As of today, our house is officially on the market! We’re looking forward to moving on to our next phase, relocating our base and joining households with Grandma (my mother in law) and resuming our travels.
Category: The House
Stairs & Siding
As part of the extensive drainage and basement stairwell work, we had to remove a set of concrete steps going to a side door. Since we’ve got two other ways in/out of the house, we were in no huge hurry to get that set of stairs replaced. However, when we found out our flooring wasn’t Read More
Digging continues for basement drainage
The guys accomplished quite a bit today! The digging area has grown even bigger with more to go yet! They said it’s slow going because it’s almost entirely sand and sometimes caves in as they dig. Things they did do today: Poured a new foundation for the stairwell floor Found and plumbed in a new Read More
Basement stairwell demolition
Here’s the state of things at our house today after the demolition of the basement stair well that was necessitated by the findings yesterday. Well, imagine it with more water, as it’s been raining. The hole is actually pretty large and deep! They roped it off with caution tape and told us not to go Read More
Basement/drainage work begins
We were so excited for the crew to start working on digging up around the basement to put in the liner and drainage needed to divert the water away from the house. They brought in large equipment, rock, pipes, boards and other things and soon got to work. Almost immediately things didn’t go to plan! When Read More
Mud – Part 2 (A fix is in sight!)
Every time it rains now, we get water in our basement. It always comes in near the stairwell and under the door, and occasionally also comes up via the floor drain. We haven’t seen a lot more mud, no more sinkholes or inches of the stuff like we had before, but we do still continue Read More
Mud
There are times when I hate being a homeowner. Right now is one of those times. To be honest I’d have preferred if the dirt had stayed in the flower bed rather than making its way into our basement. We weren’t ready to spend money on more landscaping and the basement yet. Guess Mother Nature Read More
New Exterior Doors
At long last we finally got our new exterior doors! There’s nothing that special about them really, but it’s still nice to have them installed. The front and side doors were off the shelf doors from Menard’s, but they are a great improvement over what we had before. They aren’t drafty for a start! They Read More
The cactus
When I decided to pull weeds today I never expected to find this! What is a cactus doing in our front garden? Until now, I never even knew that succulents could grow outdoors in our zone! With all the things that need doing around the house, weeding is hardly a priority. But it helps me Read More