Still waiting

It's looking as if we won't be starting the house until after the new year. We've had a few set backs...most having to do with one nasty lady down at the city. We finally have overcome her nastiness and are so close to having approved permits. I was reading some old emails and I found our original submission to the city. We began this process June 20th. I can't believe it's taken this long. I've heard it takes a while to get your plans approved, but this has been ridiculous.

On a positive note - while we've been waiting for the go-ahead we've had time to finish up on some projects. Our current house is all done and has been on the market for the last month. Complete with new roof, carpet, windows, paint, and total kitchen remodel!! Good thing it hasn't sold yet considering we have no place to move to.



And then there was Pine Street........

The down time has also allowed us to finish up on our first adventure in house flipping. Pine Street as we lovingly named it was just completed and as of yesterday it is officially on the market. Anyone need a 3100 sq ft house and a lot to build on??













And yes they are the same color!! I liked the color we painted Pine Street so much I decided to paint our house the same.

Still waiting

It's looking as if we won't be starting the house until after the new year. We've had a few set backs...most having to do with one nasty lady down at the city. We finally have overcome her nastiness and are so close to having approved permits. I was reading some old emails and I found our original submission to the city. We began this process June 20th. I can't believe it's taken this long. I've heard it takes a while to get your plans approved, but this has been ridiculous.

On a positive note - while we've been waiting for the go-ahead we've had time to finish up on some projects. Our current house is all done and has been on the market for the last month. Complete with new roof, carpet, windows, paint, and total kitchen remodel!! Good thing it hasn't sold yet considering we have no place to move to.



And then there was Pine Street........

The down time has also allowed us to finish up on our first adventure in house flipping. Pine Street as we lovingly named it was just completed and as of yesterday it is officially on the market. Anyone need a 3100 sq ft house and a lot to build on??













And yes they are the same color!! I liked the color we painted Pine Street so much I decided to paint our house the same.

Gravel dump

When Andy dug out the new road to the shop at the bottom of our property he created a mud pit. So..we brought in loads of gravel to start filling it in and to hopefully compact into a hard surface. This is just the first load. Yes the photo quality is bad, but that is also due to the horrid rain we've been having. Andy was soaked!!

House update! The city has again contradicted themselves and now are telling us that they won't approve the garage permit until the house has been completely reviewed. Funny, that is not what we were told four months ago when we started. So we are still waiting. Hopefully the house should be approved in the next month (fingers crossed!!) and we can finally get this show on the road. For now, our big pits that have been dug out for the house and garage look like the in ground swimming pool that I've always wanted.

Gravel dump

When Andy dug out the new road to the shop at the bottom of our property he created a mud pit. So..we brought in loads of gravel to start filling it in and to hopefully compact into a hard surface. This is just the first load. Yes the photo quality is bad, but that is also due to the horrid rain we've been having. Andy was soaked!!

House update! The city has again contradicted themselves and now are telling us that they won't approve the garage permit until the house has been completely reviewed. Funny, that is not what we were told four months ago when we started. So we are still waiting. Hopefully the house should be approved in the next month (fingers crossed!!) and we can finally get this show on the road. For now, our big pits that have been dug out for the house and garage look like the in ground swimming pool that I've always wanted.