Building things
A lot has been happening up at Jeff's dad's place, since the fire. He's got a new house.
Things are about 80% complete at this point, the basement stairs both inside and outside need to be made and installed, some final plumbing, and the electrical service needs to be connected, the latter being the only holdup at this point. If enough people can get the local utility supervisor to get off his ass and not needlessly delay the task for a few more weeks, we'll be golden. The walkways, front porch and landscaping/cleanup are all that will be left in order to be move-in ready. Eventually a deck will be built out back as well, in the meantime some temporary steps will be put in for egress. Not bad progress at all, from the fire to a new house in the same spot in less than two months time.
Talking with Jeff's dad today was nice. He's practically giddy with excitement. He can't wait to have his own place once again, and we'll have our travel trailer back in time for our trip to P-Town in July. There's still the question of having the minor heat damage repaired on the trailer. If the RV shop doesn't get the parts in before a certain time window, we'll forgo the repairs until after the vacation. We are not very pleased with this outfit that we tasked to do the repairs, and there's a good chance we'll be having some issues with them. They've been given the money from the insurance company to do the repairs, and if they stall or otherwise misbehave, we can have the insurance company itself breathing down their neck.
Dad has furniture already picked out and bought, once the green light is given, stuff will be delivered. I have a list of all the light bulbs needed in all the rooms, there are lots of built-in fixtures. Everything will be getting high-efficiency LED lighting. Couple this with the decent insulation and the high-efficiency heat pump, the electric bill should be enviable.
Oh, those big gable-end windows? This is what they overlook:
More pics, inside and out, are here.
I still have to get busy with some Photoshoppin'. I have a lot more surprise family pictures to restore and print, now that there is a place to hang and place them. I want another one of those hugs. ;-)
Things are about 80% complete at this point, the basement stairs both inside and outside need to be made and installed, some final plumbing, and the electrical service needs to be connected, the latter being the only holdup at this point. If enough people can get the local utility supervisor to get off his ass and not needlessly delay the task for a few more weeks, we'll be golden. The walkways, front porch and landscaping/cleanup are all that will be left in order to be move-in ready. Eventually a deck will be built out back as well, in the meantime some temporary steps will be put in for egress. Not bad progress at all, from the fire to a new house in the same spot in less than two months time.
Talking with Jeff's dad today was nice. He's practically giddy with excitement. He can't wait to have his own place once again, and we'll have our travel trailer back in time for our trip to P-Town in July. There's still the question of having the minor heat damage repaired on the trailer. If the RV shop doesn't get the parts in before a certain time window, we'll forgo the repairs until after the vacation. We are not very pleased with this outfit that we tasked to do the repairs, and there's a good chance we'll be having some issues with them. They've been given the money from the insurance company to do the repairs, and if they stall or otherwise misbehave, we can have the insurance company itself breathing down their neck.
Dad has furniture already picked out and bought, once the green light is given, stuff will be delivered. I have a list of all the light bulbs needed in all the rooms, there are lots of built-in fixtures. Everything will be getting high-efficiency LED lighting. Couple this with the decent insulation and the high-efficiency heat pump, the electric bill should be enviable.
Oh, those big gable-end windows? This is what they overlook:
More pics, inside and out, are here.
I still have to get busy with some Photoshoppin'. I have a lot more surprise family pictures to restore and print, now that there is a place to hang and place them. I want another one of those hugs. ;-)