Our New House

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:48 pm

The house is almost done!

Tomorrow is the walk-through, and then Tuesday we'll be official homeowners!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:56 pm

congrats! Looking good

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:31 pm

aww

too cute!

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:56 pm

where are the photos of your place nate? and Amy lets see some inside pics!!

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:02 pm

just take a picture of the foundation of a house and there's nate's place haha... man, that must so suck.... and to think THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA GIVE ANY SORT OF COMPENSATION!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:05 pm

hey my house has a roof on it now... shut it

and stop thread crapping

oh and trust me I got compensation

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:16 pm

Here's my new office:

Tomorrow, we'll have the walk through and have good pictures of everything inside. Most of the pics I took today were of details rather than full rooms.

I will say, though, that the builder is rather, uhm, surprised at how many network, phone and cable jacks there are around the house (not to mention the surround sound wires in 2 rooms). Hubby didn't want to disappoint. He told me that our house will be the first home in the neighborhood that will have the toilet hooked up to a server so when it backs up, the server alerts us!

We certainly ran a LOT of wires...

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:34 pm

Amy wrote:We certainly ran a LOT of wires...

Funny I don't remember you being there when the guys ran the wires!

That house is indeed wired to nearly the max. I take credit for the box in the garage and justin is the one who wanted the web cam in the bathroom so he could watch from work.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:08 pm

Apoptosis wrote:
Amy wrote:We certainly ran a LOT of wires...
Funny I don't remember you being there when the guys ran the wires!

That house is indeed wired to nearly the max. I take credit for the box in the garage and justin is the one who wanted the web cam in the bathroom so he could watch from work.

You are SO not right!! In fact, we did not run any wires to the bathrooms. Besides closets, those are the only rooms in the house that did not get network, telephone, or cable.

Even though I was not there for the initial wire-running, I was there to finish the job (with Justin) the next day, and then again to terminate the wires later. I had a hand in it -- I didn't completely sit the bench on this one

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:11 pm

congratulations Justin and Amy, thats a beautiful house! You have the exact same stove and cabinets I have in my house

BTW, Nate's is coming along nicely
http://www.browneweb.com/Travels/Costa% ... Shanty.jpg

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:12 pm

So instead of saying "We certainly ran a LOT of wires" it should have been "I sat on my butt and terminated wires"

Just giving yeah grief. Not too many house wives can say they have networked a house. Your wife rating went up a point!

Actually Capper that is my neighbor.. this one is mine: http://www.sneedco.com/B&OCT%20shanty%206.JPG

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:15 pm

capper5016 wrote:congratulations Justin and Amy, thats a beautiful house! You have the exact same stove and cabinets I have in my house

Really? That's pretty cool...I assume you have different countertops?

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:16 pm

looks to be the same material, ours is just a dark brown instead of grey/black

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:05 pm

capper5016 wrote:congratulations Justin and Amy, thats a beautiful house! You have the exact same stove and cabinets I have in my house

BTW, Nate's is coming along nicely
http://www.browneweb.com/Travels/Costa% ... Shanty.jpg

HAHAHA

Apoptosis wrote:hey my house has a roof on it now... shut it

and stop thread crapping

oh and trust me I got compensation

oh, that's sweet. last time i heard, they hadn't done much. what'd you get as compensation?

justin and amy, i can't wait to see the finished product. i wonder what it'll look like after some landscaping.

and i like those studio lights in the kitchen.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:24 pm

What's up with the light over the kitchen sink? Is that temp light till they install your fixture?

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:41 pm

Amy wrote:Here's my new office:

http://www.justinamywest.com/gallery/al ... _small.jpg

capper5016 wrote:congratulations Justin and Amy, thats a beautiful house! You have the exact same stove and cabinets I have in my house

HAHA, those are the exact same cupbords and drawers that are in my apartment too!

Lookin' good!

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:59 pm

Apoptosis wrote:What's up with the light over the kitchen sink? Is that temp light till they install your fixture?

The light we ordered has been backordered. Not only that, but we apparently bought a display for the dining room, and the cord and chain wasn't long enough for a vaulted ceiling (not to mention they forgot to send the hardware). So we have 2 of those porcelain lights until they can get the new ones in.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:01 pm

audiophile wrote: i wonder what it'll look like after some landscaping.

I'll let you know next spring

They'll sod the front and seed the sides and back, but we have ideas for the landscaping that will hopefully be put into play when the weather warms (and our savings swell) again.

EvilCloudStrife · Post by **EvilCloudStrife** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:09 am

thats nice.. i wish i could get a house of my own

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:25 am

congrats!

Looking good...

All you need to do is "break in" every room

("break in" -> leave that to your imagination

)