We often go just to look out at the bay. It is so beautiful.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Beach.
If you drive 5 minutes past our land, you get here:
We often go just to look out at the bay. It is so beautiful.
We often go just to look out at the bay. It is so beautiful.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Why I think it will be worth it.
Wow.
Maybe I am not meant for this house building stress! At night after the munchkins are in bed, I start thinking about all of it and a little ball of nerves well up in my belly and I feel sick. Nothing even that bad has even happened!
But I noticed something else during this process. I am a person who is very influenced by my living space. The first house we bought was our baby. We re-did every room and it looked like a miniature Pottery Barn. We sold that house and moved into this dastardly rental.
The house is the exact opposite of every thing we love. Old, dark cabinets. Flimsy, fake dark wood doors. Stained, gross carpets. Gold hardware. Floral wall paper in the bathrooms from 1986. I wake up in morning and look around at the totally uninspired and blah everything and feel totally uninspired and blah myself. We cannot even put holes in the walls to put up any art (tenants rules). It is like living in an ugly box. (Yes, I know we are lucky to have a house.)
The thought of living in a space that makes me feel in inspired again, helps that ball of nerves dissipate. Even if I did not build and we bought a small, little mobile home I would put all my extra money into making it cute! I cannot stand it, this fugly house. So bring on the stress! I want out of here.
Maybe I am not meant for this house building stress! At night after the munchkins are in bed, I start thinking about all of it and a little ball of nerves well up in my belly and I feel sick. Nothing even that bad has even happened!
But I noticed something else during this process. I am a person who is very influenced by my living space. The first house we bought was our baby. We re-did every room and it looked like a miniature Pottery Barn. We sold that house and moved into this dastardly rental.
The house is the exact opposite of every thing we love. Old, dark cabinets. Flimsy, fake dark wood doors. Stained, gross carpets. Gold hardware. Floral wall paper in the bathrooms from 1986. I wake up in morning and look around at the totally uninspired and blah everything and feel totally uninspired and blah myself. We cannot even put holes in the walls to put up any art (tenants rules). It is like living in an ugly box. (Yes, I know we are lucky to have a house.)
The thought of living in a space that makes me feel in inspired again, helps that ball of nerves dissipate. Even if I did not build and we bought a small, little mobile home I would put all my extra money into making it cute! I cannot stand it, this fugly house. So bring on the stress! I want out of here.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Setbacks & Issues
As expected, we have run into our first set of issues.
Our contractor has this way of starting off his conversations like whatever he is about to tell me is really bad. It took me a few conversations (he calls about 3-4 times a day) to realize that he is just a bit of an alarmist. That said, we have had a few issues.
The first is that when the conduit was installed, no rope was put in there...an issue I guess. So we will have to pay for the electrician to run rope through.
And we also have power issues. The transformer that is right in front of our lot is unexpectedly broken. The power company says it will take a month to fix :( We are hoping to be able to get temp power from another source but we are not sure yet. If we cannot, we will have the added cost of a generator.
Then the biggie. When we bought the land, we were told by the city that the driveway was "approved". That was not really true because there is a firetruck turn around missing. This whole thing has been frustrating because we are just far enough to need this turnaround but it is going to really mess with the aesthetic of the driveway plus cost us $4000. Blah! Luckily we are getting a bigger than expected tax refund!
However, the crew is moving right along and they poured footings today and our walls might arrive as early as next week! (Our builder uses panelization, which I will explain in a different post)
Our contractor has this way of starting off his conversations like whatever he is about to tell me is really bad. It took me a few conversations (he calls about 3-4 times a day) to realize that he is just a bit of an alarmist. That said, we have had a few issues.
The first is that when the conduit was installed, no rope was put in there...an issue I guess. So we will have to pay for the electrician to run rope through.
And we also have power issues. The transformer that is right in front of our lot is unexpectedly broken. The power company says it will take a month to fix :( We are hoping to be able to get temp power from another source but we are not sure yet. If we cannot, we will have the added cost of a generator.
Then the biggie. When we bought the land, we were told by the city that the driveway was "approved". That was not really true because there is a firetruck turn around missing. This whole thing has been frustrating because we are just far enough to need this turnaround but it is going to really mess with the aesthetic of the driveway plus cost us $4000. Blah! Luckily we are getting a bigger than expected tax refund!
However, the crew is moving right along and they poured footings today and our walls might arrive as early as next week! (Our builder uses panelization, which I will explain in a different post)
Friday, January 18, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Land is cleared!
This week has resulted in a cleared lot for us. (those two pink sticks are one side of the house)
Heading up to the clearing.
From the very back of the property looking forward.
View to the right.
Driveway is a bit wider.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Excavation has begun.
I drove by the land because I had heard that they might start removing trees today or tomorrow and when I saw a dump truck and a loader (? I honestly don't don't know the names of tractors), I got butterflies. I went there just before dusk to capture some photos.
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