[Illustration: SELECTING THE SITE FOR YOUR VACATION HOME]
Since you have decided to build a vacation home, your first problem is
to find a location. The whole family will have something to say about
this—half the fun of building a cabin or beach house is the planning of
various details in family councils. No doubt, by the time you discover
the region in which you would like to build, friends will have told you
many of the important things to look for. However, here are a number
that should help you.
If it is to be a summer vacation home and you have a car, the distance
from home isn’t so important, because the Pacific Coast’s network of
fine roads offers easy access to almost every area. On the other hand,
if you are going to be a “week-ender,” don’t choose a site too far away.
It isn’t fun to spend most of your weekend traveling to and from the
cabin, and your friends will avoid you—but perhaps that’s your
intention!
Cost of construction is important. It’s all very well to build a place
out in the wilds, but the farther you go from civilization the more it
costs to transport men and materials to your cabin site.