So we typically try to sum the house’s progress in just a couple pictures, but there are just too many things to show today! The outside of our house is finished except for adding the decorative shake, but the box is on the front porch waiting to go. We don’t have a deck yet, but [...]
Archive > July 2007
Major Progress!
Today was a big day! Our house is all sided! The painters were there today as well and primed or painted (we can’t tell the difference) the first coat on all of our walls. I didn’t get any inside pictures today because the workers were still there, but here are the siding guys finishing up!
We have a driveway!!
Well, most of a driveway! I guess they leave the section that is part of the sidewalk open until they do the sidewalk. I was hoping we could carve our initials somewhere in it, but it was too hard by the time we got there. The back of the house is completely sided now, so [...]
Ceilings, Siding, and More Drywall Mud!
Yesterday I walked through the house to find that more of the drywall seams and corners had been mudded… It’s a kind of slow part of the process to watch progress since the changes aren’t as visually drastic compared to the early framing and erection… Today Alison and I went back and walked through the [...]
Mortgage Choices…
After much talk with a handful of mortgage places, banks, direct lenders, etc… We have decided to stick with 53rd for our mortgage. There are some rates out there that seemed more appealing at a glance, but the fees seemed to stack up fast… All the rates were pretty close, and we’d rather stick with [...]
