The Mitchell House

Carpet, Trim, and Closets

Later today, just before we shut down for Thanksgiving, I am planning to put up a good number of pics.  The carpet man is finishing that up this morning.  The trim painters are getting closer to being through. The shower door man put up the shower glass yesterday in the master bath. It looks awesome. 

I am waiting on the A/C man to finish up.  By next week, we will be working from a "punch list" getting final details to close on December 10th. 

Again, I hope to have a good number of pics by this evening.

I need to post pics!

I have taken pics but have not had the time to upload them.  Today I hired someone to go back and cover nail holes on the crown and baseboard and to do all the caulking and painting on the trim - (cased openings, doors, windows etc.

Unless I am badly mistaken, all I have to do now is a little minor grouting - a little bit of repair work - and I have to put down the 3/4 inch shoe mold on all the base that is sitting on tile.  Then I have to put the interior wall board up in the garage.  That should wrap me up.

Stuff that I am pretty sure will get done this week!
Master Shower glass will be installed.
Trim (all that stuff listed above) will get it's finish coat.
Concrete will get formed up and poured for sidewalks, outside garage pad, and some driveway.
Possibly get the garage door up

NEXT WEEK:
Carpet on Monday

WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING:
Final work on closets and punch list.

Close on house and start moving in!

No Pics - but Great Progress

I am taking vacation days to try to finish up the house.  I keep finding minor (but time consuming) stuff to be done.
Today we got up all but two doors.  One I have to reorder to a different style - the other is painted and ready to go up first thing on Tuesday.

We painted a good bit of baseboard.  We did not get any of it put down tonight, but we finished the crown mold.   As I was putting up doors, I noticed that I did not lay the tile quite far enough into the rooms.  So, I have a few small pieces of tile to lay in 4 doorways.  That will mean more grouting as well - yuck! I am beginning to wonder how many other little boo-boos I will find over the next few days.

Porches are FINISHED!

Robert and I finished the back porch tonight. All the plank is on. Richard caulked and got one coat of paint on the front porch today.  We picked up the paint for the crown and baseboards today. Hopefully we will get some grouting done tomorrow - and tomorrow night we will get the rest of the lights on.

Also tomorrow they will install the septic tank and field lines. Tomorrow afternoon I will paint my study - and try to repair the ceiling from a little boo-boo of mine!

WOW - WHAT A DAY!

Today I worked from 8:30 am until 10:15 pm.  During that time we got the front half of the house covered in tile -and the water line dug - and the power hooked up to the house - and the water line put in the ditch - and the power line run out to the light pole where I will have a security light.  Tonight, my electrician got our panel wired in - we now have some lights and outlets that are hot inside the house.

Yeah!

What a Mess!

Looks like the brick count will be close - but I believe we will just have enough.  The brick man should finish on Thursday.  They have done an excellent job.  I am well pleased.

My sheet rock man should be done around Friday.  It is looking great as well.

You might remember that before Gustav, my wife and I had to pick up everything that could fly in the wind. We had the outside completely clean.  You ought to see it now.  Piles of sheetrock scrap - piles of mortar bags - and busted brick - everywhere!  It will take an evening to get everything out of the way after they are done.

I will provide pics of the brick when it is done. I didn't see much point in taking more pics of it not quite finished.

Buttoned Up! Cleaned Up!

Yesterday (Friday) was a very busy day!  We finished the dormers and I put one coat of paint on them.  The bare wood you see in the pics will be covered with vinyl and metal.   The roof was finished as well.
YEAH!!!!  I will put one more coat of paint on - and then the metal/vinyl man can get to work. Also, there is piece of flashing at the base of the front of both dormers that will get nailed and glued down and a covering of shingles placed over it after the final paint coat goes on.

The rest of yesterday and today was spent cleaning up around the house for the potential of Hurricane Gustav.  I have buried, burned, and hauled garbage and scraps all day.  But it is ready!  I also got to do a flyover late this afternoon.  Below are a few general pics along with the flyover!

 

 

Welcome to THE MITCHELL HOUSE!

Welcome to The Mitchell House!  This is a step by step - photographed accounting of the construction of our new home!  As they say down here in south Mississippi - "This one and one more will be two I've done!"  

There are few reasons to build one's own home.  It is not something you should attempt unless you are committed to about 7 months of hard work - late nights - etc..  However, there is one overwhelmingly good reason to attempt it - MONEY!!!  The cost of this house will be CONSIDERABLY cheaper than a lock and key job. 

So - each category will chronicle the work on the house.  Our target date for occupation is the week before Christmas!!

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