Category Archives: Cami House
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
The Attic Issue Has Been Resolved By Being Rebuilt
Our issue with the attic storage area has been resolved. The foreman over the construction of the house really put a lot of effort in and got it fixed exactly the way we wanted it. The floor is now the … Continue reading
That Truss Turned Out to be a BIG Problem
Well I waited a day like I said I would to see if they were going to trim down that truss (I called it a beam in my last post). When I went back on Tuesday night to see if … Continue reading
First Floor Framed, Second Floor Framing Now Started
I drove by the house last night to how things were going with the framing and the first floor was done. Along with that the stairs were framed out and the second story floor (plywood) was installed. There weren’t any … Continue reading
Framing Starts and the Water Pipe is in the Wrong Place
I stopped by the house last night to see if any progress had been made over the weekend and low and behold the first story of the house had started to be framed. This was a cool development so of … Continue reading
The Foundation and Driveway Have Been Poured
The foundation and the driveway for the house were poured within the last 2 days. I was really surprised to see them pour them back-to-back when in our current house it was almost a whole month between each one. One … Continue reading
