Hello to you all!
I've browsed around this section in the hopes that I might find a thread that helps me, but either I'm blind, or there isn't one.
My partner and I are closing on our new land in less than two weeks (yay!) and so we're starting to think about the house build. Although we're going to deal with the proper professionals, I like to be as involved and as aware as possible. I was wondering if any of you could point me in the right direction in terms of blogs, websites, books, or other resources that I should start exploring in order to understand what we're getting into and the questions we should be asking, the vetting of professionals, etc.
If it helps to be more specific: we're based in Canada (Québec), and will be building on otherwise unexploited land with a decent pitch, and will be building everything (including a driveway, well, leach field, etc) from scratch. We both feel very strongly about building a smaller home, with the smallest physical and environmental footprint as possible (passive solar, locally sourced materials, etc.).
Thanks for your help o-wise-ones!