Building A House, Update 25 April 2007

The front view of the new house on 25 April 2007.


And this is the backview of the house. Today, a carpenter is installing molding and interior doors. Interior painting is in the very near future, followed by cabinets, interior plumbing and tile. It's getting so close you can feel it.


In this picture you are looking at the main entrance on the left and the kitchen entrance on the right. All of the sheetrock is in with the exception of the DuraRock going into the bathrooms around the tub and/or shower.


In this picture you are looking at the dining area adjacent to the kitchen. The dining room window looks out of the back of the house.


This is the kitchen area, the sink will be under the window. The door goes into the laundry room and which exits into the garage. There is also a pantry off the laundry room.


Here is a closeup view of the front porch and front entrance. The window on the left is over the kitchen sink. The right window opens into the main living area.

Building A House

This is the lot we picked in December 2006 to build our new house on.

Construction started in February with clearing the lot. We managed to locate the house with minimal disturbance to the live oaks residing on the lot. We did remove a couple of water oaks who did not seem to be thriving.

By early March, the slab was down, the shell was up and the roof was on.

They had also started to apply the outside HardiBoard covering and as you can see the windows are also in.

Inside, they were working on the air conditionong ducts. The electrical and plumbing were already in place.

By the end of March, the insulation was in place.

Outside, you can see the Hardiboard has been completly installed and the roofing is in place.

Here is a view of the backside of the house.

They painted the exterior during the first week in April

They seem to have painted the backside also. As we were leaving they were starting to install wallboard inside.

Now actually really retired, maybe

After 45 years plus of federal, state and local government service "The Old Salt" retired end of watch on 12/26/06.

In answer to that age old question: He is still wondering what he wants to be when he gows up.

While he continues in that lifelong search, he and his darling wife are building a new house and savoring a lot of time with their grandchildren while looking for new adventures for the future.