsn]

opps somehow the photo did not upload

[harleymsn]

In 2003 I cut down nearly 200 trees to start preparing the site for the build.

[harleymsn]

In 2004 We hired a local dozer guy to clear all the stumps and do some grading.

[harleymsn]

Next came the pole barn. Because I was trying to get this done while I was only goona be in the area for 1 week, we hired National Barn out of Portland, Tn.

[harleymsn]

The plan was that when I retired in April '05, I would finish off about 1/3 of the barn for a small apartment and then in '06 start building the house on another site near the pond.

[harleymsn]

Well, I finished the porch this week, minus the floor. We are gonna pour a concrete floor so we are waiting till April to do the pour. I used 4x6 Hemlock post, 2x6 hemlock rafters and the steel roof to match the house.

[harleymsn]

We used rough cut hemlock to close the ends and trim the porch.

[twstanley]

Very nicely done!