A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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Sadly, this counts as progress…
Fairly quiet week on the home front. Lots of questions from the contractors (e.g “Are the cabinets in the MBR with or without doors?“), but overall fairly uneventful. With one small exception. Our comrades at Fairpoint informed us that the…
Read MoreAnd here we go…
Barring a last minute hiccup, thirteen pages of highly “nuanced” building specification (e.g. “…Test(2) prior to substantial completion = .5 air changes per hour at 50 pascals“) and seventeen pages of drawings are about to land with a resounding thud…
Read MoreThis nail might win us the Nobel Peace prize.
We had always heard about the contentious relationship between contractors and architects. Like the Hatfields & McCoys. Or the Red Sox and Yankees. Maybe not like snowmobilers and cross-country skiers, but close. And since this is our first time…
Read MoreWe have never lived in the former Soviet Union…
We have never lived in the former Soviet Union. But Debbie likes thrillers from that time period and Steve had to read Nabakov at Bates, so we believe we’re eminently qualified to make the following statement : The individuals running Central Maine…
Read MoreMore driveway.
There’s yet another post underway about our “kremlin-esque” experience with Central Maine Power and Fairpoint, but — frankly — it wears us out. Let’s just look at how the driveway is progressing…. ‘
Read MoreAlways the last Tuesday before Black Friday…
Monson slate, North Jay granite, Warren Red Birch, Maibec shakes…today will be known forever more as “Bid Specification Day.” (Always the last Tuesday before Black Friday) At 8:00 this morning, we sat down in front of a table in Portland…
Read MoreThis is the episode where they show all the old clips.
We’ve made a pinky-swear to do a “catch up” post before big milestone events : Barring something unforeseen, work starts on the driveway on Monday. (That would be the “milestone” event driving this update.) We decided on the Karen route. After numerous…
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A House In A Field 