{"id":198,"date":"2008-08-30T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahousebythepark.com\/journal\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2011-02-28T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:23:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahousebythepark.com\/journal\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About “A House By The Park”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hi, I’m Mike. I’m the guy building this house and writing all of the entries on A House By The Park<\/em>. I’ve maintained a personal blog over at Mike Industries<\/a> for several years now, but I generally maintain a reasonably strict boundary between my public and private lives, only writing about the former. Although building a house is usually a private matter, the utility I can provide to other future home builders by writing about it outweighs the uncomfortableness of the task.<\/p>\n

In beginning the process of building a house, I’ve found no singular source of information online which describes the start-to-finish process of creating a new custom home. There are a ton of “Building A Home For Dummies”-style books on Amazon, as well as disparate blog posts and photo galleries about new construction, but nowhere have I found a coherent, first-hand journal of the entire process from the standpoint of someone like me: a guy building his first house with no clue what to do besides putting one foot before the other.<\/p>\n

A House By The Park<\/em> will attempt to be that guide for others looking to do exactly what I’m trying to do: build a great, affordable custom home with no prior experience. If something like this existed before I began my project, I know I’d be a lot more equipped than I currently am.<\/p>\n

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