Roy and Jane's Home Building Adventure

 Decided to add a few more pics after going over to the house today, lest you think nothing has been done inside.  Roy put up the TV mount and he's holding some pretty cool paneling (courtesy of Costco).   Walking over to the house is quite an adventure.  I've never been quite so close to this bad boy! The latest excavation: our electric conduit. 

 Day 170.  Well, as expected, but certainly not welcome, progress inside our house has come to a creeping halt.  Finding, trenching, laying, connecting the utilities - water, gas, electric and sewer, has taken longer than expected.  Part of it is the labor, and a lot of it is coordinating with both the city of Colorado Springs (gas and electric) and Manitou Springs (water and sewer).   But all is not lost.  Over the weekends, the deck railing was installed.  It had to be done on the weekends, because access to the house during the week was a mess!  

 

 Day 153; 22 days til end of October.  (I don't think we'll be in by then, but we're getting closer) Most of the activity of late has been outside; specifically trenching the easement for our utilities.  But last week, we did see some actual work on the house.   Including starting our deck!  In addition, had to include this picture.  One of the workers brought his adorable puppy with him. Not sure how much help this little bundle of energy was, but he sure was cute! Meanwhile.....almost all of last week and currently, they are digging up the easement to connect the utilities. Next they had to break up the street to connect to the main lines. And of course, connect it all to our house. It's been a slow process, and they are not near done yet, but we are getting there!

 Day 143 - 32 days til end of October!  So work continues both inside and out.  Inside looks nicer!             Roy is ready for dinner.   And we've got new back splash on part of our kitchen wall. Hard to see it well with all the junk around.  This one is cropped in a bit . Of course, after dinner, we can wash up in our new bathroom sinks Bedroom vanity Public/outer bathroom Meanwhile, they continue working outside to connect our utilities.  Slow process. 

 Day 139.  36 days til end of October.                            The day started out with our counter tops being delivered, and installed!                                   I really like our kitchen island and the surrounding counter top.                                                                             Roy likes it too!                                                Plus we've now got the guest bathroom cabinet and top,                                                                          the laundry room, and our vanity (with the wrong color walls. They'll repaint them white).                                       Obviously, there was a lot of granite delivered today. Fortunately, they were delivered in the morning,  Because shortly after they brought in the countertops, our new best friend, Aaron, the excavator, went to town trenching up the entire easement/driveway to lay the utilities.