We are only a few weeks away from moving in. A lot has gone on and been done but I don't have the time or energy to update. But so you know we have all but a few small things left to do.
You are all invited to come to our open house it is on March 26th from 4-6pm. You can see our house and the other 6 houses in our group. We are so excited to show off our house so come if you can if not call me and come visit any time after that. Also if you need our address or driving directions let me know in a comment and I will get it to you.
Note: be prepared to take off your shoes in the new houses.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Painting cont...
So we were so excited to get painting done... but we forgot about the garages and the doors. So low and behold we were prepping and painting again and will be for another week or so. Joe was so motivated to get things done that we got our garage prepped and painted on Saturday, then on Monday he set up and got the closet bi-fold doors painted and last night-Tuesday we got the other 11 doors painted. The painting is not the hard part it is sanding, cleaning them off and setting them up that takes the most time. We are hoping by this upcoming weekend we will have the last couple of garages painted. I can hardly wait to be able to move on to something else, even though I am trying to enjoy what we are doing in the moment.
Joe didn't wear a mask while painting the garage and ended up looking like this...
Monday, February 2, 2009
In the news...
On Saturday while working, a journalist come out to our subdivision to do a story for the Herald Journal about the project and program we are in. I was for sure not wanting to be in any picture but I also wasn't doing anything at the time. The story is mostly focused on the phase that is just finishing up this week, but the picture is someone in our phase. It is going to be a long post because for my sake I am posting the whole article but don't think you have to read it.
Kyler Sorensen cut the baseboards at his home that is under construction in Nibley. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)
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Kyler Sorensen cut the baseboards at his home that is under construction in Nibley. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)Do-it-yourself housing By Matthew K. JensenNIBLEY — One neighborhood is about to receive its first residents and those who will call the cul-de-sac home didn’t find their houses through a real estate agent; they built each one from the ground up. The Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation (NNHC) celebrates the completion of its 150th Mutual Self-Help Home on Thursday, opening up seven brand-new houses in Nibley for the public to see the program up close. NNHC executive director Kim Datwyler says the agency is the first in the state to make the bench mark. “This is affordable housing the way it should be done, and the way people want it,” she said. “Most people think, ‘Low-income housing? I don’t want anything to do with that.’ But these are lovely homes.” Datwyler says each residence has between 1,500 and 1,600 square feet of living space, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a two-car garage and front-yard landscaping. NNHC helps people who make 80 percent or less of the area’s median income achieve home ownership by providing grant money from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural and Community Development program. Datwyler says the special funding is loaned to people who build the homes themselves. “It’s not a hand out, it’s a hand up,” she said, reciting a phrase coined by a past participant. “The other thing we see is the change it has on the family. The kids will take me on a tour of their house and they are so proud. They’ll say, ‘Look what my parents did, look what my mom did. They built this house for me.’” Qualified applicants are pooled into groups which build several homes in one area simultaneously — each builder helping neighbors construct their homes alongside his or her own. Participants must complete at least 65 percent of the labor required to build their residence. Code work, including electrical wiring and plumbing, is done by licensed professionals. “It’s definitely not for the faint of heart — you have to work your butt off,” said Jessica Muir, who, along with her husband, Kevin, built one of the Nibley homes. “It’s a part time job basically.” Muir said she and her husband have worked 35 hours a week for nine months to complete the seven homes. Jessica said she enjoyed framing the houses and Kevin liked doing finish work. “This is a very, very good opportunity,” she added. “We’re going to have a home and there’s no other way we would have been able to afford a home without this program.” Datwyler says finished homes appraise for much more than the cost to construct them and that homeowners are not restricted from selling their property. “We really believe we want to make a quality product,” she said. “I wouldn’t build something I wouldn’t want to live in.” All homes are Energy Star rated to keep utility costs down. Datwyler says mortgage payments range between $530 and $580 each month. Potential home owners go through a great deal of first-time home buyer counseling, loan counseling and a post-purchase training about the importance of staying out of debt to keep their home safe, Datwyler explained. “Out of the 150 homes, we’ve had zero foreclosures,” she said. The Muir couple say the construction process has shown them a lot about each other and that they have grown closer for it. They, along with six other families, move into their brand new home Friday. What: Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation Open House When: Thursday, Feb. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. Where: Shadow Crest Subdivision: 2600 S. 1000 West in Nibley On the Web: nnhc.net ——— E-mail: |
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Painting
The inside of the house is painted!!! Thursday we finished chalking and preparing to paint. Our good friends even came to help paint but we weren't quit ready and they help get us ready. Joe spent last Friday afternoon and evening spraying the primer coat on. Because I didn't find a babysitter for Maleah I made him a very nice dinner for him because he didn't want to do it on Friday.
Saturday morning they fixed a couple of spots that had dripped and started the next coat. Joe had a lot of help while I was babysitting. Then when I got there we finished up that coat. Then let it dry over lunch and in the afternoon we were able to get the final coat on. It is a lot of work to spray and backroll, but it turned out great except for a few spots we will have to fix later.
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Us as Marshmallow people.
Saturday morning they fixed a couple of spots that had dripped and started the next coat. Joe had a lot of help while I was babysitting. Then when I got there we finished up that coat. Then let it dry over lunch and in the afternoon we were able to get the final coat on. It is a lot of work to spray and backroll, but it turned out great except for a few spots we will have to fix later.
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Us as Marshmallow people.Thursday, January 15, 2009
Looking more complete
We have gotten a lot done in the last week on our house. It is so exciting to see the progress. This last week we did finish work in our house. It went by quickly and everything looks really great. Here is one side of our master closet (Joe's side). Joe was funny when I was designing and laying out the closet the only thing he wanted was his own rod to hang clothes on. I didn't know that he didn't like to share with me, but I apparently always push his stuff to the back. He doesn't like it. So we have our own sides of the closet.
This picture is a little blurry but it is of our pantry closet. I wanted to do something fancy for can storage but it was too crazy so I just went simple with shelves. Also notice the nice trim around the closet door.
Siding on! It was a long wait get the siding started, but once the crew got started on our house it was done is just 3 days. They crew was also able to fix the waves and level it out which is a huge relief. We are so happy about the way the color turned out. The color is silver gray. And all the other gray houses around us look purple especially when the sun it out, but ours doesn't look purple even with the purple tones in our rock. They almost have the gutters put on and we will soon get the shutters to make it just an other step closer to being done.
I love the sunsets we can see over the Wellsville Mountains. The sky have been very pretty and our view is great.
This picture is a little blurry but it is of our pantry closet. I wanted to do something fancy for can storage but it was too crazy so I just went simple with shelves. Also notice the nice trim around the closet door.
Siding on! It was a long wait get the siding started, but once the crew got started on our house it was done is just 3 days. They crew was also able to fix the waves and level it out which is a huge relief. We are so happy about the way the color turned out. The color is silver gray. And all the other gray houses around us look purple especially when the sun it out, but ours doesn't look purple even with the purple tones in our rock. They almost have the gutters put on and we will soon get the shutters to make it just an other step closer to being done.
I love the sunsets we can see over the Wellsville Mountains. The sky have been very pretty and our view is great.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Leads up to...
Finish work. We are about 1/3 done with the finish work in our house. Finish work includes: hanging inside doors, regular and closet, putting in window seals, casing around all the doors, putting in closet organizers, baseboards, and puttying and caulking all of those things. This then gets it ready for painting. I will post pictures when we have it all done.
The one picture on this post is to show how creative our group can be. Inside the house when we are working there are multiple things going on. It gets very loud and hard to hear and work. The major noise maker is the air composer. It turns on and we can't hear anything and even when it is put in the garage it is still loud. So this is what they come up with. It works great.
The one picture on this post is to show how creative our group can be. Inside the house when we are working there are multiple things going on. It gets very loud and hard to hear and work. The major noise maker is the air composer. It turns on and we can't hear anything and even when it is put in the garage it is still loud. So this is what they come up with. It works great.
House Wrap
This would have been a great post for Christmas, wrapping a house like wrapping a present. This is a long time coming. We wrapped the house with this plastic stuff, that protects it from moisture. We do this right before the siding company is ready to side our house. Our house is the last one to get wrapped so it is nice to almost get done. But as you can see from the pictures below we are not done with it because that side wall has some wavy issues that we have to have fixed. The siding company is going to do that so it won't put us more behind. It is just a very slow process and we can't wait to have the siding put up.
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