20 Dec
Landscaping!Unfortunately on October 16th my car was totaled whilst parked on 23rd and Pico in Santa Monica. Fortunately I was able to get a pretty good settlement from USAA as was able to use the money to purchase the landscaping that has been such a slow process for us. Here are the pictures. Enjoy!
28 May
Landscaping progressWe’ve been living in the house since late November, and so far everything has gone pretty well. We had some water issues and we have had to redo the bathrooms due to problems with the plaster. However, Sean has been responsive to getting our problems ironed out and we are moving forward! The biggest thing [...]
02 Jan
MorningA few pictures of the house this morning as I left.
02 Jan
Moved in, but the work doesn’t stop!Jenn and I are moved in, and had a wonderful thanksgiving and christmas at the house with our families. We have begun to get quotes for landscaping and are working on getting the house put together. It seems like there are endless projects. The big things are finishing the closet, hanging art, putting up some [...]
19 Nov
Inspection passed, mortgage approved, and we start to move inUnfortunately with all that happening I haven’t actually taken any pictures. I am sure the 60 or so more or less regular readers are extremely bummed but here is something to tide you over. These are over the course of several weeks, so they are old. Our current status is that we have [...]
11 Oct
Final Inspection Next Week?!?We have our final mortgage approved via ING, the loan expires on the 19th which is fast approaching! Sean told me we are going to have the inspector come out on Wednesday for final inspection and Bank Of America is supposed to come out the same day. We are cutting it close, but the Sean [...]
22 Sep
Stucco is finished, and light fixtures go in…Over Friday and Saturday we started to see our light fixtures show up. The cans and smoke detectors are all in and switches and plates are being installed. The flooring is all in and the bathroom is well underway. It appears that the brown coat has been applied to the interior plaster walls, once that [...]