The Hangar House: Step 1

In the post title “A New Neighborhood”, we told you a little about how we decided to build a hangar home and the perfect (at least for us) neighborhood we found. Well, building a hangar home in an established neighborhood is a little different than building a new home in a new neighborhood. First of all, we do not have a developer. The developer who started the neighborhood had to back out several years ago. The lots are individually owned and sold, but without the attached architect and builder like most new residential neighborhoods. On a positive note, we get to fully design the house ourselves to exactly what we want. We don’t have to pick from five different layouts with names like “The Kensington” or “The Madison”. However, that leaves us with completely blank canvas and it is up to us to find the architect and the builder.

As it turns out, not all architects are ready to build a hangar home, let alone a hangar townhouse, which is what our home will eventually be. Also, not all banks are willing to risk a construction loan on such an abnormal project. And to top it off, not all builders have experience with contractors who specialize in hangar doors or industrial sprinkler systems or steel structures, all of which are requirements in our home. Add a dash of 2020 logistics aftermath and we’ve got some kind of esoteric project. After several phone calls and a lot of rejection, we have finally put it all together - the architect, the bank, the builder.

Step by baby step, we’re on our way to actually building our dream airpark home!