The House is SOLD!

We closed on the old house on Wednesday 5/16 at 5:15PM. On Thursday 5/17 at 3:40PM we received the call that the title ownership had officially transfered. On Friday 5/18, the net proceed funds had showed up in our checking account, nice!

So that major milestone has passed and we are very happy and in a good place financially to finish out the new house the way we want. Overall not a bad experience when we look back. We had 21 showings in 9 weeks and negotiated an offer and everything went fairly smooth during the sales process.

Time to shift focus South. We took the Mustang down and put it into the "storage" room. We completely cleaned and removed everything from it and told everyone hands off that room and stay out. The only person that will now need to go in there is the Electrician to run power to the garage door openers and install some lights/ outlets. He drives a Mustang and knows how much mine means to me so he will be extra careful I am sure!

Lorrie and I ate our first meal on the front porch last night and really enjoyed a nice evening together just the two of us. She is mailing off a letter to her customers tomorrow informing them she will no longer be taking appointments after Thursday June 28th. After that time she will be able to spend more time at the land and more actively participate in the building process, especially the finishing process when we get to select all the finishing touches.

The Plumbing, HVAC and Electrical are about 70% roughed in. We are targeting everything being roughed in by about Friday June 1st. Then we will need to insulate, then we will be ready for drywall. I estimate we will start the drywall either the week of June 11th or June 18th.

The Mustang in its new home!

Porch, windows into my office and the "front" door.

Back side of the porch, left lower windows go into our master bedroom, upper window into one of the two upstairs bedrooms, first left window under porch is above the kitchen sink, the door and right window go into the dining room.

Electrical getting roughed in, in the kitchen.

HVAC duct work and plumbing getting roughed in, this is in the ceiling of the hallway bathroom.

Furnace in the "utility" room. We went with a HEIL unit, 95% efficient, 125K BTU.

Start of the PEX water pipping in the utility room. These pipes go to the upstairs bathroom sink and shower.