Phase Two...Start Your Engines

On Thursday, August 1st, we were able to put an end to the more than three month ordeal of paperwork, insurance, bullshit insurance, proving our intent and more paperwork. We closed on the refinance/construction loan for our house on 6th Street. We finally met Pam, the wonderful and patient loan officer at San Luis Valley Federal Bank, who put up with my multitude of questions and concerns and always responded positively and quickly. Seriously, anyone in Creede needing to do something similar with their property, Pam knows all and is familiar with the area, etc. She rules. Anyway, she sat us down and took us through everything and about 20 minutes later, we had a house. Again! But this time with funds to finish it.  (I am aware that I am married to a contractor/builder so when we say "finished" that is a loose term. Is a builder's house ever really done? Anyway, for our purposes, let's just say: liveable.)

With this in mind a few days before our closing, 99.9% sure we were good to move forward, the back of the house fell off.

Weeeeeeeee!

I had one friend initially think that this was a bad thing. I admit that the way I phrased it on facebook DID sort of make it look like this was an act of god. But after many congratulations from others, said friend realized his error. With all of my parents and step-parents in town last week, my step-father Gerry and a neighbor's backhoe helped RJ pull down the old addition. God it was ugly. It made me sad to look upon it. I did take a photo and even though it's gone it still makes me cry a little.

This isn't even in all its true shitty glory. It was bad. BAD.

Buh bye, ugly.

Eight loads of busted up house to the dump later and more digging by RJ, he will now begin preparing the dug out hole for the concrete foundation. This requires building a framework that is leveled and carefully measured so that all the concrete goes to its proper place. Then, you can start to put in floor joists, which are the foundation for your actual floor.

Oooooooh

Ahhhhhhh!

 

Once we put up the frame of the addition and close it in, we can do plumbing and electrical for the entire house and RJ can then focus on the front. We don't have to have the addition completely finished to move in, and we want to move in as fast as we can so we're not paying full mortgage plus rent on top of it. But...I'm getting ahead of myself. Much, much more to come, friends. And thanks for reading.

I am back to feeling a bit useless again. Or at least back to simply cleaning for a while. Although I do have my eyes on some fabric for curtains...too soon?