The building process has been very slow and difficult. First we were given a May finish, then June. Now it’s September and we’re still renting with no sure finish date in sight. We are calling most of the subs daily — although I don’t think that should be our job. Most of those that we [...]
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Building a custom home is not for the faint of heart. Seriously. I’ve decided that building is like having a baby. It’s extremely long and painful, but once you’re done you forget the pain — just long enough to decide that you’d like to do it again. And when you remember the pain, it’s too [...]
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Yesterday the concrete in the third bay in the single garage was poured. I saw one guy smoothing it yesterday afternoon. Looks very nice and, as far as I could tell from a cursory look, no one walked through it. They also scored the concrete in the larger garage area earlier in the day. Cutting [...]
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When we finally closed the construction loan last November, I was sure we had missed the good-weather window and would be sitting around in our rental house watching the snow fall for a number of months. To my surprise, even the famous Utah snow doesn’t completely stop the building process. In fact, to this point [...]
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