Howard and Becky Haynie built their first weekend cabin in The Harbor on Lake Martin in 2001. They built another weekend cabin in The Ridge, then moved into a full-time home in the same neighborhood in 2006, both leaving their Montgomery jobs to pursue lake living and real estate. Now in 2024, they have moved into their dream house.
“We used to walk The Heritage in the wintertime, and we knew we had found our next home place. Our children enjoyed growing up at the lake, bringing friends to the lake, and now our first grandchild has visited us at the lake,” she said.
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