Having never built a house before and coming from Florida-where the seasons are basically “hot,” “hotter,” and “hurricane”-there were a few things about building in Montana that genuinely never crossed my mind. Things I really wish someone had told me before we dove headfirst into the world of permits, contractors, and weather-induced emotional instability. Here are a few lessons from one very humbled Floridian trying to build a house in the mountains. Get a 406 Number Before

My husband and I grew up as true Floridians- beach days, seafood boils, surfing, gator hunting, but in the summer of 2023, we decided it was time for a change. So we packed up a U-Haul, said goodbye to humidity-induced frizzy hair, and headed for Montana.