For a long time now James and I have wanted our own house. We have been married for nearly 11 years and have spent that whole time living in a rent house. We worked hard and saved up some money. Now, our dream is becoming a reality. It will be a lot of hard work because we are building it ourselves. Well, actually, James has done most of the building so far. There has been lots of driving back and forth between our current home and our future home (290 miles one way). In the end, we will have a nice old-fashioned country home that we can be proud to live in.
Timeline
10/14/07 Clear land 11/09/07 Drill holes for conc. pillars 11/10/07 Buy septic tank ($291) 11/29/07 Doze driveway & elec. line ($400 for 5 hrs) 12/06/07 Elec. line installed ($6,279) 12/20/07 Pour cement pillars for foundation ($876 for 10 yds) 12/29/07 Plant wildflowers on land 02/08/08 Install temporary elec. pole 02/22/08 Begin building floor 04/19/08 Floor completed 04/30/08 Put up walls 05/18/08 Put up OSB on outside walls 05/25/08 Build & raise ridge beam 06/08/08 Begin attaching rafters to ridge beam 09/19/08 Hire men to finish roof ($5,600) 09/25/08 Hired men install blue tar paper on roof 11/23/08 Install first set of windows (4 total) 12/28/08 Begin work on facia and soffits 03/07/09 Install 4 more windows & begin putting up siding 03/21/09 Begin installing tin on roof 09/26/09 Finished tin roof 10/02/09 Finished installing dormer windows, except for the middle large one
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