They began clearing the ground for our new home the week of May 6. This is a very exciting time for us. Carol and I have purchased 5 houses in our lives together, but this is the first new construction. A completely different experience for us. It is exciting and frightening at the same time.
Lots of decisions to make, not to mention all the ‘excitement’ of trying to sell ‘This Old House’ before buying ‘New House’.
We’ll see how it goes.
We arrived at the property today to find that the concrete floors had been poured in the basement and the garage.
The kitchen counter tops have been set in place. The are beautiful pieces of black granite. The master bath received its vanity top too. Looking great. The tub found a home in the guest bath, along with the toilet flange. Enjoy, and if you are so inclined, check out the full set of pics I…
We have a font porch. Our own little piece of happiness in Sadsbury Township. I took the time to grab a shot of Carol on the porch and some closeups of the porch framing. I just know I’m going to have to do something that requires me to run new wires or hang something heavy….
Wait something’s different here. OMG there’s siding on the house. All the way around.
Almost twenty years I’ve been making left hand turns across traffic into my driveway at TOH. All accident free. Today, as I attempt to turn into the Home@ Suites we call home right now, I get wacked in the passenger side front wheel as I inch out into traffic to see if anything is coming….
As I approach the house today I see a number of things going on. First, I saw that the electric meter was installed on the side of the house as I drove up. That is an important step. Now PECO, our electric and gas supplier, knows we exist. Up to this point, they do not…