Three years ago, our family moved from California to Vermont. We were lucky to find a nice home, but like a borrowed pair of shoes, it never felt like ours. My wife, Beth, and I decided to build a house if we could satisfy a number of conditions: It had to be in the same school district so that our three sons wouldn't have to change schools again; it had to have privacy and space for the boys to enjoy the outdoors; it had to have views of the Green Mountains; and it had to be wired for high-speed Internet access so that I could continue to telecommute from my home office.
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