August 22, 2010

• AUGUST UPDATE

  It has been a very long time since I have had a chance to update. There is so much to write I need to do it in bullet form to keep things simple.

  @ The job is not working out. Long story but God did put me there for a reason...just not the one I thought.

  @ Had a good birthday Tuesday. We finally made it to the beach! My youngest also took me out to lunch...just the two of us

  @ The house is coming along rapidly now ... I will list what has already been done and what still needs to get done ...

  DONE...

  New roof including lots of new beams.

  Bedroom was rebuilt, windows put in, walls and ceiling put in, wood floor put in, painted, new electrics.

  Outside of house.. siding was replaced, new gutters, paint all around, chiminy fixed, electric hooked up from main pole, porch replaced, new flood lights and beside the door lights, five new basement windows (really nice!)

  New walls in kitchen and family room, painted, new lights in ceiling and new ceiling fan, new wood floor, window fixed, new door to garage, new trim, beam replaced between kitchen and family room, new electrics and up to code.

  Garage was wall boarded in and painted (code). Loads of old junk was removed from garage, basement and attic.

  Hallway has new hatch to attic and was painted.

  New electric panel for entire house all up to code..not complete yet but nearly.

  Master bath had wall repaired and new tile on floor and wall.

  Heater and airconditioner were checked.

  Three more trees were removed and mostly cleaned up. Loads of wood was chopped and split.

  WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE:

  Fix outside step.

  Landscaping (that will most likely come later)

  Insulation needs to be blown into the attic.

  Kitchen cabinets will arrive later this week and need to be installed, counter will arrive 7 days after that, need to get some sort of chandelier for there... not sure if we will have money left to replace appliances ...

  Some repairs need to be done to two other bedroom ceilings and then paint ... master bedroom needs to be painted ...

  Electrics need to be completed ...

  Basement now has serious mold problem and needs to be cleaned, walls and floor repainted ...

  Master bath needs the sink and toilet reinstalled and needs to be painted ...

  Hose pipe needs to be moved from inside garage to outside...

  After all that we still have a load of boxes and things that will need to be moved back in and find proper places, get rid of a load of things we don't really need to keep around, landscaping and replanting grass and shrubs, and we would like to get the driveway (which is totally trashed) repaved and new front steps and a deck added on (this will be at our own expense for sure...so is part of the new kitchen). We reckon we can move back in about four weeks.

  Two photos... we did not realize how faded the outside had become until we painted it! And the family roon part way done and lightened up much. I plan to do a photo log with before, during and after pics later.

  

   

  

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