The last month has been completely chaotic. We’ve taken posession of the new digs, moved, unpacked nearly everything, had a ton of trades come and go, had a bunch of people come in to give us quotes for things that we want done, and whatnot.  Pretty crazy if you ask me…
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We went by the house, and noticed that the bricklayers continued their great work. We’re nearly completed with that part of the construction.
Here are some pictures.

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Finally. Nearly a month of waiting for the bricks to be put to use.
We almost have 2 full walls completed, and they’ve only been working on it for 2 days. Amazing! At this rate, they should have it finished by the end of the weekend.
Check out the bricks, and tell me what you think.
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So I just came back from checking on the house. The door from the garage into the house has been removed!
Apparently there isn’t enough room (according to the city inspector) to park a car because of the amount of space the stairs would take up.
BAH! Totally sucks. I guess I’ll install one afterwards.

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Well, we’ve had bricks for 3 weeks now. They’ve been sitting there, on skids for 3 weeks! Not touched. Not moved. When are they going to do something?We have the venting installed too.The house is starting to look like it’s coming together, but I’m not convinced that it will close on time. I have my [...]

I was in the area around 7 p.m., so I decided to drive by the house because there was still light out. To my surprise, the roofer was up there, and about to start putting the shingles up!
Check out the video for the first shingle being put on. Sniff – it’s beautiful!

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Rosalee and I headed over to the house today to check out the progress. We have windows, and front doors. I was able to get into the house and take a look at the framing. Everything looks how it should – which is a good sign.
Take a look at the video.

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This person will remain nameless – but our house was vandalized right beside the front doors to the house.
Research + Development? lol
Take a look at the evidence and judge for yourself.

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Well, it’s about a week since the last visit to the house.
The update – we have a 3rd floor now, as well as the roof framing. I would imagine that within a week, we’ll have shingles, and they’ll be starting on the the brick shortly afterwards.
Below are 2 pictures of the house, and one [...]

Well, it looks like the house is going up fast. Within a week, they’ve done the framing on our ground floor (basement) and about half of our second floor (main floor). Where will we be in a week from now?

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So, our foundation has been poured. They put in the wrong size window for our basement. We ordered a larger window because we’ll be setting up a studio for Rosalee down there, and we thought it would give more light, as well as more air.
When they poured the foundation, they put in the spacer for [...]

Well, after a lot of math (an insane excel spreadsheet) lots of research, and 1 of Rosalee’s friends buying a house, we bought one too. It’s a brand new development – which means we can have everything the way we want (well nearly – we can’t change major things to the house).
Anyways, I won’t get [...]