In the last few weeks, the house we are building has seen a lot of activity. As a result, there is now a lock on the door, which my husband and I discovered one Sunday when we went to inspect. It took a flurry of phone calls to get the […]
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On Casings and Crowns: The Minutiae of Building a New House
Building a new house has taught me all sorts of esoteric terms. Our online construction schedule tells me we’ve already been through damproofing and we are headed toward prebatt tubs. Those words mean nothing to me, but I don’t think I’m expected to understand them—I don’t have to sign off […]
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An Update on Our New House—I’m Trusting the Process
Our new home is still not much more than a hole in the ground. The foundation walls were poured in mid-December. By Christmas, some backfilling around the walls had been done. As of January 8, the garage hole had been filled in. (Did you know that garage floors can be […]
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Breaking Ground: On Building New Homes and Novels
I wrote in an earlier post that my husband and I are building a new home, after thirty-four years in our current house. The builder broke ground on the new house at the end of November! Now there will be something to see after months of planning. Building a house […]
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