Camper, Interrupted

Campers are hard to find like whoa! Getting close to panic mode less than 2 months to Minimum Viable Campout and none to be found. I chase my camper guy every couple days, but he's not much of an email creature and I'm too busy to follow up on phone frequently, so we'll see how it goes...

But meanwhile I remind my GC I'm coming in about a month and it's his turn to freak out! Contractors are hard to find - the excavator is completely booked up, and the tree guy is running several months behind. There's no way this is going to be ready in June.

THINGS ARE LOOKING DICEY.

I light the beacons across the northeast and a friend comes through with a cat-sitting situation that may provide me with accommodation until the site work can move forward enough for a camper. Fingers crossed, but the schedule is already shot.

✅ Fun Lessons-Learned Takeaway Corner

Even if you've found a great builder, they are probably managing a lot of other projects. If you think they're holding your particular schedule in their head in great detail, you're wrong.

Get in touch with them frequently as important deadlines approach to avoid nasty surprises for you and for them. If you're expecting to move in on a particular date, or depending on completion of particular milestones, make sure to mention that frequently during the months leading up to that. If you know how long something will take to accomplish, notice if they haven't made any noises about starting that phase.