Pretty exciting day today. Construction started on our house after 3 years of trying to get permits and infrastructure. It’s been a really long process but we’re finally getting to the last stages and the reality of building a house.
The crew managed to get all the sill plates down on the foundation and erect one part of a wall. The foreman said they would have a couple of more guys tomorrow and planned to get more walls erected. They want to work on Saturday also to get ahead of the windy weather. It’s exciting to see all the planning, changes and replanning finally coming together. I’m pretty happy that we’re finally going to have a house. We do need to get budget sorted out and figure out how much we’ll need beyond the proceeds from our house sale and how we finance that portion.
I got a couple of appliance quotes for the kitchen today and DAMN they are expensive. $40k. I don’t think the rep is doing any work on discounts or trying to save us monies. The best discount we got was $5k off $40k and that’s with no tariffs. I think we can do better doing our own sourcing of appliances.
I think we’re going to run into the same issue with the plumbing and fixtures – inflated prices. We’re probably going to have to do our own sourcing and installation. Not the best option, but nothing I haven’t done before. We’ll figure this out.
Well, tonight Jaret comes to stay the weekend with us before fire season takes him away until October. He’s picking up some stuff and visiting Juni. He’s also going to straighten out his motorcycle endorsements. The Los Lunas DMV is awful, but that’s where he needs to go to get things cleared up with his license.
Tomorrow is more construction, Juni to the Vet and work on the Can-Am a bit. Need to sync the lighted whips to the brakes and turn-signals.
Off to bed, it’s late. I’ll leave the trailer unlocked for Jaret. He should be here around 1:00am or so. I’m sure the dogs will go off and everyone will be awake.
Enjoy the evening and tomorrow is another awesome day.
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