painting starts

our first paint job
Originally uploaded by bredto

So we did actually pick out paint for a few rooms. Here we are painting the back bedroom in Banana Smoothie. It looks very yellow here, but it should dry a little more mellow. It should. Chis pick the color from a bedspread she'd like to use in the room. We also started painting the master bath in something called Sandslope. We rolled the dice on both colors since the store didn't have samples in these colors. We did however get samples for the main floor (silver fox) and the front bedroom (dill weed) which we put up and liked. We'll get to those eventually.

Note the inside out pants... brilliant!

Septic starts

Septic starts
Originally uploaded by bredto

I drove up to the house today and found that they have started working on the septic system. This shot is from the second bedroom looking down. Apparently that's the actual septic tank and there will be several lines that run off of it. A few other things are happening as well. Drywall work continues, framing of the basement stairs started. and they are almost done putting the stucco like substance over the foam block of the foundation.

It looks like we're going to start painting as soon as we can figure out what colors go where. We also visited a few appliance stores last night and got overwhelmed with al the choices. Now we have the fun task of finding the features we like at a price we can afford.

  

Video walk thru

The walk thru from Bret Olsen on Vimeo.

The day after set

The day after set
Originally uploaded by bredto

I got to go into my house for the first time today with the wife. First impression... it's bigger than I thought it would be! I like the open floor plan a lot and what few concerns I had are gone.

With all the windows, it's very bright and sunny inside. Everything is better than we imagined. We never got a chance to see a good picture of the fireplace before we ordered it, so I was hoping that it would be nice. I'm happy to say that I like it very much. The kitchen cabinets are really cool too. Lots of closets. Nice siding color. Electrical outlets all over the place. Chris has her nice soaking tub which she already tried out (sans water).

We are happy. I shot some video so stay tuned for a video walk thru!

 

Set day

Set day
Originally uploaded by bredto

Tuesday while I was away for work, a crew from Syracuse came and set our house. I'm told that they set in in only five hours. While I was gone, my wife, Uncle and a couple friends got to watch as a dozen or so guys worked like a well oiled machine. Thanks to Matt and Jill for coming up and help take many photos in my absence.

You know the drill... click the picture to see more!

  

We got boxes!

down the road
Originally uploaded by bredto

Today around 11 am we watched as four trucks pulled around the corner and brought our house to us. Within one hour the truckers arrived, positioned the modules, got a very big check and were gone like the wind. We spent about a half hour looking though the windows admiring our new home while calling back and forth "Did you see the cabinets?", "Did you see the fireplace? ", "Did you see the toilet?"

I'm now off to Maine to teach tomorrow. I think I might have been able to bribe our friends from Bing to come up and help take pictures and video in my absence tomorrow when they set the modules on the foundation.

I've uploaded about six picture to Flickr for now. Click the pict to check 'em out. I'll try to get some video up too.

Foundation looking for a home

foundation looking for a home
Originally uploaded by bredto

In less than 2 weeks we'll have our house on the foundation! On the 23rd of June four trucks will be pulling into our lot, each with a quarter of a house. The following day a "set crew" will lift and place each component onto the foundation. Once the house is on the foundation it'll take 4-6 weeks to button it up.

The really crumby news is that I won't get to see the setting of the house because I'll be teaching in Maine. I'm EXTREMELY bummed out. I'll be giving the wife and mother a crash course in photography and videography to cover for me in my absence.

Our GC has been in touch with other bits of info too. The basement floor should be poured today and then work begins on our septic system. Once the septic is in they'll dig a trench from the well to the house and complete the well (installing the pump, etc.)

I've been very busy traveling for work the past few weeks. While not very fun being away from home for so long, it has made time fly with this house thingy. I can't believe it's almost here.