October 30, 2024
OCTOBER 30, 2024 There’s a lot going on today. The excavating people were there for curb cutting. That means I’ll be able to park in the driveway. We’ll wait to pour the concerete until spring. Siding started today too. It’s board and batten on the front with lap siding everywhere else. It’s the Blue Door…
October 29, 2024
OCTOBER 29, 2024 Concrete was poured yesterday in the garage, basement, and porch. Now that the porch is poured, they can start the siding hopefully this week. I wanted to put Wren’s paw prints on the porch. The concrete people were super cool about helping me. It did take me and two of the guys…
October 24, 2024
OCTOBER 24, 2024 I would be lying if I said this wasn’t an experience. It’s a testiment that I don’t know what I’m doing. Mostly because I didn’t know what questions to ask. I went to Sherwin Williams with my roommates. (They’re actually my parents, but it keeps them youthful when I call them my…
October 23, 2024
OCTOBER 23, 2024 Now that things are really rolling and invoices are being paid, the dollar signs are real. I did have a holy guacamole moment when I looked at some of the final numbers. The goal was to keep everything until $300k, but I’m pretty sure that will not be the case. Take that…
October 23, 2024
OCTOBER 23, 2024 The drywall is pretty much done, so it really looks like a house now. It should be ready to paint by Saturday. My dad is going to do the painting for me. I think most of it will just be an ivory color. There’s one wall in the master bedroom I’d like…
October 16, 2024
OCTOBER 16, 2024 Yesterday we met with the landscaper because we need a retaining wall in the back. I guess we could technically do without, but the hill in the back is steeeeeep. I would definetly be doing some rolly pollys down that thing. They’re thinking it would be kind of by the basement window…
October 16, 2024
OCTOBER 16, 2024 Insulation is pretty much complete. That means they can start drywalling, and it will really look like a house. The siding isn’t on yet because the porch has to be poured first. We don’t have a date on that, so we’re sitting tight. But the good news is, the interior is on…
October 4, 2024
OCTOBER 4, 2024 For the last few weeks, we’ve been taking my house plans to each sales training at Drexel. The team gets the plan and values engineers it. I will be honest, I was lowkey not looking forward to this because in my brain value engineering was a fancy word for getting rid of…
October 3, 2024
OCTOBER 3, 2024 I’ve been with Drexel for over 4 years. You would think I’d have an annoying amount of product knowledge. I do not. Part of the deal with this project is documenting everything as a first time homeowner and giving raw, honest feedback. I’ll preface this by saying, I do not directly sell…
October 1, 2024
October 1, 2024 I met John (the builder) and John (the electrician) at the house to do a walk through of where outlets, switches, all that jazz will be. I started looking at the fancy-ish light fixtures but also have no idea what to get. Both the living room and master bedroom tvs will be…