Lighthouses and more

We have been so busy with the house & I've been having connectivity issues since Steve moved his system (and the cable modem & router) into his office space in the shop, that updates to the blog have suffered along with keeping in touch with family & friends.

We received a 'temporary' certificate of occupancy effective May 9th. The final c/o will be issued when we have the mobile home removed from the property.

Here's a list of the major accomplishments that I can think of right now....

• Almost all the tile work is done. We were waiting for some bullnose for the master bathroom & it finally arrived.


• The painting is almost finished. The master bath and garage each need a final coat of wall paint.


• We are working on the shoe moulding to finish the baseboards.


• The kitchen appliances were delivered.

• The kitchen counters installed.


• The bathroom counter tops installed.


• The lights and fans installed -- electric finished and so the A/C is on.


• The plumbers finished today -- so there's water and the septic is connected!


• Wednesday we hired 'Two Men & a Truck' to clear out the storage unit and put the furniture in the house. While they were here we also had them move most of the boxes from the two 'spare bedrooms' in the mobile home to the house and shop.


• The gas folks will finish connecting the water heater, stove and clothes dryer tomorrow.

The great push to get the rest of the stuff from the mobile home into the house is on. I'm not sure how long it will take, but the young couple that are buying the mobile home are counting the days (hours?) until they can have this place moved onto their property!

I'll try to get some pictures added that show the progress. Until then here is one of the kitchen and another from the mountains of cardboard we've been dealing with. The recycle guys have been great, taking everything Steve cuts down & stacks out front each week.

posted by Lighthouses @ 7:57 PM