Can't believe it's been almost seven months since I posted last - guess time flies when my computer's on the fritz, the lake cottage getting sold and now finding ourselves in a tiny one-bedroom apartment that seemed a whole lot bigger when we were looking at it empty -now we're living in the midst of unpacked boxes and no more room - but its only temporary and we can endure for now while focusing on the future - mainly our plans for our Black Hills Hideaway which are finally underway!!! (Insert here: Lots of loud cheering!!!!)
Okay, so now for an update. As I am writing this post, the Professor is in the Black Hills with Jim, our general contractor. They've been driving around meeting with subcontractors, bankers and agents and the happy news is that the excavations will begin the week of July 22nd and the foundation will be poured the first week of August! The modular part of the house will be delivered by mid-September and the finish work will take another 3-4 weeks after that (building the garage, deck and some inside finish work - some by the contractors and some by the Professor) - that's the plan and though it seems like a long way off we're only talking about 12 weeks end-to-end..I'm hoping that all the planning and detail work will pay off and that we won't hit any major bumps in the road but hey, life is a series of bumps so lets see what happens and I'll share the journey as we move ahead. The below photos show what we're working with. 2 acres, one house
Hard to tell from here but we'll have views of Bear Butte, Terry Peak, rolling hills from the living room and dining room and most important, the hot tub!
Lots of other houses going up in the development but with between 2 to 5 acres between them, we'll have lots of elbow room.
I'm already making a list of what we need in terms of furnishings, window coverings, appliances - its already quite a list.
I'm hoping to see pictures of the modular part of the house as its being built in the factory but that's a few weeks away.
'Til later,
We were in the middle of building a house and I was in the middle of having a nervous breakdown , because that's what you do when you build a house. - Cynthia Weil
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