[getdul981]

We did our down payment on May 6. We were there looking at houses and lots with Lindsay Lowe, our realtor. We looked at several houses and pretty much decided that we want something in the Begonia/Gardenia size and price range. Then we started looking at lots. The first ones we looked at he told us that we would have to start construction within 90 days. We said that would not be enough time as we have to get back to VA and get our house listed and sold. The next lots we looked at had to have construction started on within 6 months. We told him that we thought that might be workable, but still was maybe too tight. He took us to Pennecamp and showed us a couple of lots that he said we would have up to 1 year to begin constrction. We figured that should be plenty of time to get everything done, so we put our down payment and came home and have been frantically trying to declutter and get listed. We're shooting for July 1 and hopefully everything will go smoothly. In case you don't know, even though you have made a down payment, you still have to make payments every 2 months to keep your contract active. All the payments go toward the purchase price though.