Category: construction

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 in

Unfortunately 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 [...]
19 Sep

Getting close, but no cigar

Progress on the house continues, Jenn and I visited every day this week. Check out the pictures below. On a more personal note, this has been a hard week. I received news about an old and dear friend, Winston Churchill. He has been missing for over three weeks now in the mountains around Lake City [...]