Category Archives: New House

As soon as they had all the weight bearing walls in they started on the roof.  I don’t blame them, it will be a lot easier to work in there when there is a little bit of shade.

They are finished with the concrete block, they poured the walls last Friday.  Monday they will start putting up the framing.

Forms are up, thanks for the dumpster placement guys.  <sigh> And the slab pored.  At least they moved the dumpster so you can see more now.  Lots of rain and moisture to slow the curing of the slab this weekend, … Continue reading →

I want to thank the construction guys for the nice placement of the porta-potty.  They managed to just get it in the frame I was going to use for all the progress pictures.  May have to shift to the right … Continue reading →

Permits have been approved and they started clearing the lot Monday.  There is a preserve at the back of the lot that is marked by a fence.  They had the fence placed short so somebody from the city (?) has … Continue reading →

This is where our new house will be (click to see full size image):

DiPrima has sent the plans to the city and applied for permits.  We are still working with vendors.  Granite is coming in way high still.  10k is our current best quote and our allotment is 5.5k.   We are hoping that … Continue reading →

After much wrangling and wringing of hands, we are go with the new house.  We gave DiPrima Construction a massive check representing 10% down so they will now begin construction of our new house.  The new house will be on … Continue reading →