....WOO HOO! Inspections have passed - praise be!
Electrical is good...framing is good...and we are onto insulation starting early tomorrow morning. Once that gets inspected (I swear, I never realized EVERY layer was scrutinized), we are onto drywalling the place. That we guess, will take about two more weeks.
We're happy to finally get the ball rolling again. Things should really start coming together.
* Stay tuned! Will get pics taken this weekend. *
On a side note, our sale house gets inspected this Friday. Prayers please that THIS sale finally goes through to completion; no glitches or further holdups.
xoxox - The Payne Gang
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
24 Days and Counting....
....until spring, that is. Wish we were only 24 days out until move-in with the house, but that's definitely pushing it. On one hand, it seems like the days just drag...and yet...I realize that these posts are about once a month - it really does seem more often. A whole month has passed already? Wow. Lots to fill you in about!
The new house: Our electrical inspection should have been given the green light as of yesterday (2/22). Today, we are waiting on the framing inspection to take place. The past four weeks have basically been devoted to all the electrical aspects. We had an electrican who came in to run the major wiring in the house (the heavy-duty stuff). That took him a good three weeks between starting and making sure everything passed code. About two weeks for Ryan and his WONDERFUL helper buddies (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) to run the low-voltage...and we are very anxious to be done with all the wiring stuff. Hopefully, that's now complete and we can move on. From what we hear, insulation should start possibly Friday...or early next week. A few days for that, then onto drywall. Things will start to pick up and move pretty quickly one all the required inspections get passed. That really does hold things up.
But, the house is coming along as far as what's left for us to finalize. Fixtures are picked, cabinet tweaks are done, any planned ideas are pretty set. I'm ahead of the game with this one...but I've already started planning room colors, curtain ideas, and the decorative stuff. Hey, we're caught up, why not??! =D
I'm hopeful that by late next week, I can take some updated pictures of the house showing some serious progress inside. The outside is much the same though.
The old house: We have an offer on the house!! Possibly the sweetest present we could hope for this Valentine's day came in the form of an offer on our Fillmore Dr. home. A few stressful days of waiting out the back-and-forth countering process, and a contract is now in place. There are still several things to wrap up befor this is considered a done-deal (like inspection, appraisal). I'm excited, but I'm DEFINITELY NOT getting my hopes up until the keys are handed over; we've learned from that several times already. If all goes well, closing is set for March 31st.
Stuff with us: Ryan has left for another two week work stint in Lynchburg, Virginia to help close out the equipment/department he works in back home in Richland. He flew out early Sunday morning and little good it did; they missed their connecting flight and spent the entire day at the airport. The next guaranteed flight out was this morning (Tuesday). What a headache! But from his text this morning...all is well...he'll be into Lynchburg shortly. I'm trying to hold the fort while he's away.
Kids have been really good - we're all staying busy enjoying the "heatwave" we've been having lately. It's been very spring-like outside; mid 50's during the day and lots of sunshine. I know I'm going to be counting down the next 24 days. I'm really ready for spring!!!
Here's a super sweet picture of the kiddos enjoying the beautiful weekend last Saturday.
The new house: Our electrical inspection should have been given the green light as of yesterday (2/22). Today, we are waiting on the framing inspection to take place. The past four weeks have basically been devoted to all the electrical aspects. We had an electrican who came in to run the major wiring in the house (the heavy-duty stuff). That took him a good three weeks between starting and making sure everything passed code. About two weeks for Ryan and his WONDERFUL helper buddies (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) to run the low-voltage...and we are very anxious to be done with all the wiring stuff. Hopefully, that's now complete and we can move on. From what we hear, insulation should start possibly Friday...or early next week. A few days for that, then onto drywall. Things will start to pick up and move pretty quickly one all the required inspections get passed. That really does hold things up.
But, the house is coming along as far as what's left for us to finalize. Fixtures are picked, cabinet tweaks are done, any planned ideas are pretty set. I'm ahead of the game with this one...but I've already started planning room colors, curtain ideas, and the decorative stuff. Hey, we're caught up, why not??! =D
I'm hopeful that by late next week, I can take some updated pictures of the house showing some serious progress inside. The outside is much the same though.
The old house: We have an offer on the house!! Possibly the sweetest present we could hope for this Valentine's day came in the form of an offer on our Fillmore Dr. home. A few stressful days of waiting out the back-and-forth countering process, and a contract is now in place. There are still several things to wrap up befor this is considered a done-deal (like inspection, appraisal). I'm excited, but I'm DEFINITELY NOT getting my hopes up until the keys are handed over; we've learned from that several times already. If all goes well, closing is set for March 31st.
Stuff with us: Ryan has left for another two week work stint in Lynchburg, Virginia to help close out the equipment/department he works in back home in Richland. He flew out early Sunday morning and little good it did; they missed their connecting flight and spent the entire day at the airport. The next guaranteed flight out was this morning (Tuesday). What a headache! But from his text this morning...all is well...he'll be into Lynchburg shortly. I'm trying to hold the fort while he's away.
Kids have been really good - we're all staying busy enjoying the "heatwave" we've been having lately. It's been very spring-like outside; mid 50's during the day and lots of sunshine. I know I'm going to be counting down the next 24 days. I'm really ready for spring!!!
Here's a super sweet picture of the kiddos enjoying the beautiful weekend last Saturday.
Love and hugs to everyone!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Another Month
So, it's already 2010...another month has gone by since our last post. Lots going on, of course!
The house is getting a lot of the "guts" in place last week, this week, and into next. Mostly, HVAC, electrical, and interior construction pieces. The garage actually has a bit of drywall in place - makes it feel more complete! The furnice is in the garage as well, ducting all through the house. Soffits in place in the kitchen and office area too. The upstairs bathroom has the tub/shower installed...Ethan is excited for his TWO sinks in there! Mostly, the changes are stuff we notice on the inside - the outside looks a lot like a finished house.
I took these pictures on 1-10-10, and even then, they're outdated. At least they show the state of the house now...and the crappy wet weather we have too. Typical winter.
We're getting the yard prepped in the next few weeks to fill in low spots, dig out arena areas, and generally get things ready to have the fencing installed. I'm very anxious for this!! I can't wait to see how the fence looks throughout the property...although we have a LOT of work ahead of us for that project.
If everything stays on schedule, we're thinking that a completion date still looms around the end of March. In the meantime, we're staying busy enough here at home between work, school, and normal everyday life. We hope you're all just as busy and happy as well!
The house is getting a lot of the "guts" in place last week, this week, and into next. Mostly, HVAC, electrical, and interior construction pieces. The garage actually has a bit of drywall in place - makes it feel more complete! The furnice is in the garage as well, ducting all through the house. Soffits in place in the kitchen and office area too. The upstairs bathroom has the tub/shower installed...Ethan is excited for his TWO sinks in there! Mostly, the changes are stuff we notice on the inside - the outside looks a lot like a finished house.
I took these pictures on 1-10-10, and even then, they're outdated. At least they show the state of the house now...and the crappy wet weather we have too. Typical winter.
We're getting the yard prepped in the next few weeks to fill in low spots, dig out arena areas, and generally get things ready to have the fencing installed. I'm very anxious for this!! I can't wait to see how the fence looks throughout the property...although we have a LOT of work ahead of us for that project.
If everything stays on schedule, we're thinking that a completion date still looms around the end of March. In the meantime, we're staying busy enough here at home between work, school, and normal everyday life. We hope you're all just as busy and happy as well!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas to all!
Thank you to everyone for cards, gifts, calls, and wishes to us. We had a wonderful holiday break, were overly spoiled, and extremely stuffed. Here are some pictures of our busy week.
Hope your Christmas was just as good!
Thank you to everyone for cards, gifts, calls, and wishes to us. We had a wonderful holiday break, were overly spoiled, and extremely stuffed. Here are some pictures of our busy week.
Hope your Christmas was just as good!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Post-Christmas Update
Merry one-day post Christmas to all!!
We headed out to the house today to check on the progress of things. I realize it's been awhile since our last post - LOTS of progress since then!! The busy builders have been moving along. We now have siding going up, roof tarp, rough plumbing done, water lines in place, windows all in. Basically, the house has all the bones - it's just adding the layers that comes next. We bumped into the roofing guys on our way in - apparently, we'll have pretty black shingles done by Monday. It's all pretty exciting!!!
Here are pics taken from today. Click on each so you can see the detail (sorry, I took as many as I could from all angles). Hopefully, you can see which room is which.
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! I'll post another post above to share some of the pics we took of our VERY spoiled day yesterday. Love to Gretchen's family back east - I miss you guys!
We headed out to the house today to check on the progress of things. I realize it's been awhile since our last post - LOTS of progress since then!! The busy builders have been moving along. We now have siding going up, roof tarp, rough plumbing done, water lines in place, windows all in. Basically, the house has all the bones - it's just adding the layers that comes next. We bumped into the roofing guys on our way in - apparently, we'll have pretty black shingles done by Monday. It's all pretty exciting!!!
Here are pics taken from today. Click on each so you can see the detail (sorry, I took as many as I could from all angles). Hopefully, you can see which room is which.
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! I'll post another post above to share some of the pics we took of our VERY spoiled day yesterday. Love to Gretchen's family back east - I miss you guys!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunnyside Christmas Parade!
Ryan and I were treated to a kid-free night while Grandma and Aunt Amy took the kids to the annual Sunnyside Lighted Christmas parade. It's a really cute display of floats, tractors, trucks, horse carriages, etc., all decorated cutsey-Christmas with lots of lights. It was FREEZING cold out, but the kids were troopers. Everyone bundled up and watched the show - it looked like fun!!
House Update
We have windows!! Of course, they're in a pile in the front office, but hey - they're here and ready to go. The guys were working on building the stairs on Friday morning when we stopped in, and by yesterday afternoon, they were up - along with almost all of the second floor framing. It's pretty cool - the rooms are really taking shape!! We should have the trusses up by next week and then the roof will follow.
Upstairs hallway/walkover
Family room
Our bedroom
Upstairs hallway/walkover
Family room
Our bedroom
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