Week: 43 Frames & Harvest

Exciting week! The Windows were ready. The frames are in!! Looking at the window with the frame truly defines the scale and size of the design & layout.
On another note, the first batch of potatoes are done.
We also laid out the entire electrical lighting layout for the electrician, this will help us save time and hopefully that translates to less money.
Next week, home audio wiring!

Week: 39, 40, 41, 42 Potatoe Harvest & a new electrician

Weeks have gone by quickly as more siding goes up. We found a new electrician to start where Frank had left off. We've sent a few letters to Frank hoping to get a reply, however nothing had come of it. Steve the new electrician is not officially licensed, however had years of field experience, so it should be ok.
We've harvested the first few potato plants that flowered. The plant was still in the early stage of development, so the harvest was small.
The concrete on the courtyard is finally done, it looks great and feels luxurious.
We have to decide if we should keep the courtyard siding as corrugated or change it to wood slats.
We've already changed the front of the entrance to wood slats, the extra costs are starting to add up.

Week 36, 37, 38 : More Siding and a small potato farm

Additional siding has gone up these few weeks. Meanwhile our missing electrician has finally appeared on the video finishing some exterior lighting work. However none of us can reach him via phone, email or mail. It's getting really worrisome as he's a very good electrician and we would ideally like to keep him on the project.
Our Potato farm is coming along. We also planted watermelon, carrots and beets.

Week 35: Some squatters

More siding was put up this week. The front facade is almost done.
We found some unwelcome squatters in our master bedroom. Three birds nest and a wasp hive in the early stages of building.

Week 33 and 34 : More Siding / looking like a real home

These 2 weeks have been exciting, more siding has gone up and the feeling is more like a home. The corrugated part looks better than I would imagine. We are glad we went with the white color instead of the aluminum one. Our house is definately the longest LV home combination out there.
On a side note, we are growing some Potatoes on the land for the first time. Last weekend we planted the first batch. To our surprise we found 3 spuds have been dug up. Although whatever small vermin that did it didn't even eat it. Spoiled animals! what's wrong with a juicy potato? In any case, we planted another batch and hopefully that vermin won't come back. We really need a fence around the plantings. The soil is extra hard, too many rocks and weeds, it's hard labor to till the soil.

Week 31 and 32: Siding! and the end of Erosion

This was a exciting week as the first of the sidings have gone up. Summer like weather helped aid this process.
Also noteworthy is the end of the town erosion summons. We had to hire a landscape company to finish off the rest of the slope to free up Matt and Adam to work on the house.
Luckily the owner of the company were friends with the town inspector and the summons is off the table...hopefully for ever. Glad to put this costly episode behind us.

Week 30: A very long trench Indeed

Our trench was over 500 feet long from the road. This made it a challenge to get the utilities companies to come out with the right equipment. Time Warner only provides 250 feet of cable and the rest has to be paid for. Luckily Verizon didn't charge extra, however it did take them coming up twice to get the wire length right.
The ground water above the well seems to be coming out non-stop, strange how there is so much ground water, but when we do the drill down, it's only at 1.5 gallons at minute.