Its move in day!!! Finally.....I'm sure we have a few days of nonsense, but its coming to an end.
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The power was turned on yesterday....the water is on as well. The inspections are done. All that is left is to build a back porch and its all back to "normal" around here. In the end we are forking out about $5,000 over what the insurance paid. The guys that installed the power hit the house with their equipment so the trailer guys are going to send over a piece of siding that matches for them to install it. They will install the underpinning and the A/C in a few days....those things are done by a seperate outfit than the delivery guys. The delivery guys were a band of misfits for sure....they had a tiny pickup with the doors open playing heavy metal music while they worked. I don't think any of them had brushed their hair or teeth this week....except for the one Mexican fellow who looked put together and very out of place in the crew.
I've got a load of topsoil coming too....we will put grass seed and hay over it to help get things looking nice down there. I might get a load of gravel for the drive too.....we will see.
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Nice! I'm glad it's coming to an end, and that all worked out. Yep, I'd get that dirt covered up. That stuff looks like it will turn into a total disaster if it gets wet.
Where's the pool?
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Ohhh.....I've gone round and round with Larry about getting a pool. That is not happening!
Liam has said he plans to put a hot tub on the back porch instead of his weight bench.
Yay!!!! Good deal, glad it worked out and is at the end of that mess. Liam, enjoy your house and take care of it.
Looks good !!! Happy this whole ordeal turned out pretty well overall
Lucky Son... Very nice. I'm sure it's nicer than before this mess. Xyla is glad she didn't have to make the trip to gut Toby out 🐱😜
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Hope that place is out of range from your place, as I recall Liam shoots houses...
A hot tub can add over 1,000-1,500 lb easily to that back deck, water is Heavy . Make sure it is sturdy enough.
Happy you are getting some resolution!
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While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
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1 to @hoosier's comment. (Re, Hot tubs) 1st thing I thought of, when you posted that. Put it over in a corner, if possible.
Check for Snakes !
glad it worked out for you.
Joe
Did that come in a factory box you are going to save for future sale? 😂
Plus........sooner or later.........they can be maintenance nightmares.
Get a YMCA, or local gym, membership.............that'll also solve the weight bench problem.
It's good that you're getting things wrapped up quickly.........as the weather's gonna change just as quickly.
Is there some kind of tie-down system holding that thing down or is it just sittin' on the blocks?
It has tie downs, the state has been by to check things and we have to get them to come out and do more ties and we have to add some dirt to one end of the pad. The guys doing the prep for me said they'd be out this weekend to get the pad done. You never know what hiccups you'll run into.
The weight bench he owns WAS in his kitchen. It took up the whole dang room....it has the pulleys with the plates, a long bar with the huge weights and a rack full of weights. I told him we were not going to allow him to put that inside the new home. I didn't want to risk messing up the new floors, plus...who knows what kind of potential damage it would do to the sub-floor and such. So, I told him we would build a deck that was strong enough for it to go on....OR....he could pour his own pad and make his own weight room outside somewhere. He went nuts and said he was moving off somewhere else where he didn't have crazy rules. We said fine, we will get a renter. He changed his mind and is now fine with the plan. BUT....the "beefed up" porch has him thinking hot tub instead of the weights.
I swear, some days I think I fight 1000 battles.
Tell him he'll catch a lot more girls if he knows how to use that kitchen than he'll ever catch with a set of weights or a hot tub!