Sorry it’s been so long since we’ve posted anything. Doug has been working towards selling his house. In August and early September, he was doing lots of packing. He moved out of the house September 8th and into Travis’ house (with a lot of stuff going into storage). We went on vacation for a week in mid-Septemeber. Through last Friday, Doug’s been working with a contractor to paint the interior, do various other minor repairs and refinish the floors on most of the stairs and the main living floor, and replace the roof. The closing for the house sale was on Friday so that’s done and he’s glad to have some semblance of a normal life again.
During that time, things have been moving slower than we’d like on the new house. We had to go back and see where things were on the last post to determine what’s changed:
All the eaves have been completed and painted.
The roof decking has been installed along with the stuff they use now rather than tar paper.
All the plumbing rough in has been completed.
The plumber has trenched from the house to the water meter to replace our supply line.
We’ve made a few minor changes on doors and the framing has been updated to reflect that.
We’ve worked with the builder and an HVAC company to sort out requirements there and are expecting details on that by Monday.
Framing for a design element on one kitchen wall and one living room wall has been installed.
Framing in attic for access to ACs and hot water heater.
Holes have been put in the roof for two sky lights that will go in the kitchen.
We’ve finalized our tile choices, except for the backsplash on the bar wall.
We ordered some custom vanities for the guest bathroom and powder room. The vanities for the primary bath will be built on-site.
We selected bricks for the back of the house for the parts where we didn’t have enough salvaged from the original house to backfill.
We’ve finalized lighting choices for the whole house.
The replacement windows arrived and one of them has been installed.
The 2nd replacement window as wrong and Home Depot and Andersen Windows have supposedly sorted that out and another replacement is on it’s way.
All in all, things are moving slow. We know once the electrical gets in, things will really pick up, but seems like we’re a ways off from that. We’ve attached some recent pictures below.
Doug’s stuff in storage (along with some appliances for the new house)
Eaves and roof decking in progress
The larger of the two backyard patios
Skylight holes
Wall that will go up and over one end of our kitchen
Plumbing rough-in for guest bathroom
Plumbing rough-in for primary bath shower
Updates should happen on a more regular basis going forward!