There are lots of homebuilding sites to see here in northwest Georgia, specifically the northwest suburbs of Atlanta. So much so that we decided it would be fun and interesting to informally document the homes that are being built and how they're built in our area for a website.

Hi...I'm Randy, your Fun Times Guide to Home Building host.  My wife, Sandy, and I enjoy visiting new homes during the construction phase and also when they're complete. We've been doing this little spare time activity longer than I can remember. I decided that writing a homebuilding blog would be a lot of fun when given the opportunity by Jim and Lynnette of The Fun Times Guide. I like to take pictures of the homes we visit...inside and out...and blogging about the homes seemed like a natural progression of sharing this cheap form of entertainment with all of you in the virtual world out there.

We find ourselves leaping over mud holes, dodging nails protruding through 2x4's, balancing on catwalks that have yet to provide handrails (Sandy's favorite) and on occasion interacting with the agent-on-duty or builder. We choose to run these home construction site obstacle courses with an eye on our goal of gathering ideas (good or bad - see Dumb Homebuilding Ideas for some of the bad) on home building trends and ideas.

We've been homeowners since 1988. When we first bought our home in suburban Atlanta, it was located in "the country" about 30 minutes from Marietta. While our location hasn't changed, we are no longer in the country. It took a few years before we had a grocery store just down the road but things have definitely changed since then. We are surrounded by explosive growth and the growing pains that go along with it. We're making the best of it in at least one respect by choosing to be a part of the select group of people that choose to go behind the scenes of the home building scene.

More about our "homestalking" habits...