Finish my house

Now the extreme work begins. The drywallers are getting done this week, so we will be madly painting. I am having them texture the ceilings with patterns so there will be less painting, but still. The house is about 2100 square feet so there are lots of walls. Fortunately the kids are older now and can help more with painting. At least in the closets. ;)
Then we’ll have flooring and cabinets and toilets. Trim and doors will have to come after moving in.(sigh)

We got the insulation last week. Hubby is working on the manifolds for the plumbing and the last of the in-the-wall type stuff and we will schedule the drywall for next week! It’s getting there! I am getting so excited. Then we get painting, cabinet installation, flooring, tiling, finish carpentry, door installation, etc. Still lots to do…

hubby went out and got more of the electrical done and the septic installers put in the tanks for our side and my parents’ side. Tomorrow we have to go out and grade the dirt up to the house. Also, we will be cutting up a tree to get it out of the septic field area. Things are moving forward.

We spent the whole day out at the house today. Hubby just about finished the electrical on my parents’ side. The rest of us did yard/garden work and I cleaned up after the framing crew had worked on the final siding and porch posts. They came either Wednesday or Thursday and took away all of their tools/ladders/scaffolding. Left a mess to sort through what we want to save for various shed projects later. But they’ll come back to take the leftovers we don’t want away.

It’s August. We want to move in October. Framing, roofing, siding, doors, windows, porches were all done by one set of contractors. We took the rest! What did we get ourselves into? Hubby is done with the outgoing plumbing and half of the electrical. Still has incoming plumbing, 1/2 electrical, and all the HVAC. We will hire the drywallers and insulation done and the septic installers. Then we get the painting, flooring, cabinets, fixture installations. I might hire the tile guy for our tub. Sounds like a lot to get done in 3 months.