Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Best house or the Worst house?

My house is either the best house ever, or the worst. Its the best because it sits in such a beautiful setting, with no neighbors. It has beautiful views and huge, gorgeous trees. The land is great for sheep. My dogs absolutely love it there. They are happier there than I've seen them in a long time. Just wait till I get some sheep! They'll think they're in doggie heaven.
But, my house is the worst house because of all the things wrong with it that need to be redone. Meaning the whole house is basically being rebuilt from the inside out. We've now taken out all the walls, including framing, except for the bearing wall frame. We've taken out all the floors down to the floor joists. We have taken out the whole kitchen and bathroom. Including all pipes and plumbing. It's basically one big open pit..LOL 
The other day we found out the toilet plumbing had been partially draining just outside the house from a hole in the pipe. The cesspool or septic tank, we're not sure which it is, and I've had both and I can't even tell, needs to be pumped and checked before we can install new plumbing. I now know what the total inside and  underneath of my house looks like. We've started the new framing and most of the new subflooring is in. Carl's Dad is flying in from Ca to redo all the electrical and replace the old fuse boxes with a new breaker box. The front and back of the house is now piled high with debris from the old flooring, drywall, cabinets, bathtub, toilet etc. Lots of burning and trips to the dump to be done. Every weekend we go out to work on the house it snows. So I have to wear long underwear and lots of socks and coats in order to work.
I know it will all get done. But its going to take a long time. 

It will be worth it though..

2 comments:

  1. Sorry it's so much work but aren't all your houses?!
    It will be wonderful when it's done and your biggest problem is that you have to stand out and watch the dogs when they go out to potty so they don't run over to the sheep pens to try and work the sheep!
    Oh, and yes, I do remember both Minnie (at Disney world) and Mickey Moo at Disneyland!

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  2. PS
    It looks like it's a cute house from the outside. I'm really excited for you - keep the house updates coming!

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