Construction Outline

At our meeting, Les explained the construction process in more detail, which was very helpful.  Basically Adair breaks it into 3 parts.

Phase 1 includes the foundation, framing, rough plumbing, roofing, and rough electrical.  He explained that this usually takes about 33 days.

next - there's the middle part - which includes drying out the house, inspections and utility connections.  Because these tasks are part of the home owner's responsibility, the time this takes is up to us and can vary substantially.

Finally - Phase 2 - which includes insulation, Sheetrock, painting, and finishing.  This takes about 45-55 days.

It was great to have him break it down like this.  I know that they aren't hard numbers, but it's nice to have a guess about when things will happen.

I'm totally ready to get going!

Busy 10 days

A lot has happened in the last ten days.

Our electrician came out and installed the permanent meter base.  Two days later, the state inspected it.  We passed.  :)

Josh and I went out and built the pump house.

We got most of it complete.

We left the roof off so the water tank and pump could be installed.

A few days later EPUD (our power company) hooked up power to the base.

So, now we've got power!

The electricians came back and hooked up the well and construction power.

It has been POURING for the last month, with only a few small breaks in the rain.   Our pad had puddles and the trenches are full of water. 

 

We had 4 days of minimal rain, and everything sort of dried out.    Still water and mud everywhere, but no puddles on the gravel.

We met with Les from Adair at the site this morning, to make sure the site was ready and to talk about the construction process in more detail.

We're all good on the site, except there's a bit that's not quite level, so Josh and I will go out tomorrow morning and rake it level-er. (otherwise we might get a bill for extra concrete needed in the foundation)

We're getting close!!!

Les said they'd start within the week!

Thursday at the earliest, Monday at the latest!!!

It's actually happening!

WHOO HOO!!!!

What a Whirlwind!

Wednesday we met with the seller at the property.  We talked about property lines, where we'd like the well dug, the access road/shared driveway.  He has owned the land since the sixties, so he was full of history about the area.

After we were done talking to the seller, Gary from Adair met us out there for the site visit.  We hadn't had time yet to put the flags out where the home is going to sit, but we had given him a site plan.  At this point Muffin decided she needed to go potty - which means she and I drove down to McDonalds to use their restroom.  Mr. Chaos and Gary continued to talk through things, like how big the pad needs to be and more details on the OTDs (owner to dos).  By the time we got back, they had gone over almost everything.

After Gary left, we staked out where we thought we wanted the house.  Muffin was a good helper - holding the measuiring tape and flags. We came home and adjusted the plan a bit, so we need to go back out and restake it - the trees are a bit bigger than we had accounted for.  (the smallest has about a 24 ft diameter!) and the lot is slopy-er than I had remembered.

Mr Chaos has put in calls to a few contactors about bids for septic, electrical and site prep. 

Feels like things are moving!

Happy Mail!!!

Our official Site Visit Information packet arrived Friday!

I sat down to look through it and it all seems so for-real now.

LOOK!  FLAGS!

To mark out the footprint of our new house!

Of course, we don't have property yet, so we're not 100% sure which house we'll choose, but FLAGS!!!

All the info inside answers most of the questions we've been peppering Kellie's email with. 

Kellie is the Home Ownership Counselor who is working with us.  She's great.  She's quick to answer email questions, even if it's just to say she's busy but will answer the next day.  She's been very straightforward and clear about a very confusing process. 

The packet explains the OTD's (owner to do's) and what the happens next.