Fine Tuning

There were a couple of things that made our house a little difficult for a family our size. First of all the closet space is very minimum. There is no coat, storage, or linen closets. The cabinet space wasn't very large either.

Initially the dining room, which is a good size, had carpet in it. Those of you who have or have had small children would be able to testify that carpet in the dining room just doesn't work. So We requested for them to put down linoleum. That has been completed, and they did a good job. There was no light in the dining room, not sure why, so we fixed something up for that. It's nice now being able to see what we eat.

Mike also built some shelves to go into an area that looked like it used to be the pantry. Eventualy we hope to put some doors on it, for now I can plainly see what I have available to cook with.

I'm still working on pictures of the outside and other areas of the house.

Today Mike is building us a front and back porch since they only left us a temporary set of stairs. In New Hampshire it is unlawful not to have a permanent set of steps in front of your house, not so here. In New Hampshire you are required to have railings on your stairs, not so here. There are a lot of differences, which makes it easier on the budget of the buyer when you don't have to include all the extras. I like being able to use a temporary set of stairs if I choose too without being told I can't, but on the other hand being able to upgrade it to a nicer porch if we so choose.

There were a lot of do it yourself projects that didn't require someone licensed to do it. Like connecting your water pipes from the source to the house. Connecting your sewer from the tank to the house. Since this is an area that we've never ventured into before we decided to let someone who knew that they were doing do it for us. However Mike will be running out our grey water from the house onto the ground to water trees, garden, etc. if we ever get any. This is another thing that is unlawful in New Hampshire. It only makes sense to do it here since it is so dry.

I will attempt to get more pictures of our house as soon as is possible.

Picture one is of the shelves Mike built for our pantry. Picture two is the dining room before the light was installed.
Picture three is of the installation nearly complete.

Denise