Lisha
Construction Journal November 2004
It has rained and rained and rained. I think someone forgot to tell the weather that we are a DRY desert. It started raining the last...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20202 min read
Construction Journal October 2004
October so far has been spent mostly wrapping the house’s exterior and interior. For the exterior, we used 1x2 fencing and the inside was...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20205 min read
Construction Journal September 2004
September was an eventful month for our family! Here is the cliff notes version: Back in February Mark got what we thought was a bite on...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Construction Journal August 2004
So far what amazes me the most is how simple most of these jobs are. It is a lot of jobs, but none of them so far are rocket science! We...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Construction Journal July 2004
It is the 20th of July and I am just finishing the June log and starting July! I can’t even begin to express how busy it has been. It’s...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20204 min read
Construction Journal June 2004
We are ready to get bales! This is the most exciting part so far. The workshop is set for the 19th & 20th. We took Wednesday the 2nd off...
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Lisha
Sep 4, 20202 min read
Construction Journal May 2004
1,2 & 5 - We put the beams up. On Saturday Leslie showed up to help and we all had a BBQ that night. We ended up getting a late start the...
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Construction Journal April 2004
Underground plumbing and electrical are done and inspected. That was a fairly smooth process except for that it took what seemed like...
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Construction Journal March 2004
We called one of the plumbers to tell him we were ready and what was his schedule like now. He said that he was increasing his bid two to...
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Lisha
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Construction Journal February 2004
Wednesday, Saturday, and Sundays we are “living” at the property in our trailer and working. We have started to “unofficially” prepare...
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Lisha
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Construction Journal January 2004
Holidays are over and everyone is finally back to work! We get the corrected plans to resubmit to the county, but they come back again...
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Lisha
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Construction Journal December 2003
We got the official call from Bob at Canyon National Bank that the loan is ready to fund. Mark and I let out a huge sigh of relief. We...
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Lisha
Aug 29, 20201 min read
Construction Journal November 2003
Michele Bolanos, a friend of ours, recommended Canyon National Bank, a local Native American owned bank that was amazing to work with. We...
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Lisha
Aug 29, 20201 min read
Construction Journal October 2003
Finally, we have completed, engineered plans! We had completely designed the house ourselves but needed someone familiar with the codes...
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Lisha
Aug 28, 20201 min read
Construction Journal May 2003
Tony’s system was a steel-framed structure with straw bale filled walls. Even though it was our first choice, the steel frame was...
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Lisha
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Construction Journal April 2003
The family vacation was planned for this month and we were going to San Francisco. The year before we had gone to Santa Fe, New Mexico...
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Construction Journal March 2003
Now we are looking at plans, researching building types and interviewing architects. By the end of March we had bought a program and...
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Lisha
Aug 26, 20201 min read
Construction Journal February 2003
Still looking....... Realtor called and asked if we were still interested. YES YES YES!!!!!!!
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Lisha
Aug 26, 20201 min read
Construction Journal January 2003
January 2nd we were told that we had been outbid. So back in the car we go to look again. Search, search, search... Everything seems as...
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Lisha
Aug 26, 20201 min read
Construction Journal December 2002
To make a very long story shorter and hopefully not quite so boring, here's the cliff notes version. After completely remolding our...
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