House III

[MDNY]

Paul,

I wish you and yours best of luck. Building a house is the biggest test of any marriage. Ours is still going strong with just a few weeks to go.

Painters primed tooday, the cabinets were delivered and the doors will be getting their hardware tomorrow so I will have a key (yeah).

Saw something I didn't like about the prime coat on the fireplace. It seems a bunch of flecks and dust from the sheetrock was cleaned off and they painted right over it. Guess they will be sanding it down and repainting it. I will show the builder tomorrow.

Paying my last interest payment (while in apartment living) this week. Next month is the final interest only payment then FULL MORTGAGE (ahhhhh).

Well good luck to you Paul and RobS, lets see some real picks. Next it will be landscaping your new home for us all in the spring. But most likely over in CBN.net

 

[s1120]

Well, I have moved the "House" thred over to CBN. Just as a preview, heres a picture of a nice pig hole in the ground...

I hope this goes fast, I realy want to be in this new house.

 

[RobS]

Hey, nice looking hole Paul. I'm with Michael, very anxious to get moved in and start landscaping chores (with tractor of course).

I'm off again tomorrow to finish up our punch list, mostly porch stuff. The drywall finishers started on the garage last night, today we should be getting carpet upstairs and the top layer of crushed concrete on the driveway. Interior trim finished yesterday and the painters are hard at work on the first floor. It's really taking shape finally /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MDNY]

RobS,

We may just gain some ground on you. The kitchen cabinets are near all just about in, except they supplier didn't order the cabinet that holds the double oven, major isse there. But it will be here in two weeks, not bad since we move in three weeks (or so). But all the upper and lowers are in and they can tidy them up and measure the counter top stuff and move on.

The bathroom cabinets arrived and will be moved in tomorrow morning since they didn't have time tonight. Things are really taking shape.

Got kind of irked with the painters. Sorry but it is my home and I want things done right. While is is the primer coat it is key to make sure things are still done right. Most of the doors are hung, except the downstairs as they don't want them banged into.

Going for appliances tomorrow. Going to get the 10% off and pay the bill when it arrives not a bad offer, but we will see. If they play funny games I will walk and order elsewhere, the power of the almighty dollar.

Paul:

Glad to see things going, it seems only like yesterday I was at that stage and now I am down to crunch time. I will post pics this weekend of the kitchen more as we get color and finish work in.

I will keep up with Paul's updates on CBN.

 

[RobS]

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Finally, a few more pictures. We're in the final week with the painters and other finishers hard at work. We painted the porch ceiling (traditional sky blue) and got a primer coat on the porch floor this past weekend. I also put the fishscales on the porch gable. We'll take some time away from construction to move now, then back to finish details on the porch. The floor will be a brick red color, railing needs to be painted and installed and I'd like to get some lattice under it before the winter. Moving this weekend, anyone want to come help /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

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Here's another shot of the front with the porch gable done. Note the driveway in place of all the mud we used to have. There is a layer of large stone then a layer of crushed concrete (#53) including fines that is packing down nicely. Eventually, we'll have a circle drive in front of the house entry, brick pavers if the budget allows.

I doubt I'll have many more pictures for this thread as we're about done with the construction. It's been a blast and I truly appreciate all the great ideas and tips everyone shared during our project. Thanks too for the compliments and well wishes along the way. I'm anxious to become just another rural property dweller and tractor owner as we enter the next stage of our lives. Thanks again to all, maybe one more photo with a U-Haul van /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MossRoad]

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Nice job Rob. Thanks for the guided tour /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Hank]

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I especially like the front entrance, with the oval transom.

 

[GSS]

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Rob,

Would you be able to give me the specs on the blue you used for the porch ceiling? We will need something in the near future. Thanks a lot!

Absolutely wonderful house, by the way!

- Gerald

 

[s1120]

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That looks REAL nice! Mine will pale in comparason to that house. Looks like you will realy have something to be proud of when its done.

 

[RobS]

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Gerald, thanks for the compliments. I tried last night, but I'm afraid I'm losing control of the order around our place. I couldn't find the paint chips from the porch ceiling at our rental. I'm pretty sure it's not in my truck, though there is that scary pile of stuff in the back seat /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif It's probably in the new house or our camper.

Anyway, it came from one of the leading brands' historical colors collection. It's a light blue like a robins egg. I don't think the specific color is that important, it doesn't really go with anything else on the house but it works. We've seen several period homes with blue porch ceilings and a few books we have refer to it.

If I remember, I'll take another look tonight. Thanks again /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[GSS]

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That's quite alright. Don't bother. I'm sure you have enough to do without digging around for paint information.

I was asking because we have looked at many shades of blue for our ceilings and just can't decide what to use. I don't want it too blue, but not white... We'll figure it out. Thanks again.

- Gerald

 

[MDNY]

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RobS,

It is just beautiful. I can say we are down to our last couple of weeks. Tile being put in, trim being finished (install part) so the painters will be in soon. Countertop guys should be there next week, a missing cabinet too (I hope) and with much luck a CO inspection by 10/21 with a move in of 10/26.

It has been great and much fun sharing ideas, plans and all the work. I hope to see more great homes come into the world through this site.

Good Luck to all, email if you have any questions.

 

[MDNY]

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RobS,

Things are looking really good on your house. We are nearing the end, but so much is still not done. They are finishing up the trim this week. Painters start Friday, we chose the grout colors and stain colors today. But I am not sure they will be done by next Friday. They have a day or two grace period, but we have to move in the weekend of the 26th, since we gave notice to vacate and don't want to pay another full month for a few days. The builder has been great overall so no complaints there. Just getting itchy to get in.

 

[RobS]

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Thanks Michael. We're finally moved in! I was off all last week moving out of our rental and our storage unit. I swear someone had been breaking into our storage unit adding boxes /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

It's great having all of our worldly possessions under one roof for a change. Things are a mess at the house still but it will take some time for everything to get sorted out. We still haven't had a couple of inspections, no CofO and haven't closed yet. Hoping to wrap all that up this week.

I got the computer hooked up last night and got the new access phone number but didn't have time to post any pictures. I did get some tractor time yesterday dragging my scarifiers around some of the compacted areas from the construction traffic.

So when are you expecting to move in? Keep us posted /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[s1120]

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So Rob, its been a mounth, How do you like the place? Was it worth all the time, money, and stress? I need to know, becouse mine is finly on the way./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I have a post running on it on CBN for you TNB only guys. Heres the link...

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=homebuild&Number=1597&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1>http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=homebuild&Number=1597&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1</A>

 

[RobS]

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Yes Paul, very definitely worth it. We absolutely love our new place and with every passing day it's feeling more like home. Only one box left in the garage to unpack, everything else is in the basement or attic (or in it's proper place in the house).

Painters come back today to put the final coat of varnish on the front door. We had company over Saturday night but couldn't use that door. My own list of "to dos" is getting quite long, but we've got winter ahead of us now to do some of the planning.

Still getting used to light switch locations, where stuff is in the cabinets etc, but overall it's just great. Thanks for asking and yes, I've been following your CBN thread closely /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[s1120]

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Well They are still frameing the house up. With all the bad weather, things are going slow. Heres a picture of the front. Its really starting to look like a house now./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[s1120]

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Sorry, picture did not make it. Try this.......

 

[s1120]

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Here's the rear.......