Author Archives: Dan
So Many Projects… So Little Time
Now that we are starting to wind down from moving ourselves and moving my brother-in-law into his house (yeah! I have my office back) we are beginning to look at the projects that we want to do around the house. … Continue reading
California Housing Market – Prices are Still Sliding into the Ocean
OK, so in March I was amazed at how much similar houses to what I owned in the Horsethief Canyon Area in Corona, California were priced compared to where I had seen them in the beginning of 2007 (you can … Continue reading
Saving Energy Costs by Tinting Your Home’s Windows
Everyone is going green these days. When I first moved into our new house the first thing I did was to replace all of the incandescent light bulbs in our house with fluorescent light bulbs. In my other house I … Continue reading
Walk-in Attic Storage Area Shelving – My $100 Weekend Project
One the biggest items that sold us on our new house was the fact that it had a walk-in storage area in the attic above the garage. The space measures 19′ x 7′ and the roof slants from about 7′ … Continue reading
Returning to the Land of the Living
Well it has been quite a long time since I have posted here. In Blogoshere that’s a bad thing but I am back never the less. My drop off in posting was directly related to how busy I became both … Continue reading
A Reality Check to the Severity of the Housing Market Crash
WOW, that is all I can say – WOW. Literally on the eve of getting ready to close on the new house that we are building here in Texas I get a reminder of what others are facing around the … Continue reading
So Many Things Got Done at the house Yesterday
In 2 days the house went from having mud on the drywall to having character. This is a list of what happened in the last 2 days: All the brick on the outside of the house is done Texture on … Continue reading
Our House Looks Like a House Now
Yesterday was the first time that I have walked inside of our house that we are building and didn’t have to use my imagination to see how things would look. The drywall guys covered the last remaining places where there … Continue reading
From Framing to a House in 2 Weeks
So it has been about 2 weeks since I post about the progress on the house. During that time the following items happened: We passed inspection for Plumbing and Electrical The outside brick was started Drywall was hung First coat … Continue reading
300+ Photos and 45 Minutes of Video Later the House’s Plumbing and Electrical are Documented
That’s right, I spent almost 3 hours yesterday at the house filming and snapping pictures of the drywall-less walls of our house. The plumbing and the electrical have reached the point that they are ready to be inspected and covered … Continue reading
