Locks, Alarms, Gates, and Septic Woes
All 27 locking doors re-keyed, the alarm almost sorted and a phone line that can open the front gate. Plus septic woes.
Author: stega
We has a truck!
We bought a grey Ford F150 4×4 out in Fairfax. Now it just needs a name, and not “Rosie.”
So much to do
Exploring the new house: a first dip in the pool, three contractors who didn’t show and a pile of garbage the previous owners left at the end of the driveway.
Enter here
We are officially homeowners. The key is in the door.
Key in hand
The day we got the keys.
Floorplan
The floorplan from the previous owners’ files, rescued from a rubbish bin full of rolled-up documents, and how it lines up with the aerial photo.
The list of crap we have to do…
The starter list of projects for the new house, from roofs, the well tank and septic to fences, a 300-foot retaining wall and the pool cover. And this is just the starter edition.
Buying a “House”
How Agent Smith and I went house hunting, with one requirement above all else: an extensive garage, or even two.
Original Listing Interior Photos
The interior photos from the original real estate listing. Not our furniture…
Original Listing Exterior Photos
The exterior photos from the original real estate listing.
Original Aerial Photos
Aerial photos of the property from the original listing.