You are your pepper family are inspiring. We too are working on preparing land for a house to be built. We are all ready to go, now we are just waiting for Winter to hit, then we will hire the builder because we know it will save us $10K-$15K in building costs if we hire the company that will build the house in the winter, we will get a huge discount and be one of the first houses built once winter breaks. Roofers are the best to hire in the winter too, if you need a new roof (Anyone out there looking to save money on a roof, hire in the winter months) I also want to point out that only applies if you are in places where construction pretty much stops because of snow, ice and cold.