Saturday
Lynn and I have come to the decision that we are no longer able to work on the house. His health won’t allow him, and going it alone doesn’t work for me. Our original plan was to build it ourselves and, therefore, be mortgage free when we retired. Best laid plans of mice and men. Now we just readjustment our plans.
There are still things that I will have to do, and it is going to be a long hard summer.
We have started getting bids and I will be speaking to the bank next week.
In the meantime, I will be camping out at Home Depot and various internet sites to get the lighting, plumbing fixtures, flooring, doors and a multitude of other things we will need. I am checking with 2 heating and cooling companies and I have a cabinet estimate that will need revising.
Then there is always the worry that I won’t qualify for the budget that will be needed to complete the house.
Stay tuned, more tomorrow.
Sunday
Well since I wrote yesterday, Lynn and I spent the better part of 2 hours on Saturday and I went back alone today. I am a bit overwhelmed. Trying to organize and get all the estimates I need together before I go to the bank. I think I will need to spend next week getting more organized. After reviewing the contractor’s estimate, Lynn and I were not on the same page, so I will need to contact the contractor and get some revisions. It is so hard for him to accept that he can’t do it all. Nor can I.
Stay tuned, I will be updating regularly and let you know how it is going.
Annie, the overwhelmed novice carpenter.
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