A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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Engineering Inspection
We’ve come to appreciate that building a house is really a series of inspections interrupted by brief periods of work. There are town inspections to ensure that we’re following the appropriate local codes. Bank inspections to make sure our their money…
Read More“It appears that rural electrification is going on, steadily and as rapidly as the market can take it.” Lewiston Evening Journal, December 9, 1935
On August 19th of last year — while we were still trying to decide if we were going to buy the property — a contractor stood on the site and casually mentioned “Have you thought about electricity?” Which we hadn’t….
Read MoreWe are at a loss for words. (But we’ll come up with some eventually.)
No power yet, but these comrades spent a lovely day on Dash Landing yesterday.
Read MoreAll we’re missing is the Wonder Bread…
After another rainy week, the framing crew decided to use Saturday as “catch up” and spent the day on site building interior walls. Given how fondly we feel about interior walls — nevermind the guys giving up a gorgeous weekend…
Read MoreCutting concrete.
Lots of activity on a (relatively) dry Dash Landing today, but this may have been the biggest — the basement floor. This will allow the mason to start the chimney, the framers to start the stairs and the electricians to…
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