A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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This is not a bell curve.
We went into this project imagining a process that looked like a bell curve. A few leisurely decisions at the beginning, gradually building towards the middle and a slow, steady glide path leading up to the move-in date. Silliness. As…
Read MoreDoes Amazon sell tire plugs?
A handful of “treasure” after walking around the driveway for 15 minutes with a magnet.
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 MoreDig Safe
Looks like we’ve had a visit from the Dig Safe fairies. Can’t see it in this photo, but the writing essentially reads “no electricity, no gas, no water, no sewer.” Yes — that just about covers it.
Read MoreDifferent Dash. Way different.
It’s official. It took seven tries, but the white smoke rose gracefully out of the Freeport Town Hall today. Our new address will be* : 7 Dash Landing The “7” is just a wonderful coincidence. The “Dash” was a privateer ship…
Read MoreKaren, Karl or Darrell?
This week’s adventure involves the driveway. Deb met with four different contractors to get their thoughts (and estimates) over the last five days to determine the best route from Point A. to Point B. As you know, the Town of…
Read MoreGreat Expectations
One of the questions we’ve asked ourselves since making this journal public is “how much and when?” While we want to record our progress, we also want to respect the decision making process And today was definitely one of those…
Read More“Remember, you can always find East by staring directly into the sun” – Bart Simpson
With everyone back from vacation, Rob, Deb and I had a quick meeting last week to outline “next steps.” First up — we’d like to get a driveway and power into the building site by the end of year. That…
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