OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Closets

Closets

When I had my bachelor pad, I had a fancy closet system installed.  It wasn’t cheap and I wasn’t that impressed with the quality of construction and the value. So this time around, we opted instead to just have our carpenters fabricate much simpler closets out of MDF, which will then be painted. Here isRead more about Closets[…]

The wall

The wall

We put in a pretty massive wall between us and our neighbors – at least, that is what it looks like from our side. Because we remove some soil so that our back yard would be walk-out level from the back of our house, we now have a grade change between the two properties.  HereRead more about The wall[…]

HVAC completion

HVAC completion

Now that the basement floor is finished, and the painters painted the mechanical room in the basement, the HVAC team can finally install the rest of the HVAC.  Most of the work for this is in the mechanical room. The only place outside the mechanical room we have visible ducting is the exercise room.  WeRead more about HVAC completion[…]

Kitchen countertops

Kitchen countertops

The stone fabricators installed their first countertop last week. As you can see, the cabinet painters are getting preparing to paint the cabinets, which will start next week, after the holiday.  

Bathroom tile

Bathroom tile

The tile setters have been working on the bathroom tile for a week now, with two bathrooms almost done. Quite a bit of work remains – master bath, guest bath, power room, but this is some nice progress.