anne marie and i moved
to nw montana in the fall of 1994 with the goal
of building our own bed & breakfast.
after looking for a year we found
the perfect property.
we started building in the fall of
1995. we have
done everything ourselves and
i mean everything. we designed it, drew
the blue prints, all the
brick work, the framing, the roof, the plumbing,
the electrical, the flooring,
the drywall, the painting and the
land-
scaping. the only outside help
we got was the logs, which only included
the outside walls
( no roof, no chinking ) and the septic system
( only
licensed contractor can put them in. )
it's been seven years
in the making, but we OPENED the b & b
thE summer
OF 2003. it's been a challenge. the first
couple of years we were hauling
water and using a chemical toilet.
during building i've fractured my knee
(lost a couple of weeks of working on the
house ) broke my hand (worked
with a cast on ) and shattered my heal (
slowed us down for a year ).
as you can see from
the pictures the house is fairly large. it sits
atop a
small mountain ( 4500' ) overlooking the
valley, with views of glacier park
the swan mountain range,
and the flathead valley. the house
itself is
4500 sq.ft. with three
decks. it has a daylight basement,
the main floor
with 18' cathedral ceilings
and a loft. it has 6 bath ROOMS and 3 bedrooms
(one in the loft
and two on the main floor) a two bedroom
basement
apartment and two fireplaces.
so if anyone would like to visit we have
lots of room.
enjoy the pictures
gene, anne marie and gray
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