Posted to RR-Homestead by Rachal in Janesville, CA
on 8/18/2009
So I painted the house. I decided to go with red. Since the house is very simple and not very architecturally interesting, I thought that I could at least make it visually interesting! Neighbors haven't said anything, I hope they're not mad. It's interesting how the red house makes the red roof appear almost purple. I like it.
Cabinets are my bane now. I've got two quotes. One for $10,000 and one for $12,000. This is a budget buster for me. I have another couple of places to check out, but I really doubt that I'm going to stay anywhere NEAR $7,000. To tell you the truth, I don't even like spending that much.
Here is the problem. I have $32,000 to finish the house. I want to move in around December. I still have electric, HVAC, plumbing, drywall, septic, electric hookup, and water. I'm thinking that I will put a sink base cabinet in the kitchen and call it finished.
I received a takeoff for my electric yesterday and was a bit perplexed. It's a little over $1,000. The meter main and sub panels only came up to $280. This makes no sense to me. I thought I was looking at $600 at least. I'm going to go back over the list to make sure we are speaking the same language. If we are then I'm going to buy it QUICK.
My brother, the HVAC guy, came down to visit with our Mom. While he was here he designed my ducting system. Then he pointed out a couple of really bad ideas I had about the house. Not all his ideas were great, but a couple of them really pointed out the lack of rational thinking on my part.
So we will have propane for our on-demand hot water. The alternative is ridiculous.
Here are some pics of the house.
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Front of house with new color. Trim mostly done. |
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Still working on the trim |
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Practiced using the spray gun on the chicken coop before I started working on the house. I love that machine. I used
WAY too much paint. I'll do better next time. |
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