New Floors…almost
When we bought the house, the carpets in the north office (now my office) and the PO’s daughter’s bedroom (the purple room) were in awful…
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Bye bye, old thing
One of the eyesores on the property was an old kid’s playground the previous owners had for their daughter. It hadn’t been used in probably…
Roofs and Solar
The roof work finished up Tuesday and yesterday. Seabright Solar came and installed 15 new solar panels to heat our pool. The old solar was…
Bye bye, ugly deck
I’m doing a very happy dance as one of the giant projects I’ve been struggling with since we took possession is finally on track and…
Our house had an ouchy
One of the big projects here prior to moving in was redoing the flat roofs. We know that there were leaks in both the foyer…
Well that didn’t go very well…
Epic fail on the well tank removal project. I have no clue how they’re going to fix this and we’re very lucky nothing rolled down…
The long week has begun
Last night I spent my first night at Purgatory. Yesterday morning we loaded up Barbie (the Ford F150) and Agent Smith drove her down to Sunnyvale.…
A week in review?
The image below is the view of the house compound from our well. The well sits about 200 feet above the house. (Walking anywhere on our…
Ack! The well had no water, but we do have earwigs
Agent Smith is very, very water conscious. Since we’re due to have the well tank replaced next week, he didn’t want to waste the 10,000…
Progress Update
I’ve posted some new videos I took last week up on our Photo Stream.* The first is the main gate walking to the house yard and…
Driveway of cracks
Our driveway is slated to be repaired and resealed Monday and Tuesday of next week. Today when I was at the property, I took some pictures…
Architects and Some Panoramic Videos
Last week I went through some of the piles of drawings that were included with the house. Within one tube I found the original architect…
Debris and Horse Poop
Yesterday was a long day in San Jose. As we waited for a contractor, Agent Smith and I explored and documented new territory. Keep in…
Plum Problem
Our plum tree in San Francisco apparently does not want us to move, as we are harvesting a bumper crop this year. We have so…
Bad Pipes
One thing that came up during the house inspection during escrow was the state of the drain pipes servicing the kitchen and laundry. I ended…
Website News
I made a few new posts today and then tried setting up a plugin to auto-post things from here to Facebook. Not sure how well…
Small Things and Big Blinds
Last week I took my giant ceramic Hello Kitty to the new house, and now it sits proudly in the butler’s pantry. I also discovered…
Work Continues
It’s been a very busy week. On Saturday, Agent Smith took a load of stuff down and met with the Wall Guy again to talk scope…
Vehicles and such
Great news this week: our 2012 Mini Cooper Clubman (which was heavily modified to make it even more fun than your standard Mini) sold. We used Shift,…
What a week…
It’s been a busy week and it’s hard to believe we took possession of the property less than two weeks ago. I’ve been a very busy…
Walkthroughs are up!
Head over to our iCloud stream to see the somewhat shaky walkthroughs. Edit 10/15/19: The video is up on Youtube now.
Locks, Alarms, Gates, and Septic Woes
It’s been a busy few days, as this past Friday we had all the doors re-keyed by professional locksmiths. It took the two nice guys…
We has a truck!
Today we got up early to head all the way out to Fairfax, where there was a truck for sale that we deemed suitable for…
So much to do
Yesterday we spent a bit of time exploring the new house. It is quite strange being there on our own, as we try to settle…
Enter here
We are officially homeowners. The key is in the door.
Floorplan
As part of the negotiations to purchase the property, we requested all drawings/maps/similar documents for the house. When we took possession, there was a large…
The list of crap we have to do…
So while the house is stable enough, we need to tighten things up quite a bit. The short list of starter projects: 1. Roof–get rid…
Buying a “House”
Agent Smith and I started looking for a proper house in early 2014. We started checking out real estate listings online, hitting a few open…
Original Listing Interior Photos
Not our furniture…
