Yesterday afternoon we went to our "soon to be" property and marked off the dimensions of where things are going to be located. We marked where the house, the garage, the driveway and the porch will all sit. All of this markings are just temporary guess work until we shoot grade to determine the exact location. It was fun laying out where our future will be! The house seems so small on such a large piece of land, just marked by stakes in the ground. It was a very windy day, but we got it accomplished. This Thursday we go to sign the title work for the land and it is ours!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Window Shopping for the New House
On Saturday we went "window" shopping for our new house. We can't exactly buy things for the house, since we have limited storage as it is. We visited Lumber Liquidators to look at laminate flooring for the home. I omitted the carpet and vinyl from the Living room, Kitchen, Dining room, and Family room, so we can install our own laminate flooring. Laminate is available from the factory but I was not thrilled with the colors that matched the cabinets, plus it is an expensive option, so we opted to do it ourselves. We found a couple of selections that we liked and now just need to make the decision. While we were there we were told that this coming week, they start their big spring sale! We will make our decision this week on the color selection and whether we go to this sale this weekend or if we can find a laminate that we like at Menards,since they are also having a sale this week.
We also shopped for furniture for our daughters room. I have an idea in my head of what I want her room to look like, and have not been able to find exactly what I am looking for. While looking at the bedroom furniture I found a table I really like for the the Dining room.
Overall a good "window" shopping sort of day. Now we need to make a couple of decisions and wait for the house to be able to buy the things we need!
We also shopped for furniture for our daughters room. I have an idea in my head of what I want her room to look like, and have not been able to find exactly what I am looking for. While looking at the bedroom furniture I found a table I really like for the the Dining room.
Overall a good "window" shopping sort of day. Now we need to make a couple of decisions and wait for the house to be able to buy the things we need!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Handed Over the Keys
This afternoon my husband took the keys and garage door openers to the realtors' office where we completed our paperwork. The house is no longer ours. :( A bittersweet day.
This evening my husband insisted that we drive past to see if they are moving in yet. I would prefer to not know, but we drove past anyways. The couple who bought our home, was actually renting a home about a block away from our house, when we drove past they were packing up a trailer, looked as though they would be moving very soon.
This evening my husband insisted that we drive past to see if they are moving in yet. I would prefer to not know, but we drove past anyways. The couple who bought our home, was actually renting a home about a block away from our house, when we drove past they were packing up a trailer, looked as though they would be moving very soon.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Meeting with the Contractor
Monday evening we met with our Contractor and he provided us with a breakdown of numbers for the completion of our home. This will include: Basement, Garage, Porch, Well, Septic, Driveway, Sidewalk, and hooking up the home.
We have to obtain our permits before we start anything, to obtain permits the land must be in our name. Our meeting for the land is Thursday April 18th. Once the land is in our name, we get the permits we need, and give the contractor the go ahead to start lining up the work. It is getting very real, exciting and stressful at the same time!
A breakdown of what the contractor will be doing.
Basement
Excavating, back fill, final grade, concrete, insulated interior, egress windows, drain tile, sewage basin and pump, plumbing in floor for future bath, sump pit, tar exterior walls, stairs, and lights.
Well
Septic
Garage
Fireproofing wall connected to home, building attached garage, pouring garage floors, and a pad in front of garage, garage door, and two exterior doors.
Driveway
Sidewalk from garage pad to front door
Porch
Concrete porch floor, vinyl posts, vinyl railing, building entire porch structure attached to home, and shingling entire front of home.
Gutters
This is the just of what the contractor will be doing to finish our home. We have very specific details from him, as I would suggest everyone ask for so you understand what your contractor will be doing for you and how much it is going to cost.
We have to obtain our permits before we start anything, to obtain permits the land must be in our name. Our meeting for the land is Thursday April 18th. Once the land is in our name, we get the permits we need, and give the contractor the go ahead to start lining up the work. It is getting very real, exciting and stressful at the same time!
A breakdown of what the contractor will be doing.
Basement
Excavating, back fill, final grade, concrete, insulated interior, egress windows, drain tile, sewage basin and pump, plumbing in floor for future bath, sump pit, tar exterior walls, stairs, and lights.
Well
Septic
Garage
Fireproofing wall connected to home, building attached garage, pouring garage floors, and a pad in front of garage, garage door, and two exterior doors.
Driveway
Sidewalk from garage pad to front door
Porch
Concrete porch floor, vinyl posts, vinyl railing, building entire porch structure attached to home, and shingling entire front of home.
Gutters
This is the just of what the contractor will be doing to finish our home. We have very specific details from him, as I would suggest everyone ask for so you understand what your contractor will be doing for you and how much it is going to cost.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Moved Out!
This weekend consisted of lots of boxes and lots of cleaning! We need to be out of our house by the 13th, so this past weekend we had to move out. We have been packing up boxes for the past few weeks, however this weekend was it. Everything had to have a place it either went to storage or went into our vehicles to be transported to my parents house where we will be staying until our home is complete. Last night was the first time I visited the storage, wow it is very full! I knew we had a lot of stuff, but to see it in boxes piled to the ceiling is a diferent story. Our house is completely empty besides a box of cleaning supplies that we couldn't fit into the car, and a couple of things left in the garage that my husband will pick up this week.
The emotional part of this is hard for me, it was our first house, where our first child was born and had so many of her firsts, I am an emotional person and this house is hard to say goodbye to.
The transition is going pretty well so far, we just hope to be in our new house by the time the baby comes!
The emotional part of this is hard for me, it was our first house, where our first child was born and had so many of her firsts, I am an emotional person and this house is hard to say goodbye to.
The transition is going pretty well so far, we just hope to be in our new house by the time the baby comes!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Placed the Order!
We placed our order on Tuesday of this week! All of the choices have been made and we can only hope that we didn't miss anyting! Colors, light placement, 3-way switches, all decision that were difficult for this process are complete.
We had our contractor meeting on Monday night and hope to have his numbers back next Monday so we can establish what we can afford for our budget, and set up a timeline as to how we are going to complete this process. The meeting with the contractor went very well, he asked questions that we hadn't even thought about, and brought some good points up about some of our ideas. We have a pretty standard list of things that will need to be completed, with a couple of additional wants added in.
We are pouring a 9' basement, adding a garage (size not determined yet), driveway, septic, well, and a porch. When the numbers come back we can better establish the size of the garage, the type of porch, and the size and type of the driveway.
There are a lot of phone calles to be made for obtaining permits, but before this can happen the land must be put in our name. We are currently waiting on the title company so we can sign the papers to make the land ours. This should also happen early next week.
As soon as the numbers come back from our contractor, we will set up a meeting with the mortgage broker and get our loan started.
We had our contractor meeting on Monday night and hope to have his numbers back next Monday so we can establish what we can afford for our budget, and set up a timeline as to how we are going to complete this process. The meeting with the contractor went very well, he asked questions that we hadn't even thought about, and brought some good points up about some of our ideas. We have a pretty standard list of things that will need to be completed, with a couple of additional wants added in.
We are pouring a 9' basement, adding a garage (size not determined yet), driveway, septic, well, and a porch. When the numbers come back we can better establish the size of the garage, the type of porch, and the size and type of the driveway.
There are a lot of phone calles to be made for obtaining permits, but before this can happen the land must be put in our name. We are currently waiting on the title company so we can sign the papers to make the land ours. This should also happen early next week.
As soon as the numbers come back from our contractor, we will set up a meeting with the mortgage broker and get our loan started.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Easter Weekend!
This past weekend was a busy one! Celebrating Easter and packing a house with company equals an eventful weekend and one tired momma!
In between Easter Egg hunts we managed to pack up almost the whole office, and my daughters bedroom, the kitchen, and the utility room, the whole shed and all our outside furntiure, bicylces, etc. It always feels like we are getting a lot accomplished until you walk around in the house and realize we have sooo much stuff! Next weekend will be the "big move" we are hoping for nice weather to move our furniture out.
We had one meltdown last night when a book that my daughter loves to read at night was missing! I told her we would go to the storage and find the box of books and get her book out! - Hopefully the "missing" toys are at a minimum for the next couple of months!
I am visiting the facotory today to place our home order! This experience is a little bit different for me since I work in the industry, but still all of the home buyers' experiences are definately the same!
We have a meeting tonight with our contractor to go over pricing. We recieved a quote today for the basement, things are progressing! I will elaborate on the process more tomorrow after our contractor meeting.
In between Easter Egg hunts we managed to pack up almost the whole office, and my daughters bedroom, the kitchen, and the utility room, the whole shed and all our outside furntiure, bicylces, etc. It always feels like we are getting a lot accomplished until you walk around in the house and realize we have sooo much stuff! Next weekend will be the "big move" we are hoping for nice weather to move our furniture out.
We had one meltdown last night when a book that my daughter loves to read at night was missing! I told her we would go to the storage and find the box of books and get her book out! - Hopefully the "missing" toys are at a minimum for the next couple of months!
I am visiting the facotory today to place our home order! This experience is a little bit different for me since I work in the industry, but still all of the home buyers' experiences are definately the same!
We have a meeting tonight with our contractor to go over pricing. We recieved a quote today for the basement, things are progressing! I will elaborate on the process more tomorrow after our contractor meeting.
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