Day 122 – Wrong Cabinets Delivered by Adair Homes and Other Updates There are a lot of emotions that go into building a new home. The excitement of selecting finish options. The stress of meeting deadlines. The frustration of not getting things done on time. The jubilation of getting over a hurdle. The disappointment when…
Day 115 – Adair Homes Prices, Painting and Finishing Back Fill Our excavator was back on site this week. He was supposed to be there last week but he didn’t show up until Friday afternoon. He left all his equipment there over the weekend so I thought he would be back on Monday, but he…
Day 108 – Still Waiting for Utility Trenches to be Back Filled Things inside are continuing to progress. The drywall guys were back this week to texture the walls. We also had the concrete poured for our driveway. We still have open utility trenches outside, I’ve been trying to get the excavator back on site…
Day 101 – Getting Permanent Power Installed on Our Oregon New Home The main goal for this week was to get permanent power placed so we could get the heat on inside the house to help the mud on the drywall dry. Last week I called the power company and asked what needed to be…
Day 94 – Adair Homes New Home Construction It’s been 94 days since the forms for the foundation were started, and we officially have real walls, with drywall and mud. They started hanging the dry wall last Saturday. They came back this week and they had all the dry wall hung by Wednesday. I went by…
Day 88 – Adair Homes Phase II of Construction Last week the final touches to the exterior were finished, which rounded out the end of Phase I of Construction. We spent much of last weekend debating on colors for the exterior. We got a sample of Pewter Tankard from Sherwin-Williams, and painted a leftover piece…
Day 80 of Adair Homes Construction: Finishing the Exterior of Home and Painting Decisions This week the final touches on the exterior were completed. We had a lot of rain last weekend and the roof was on just in time. Monday the siders were out working in the rain for most of the day finish…
Day 73 – Roofing, Siding, Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing Wow! It’s amazing how much can be done in one week when you have multiple trades working all at once! A lot was done this week, including the roof! And it was completed just in time, as we have a 100% chance of rain this weekend. The…
Day 67 of New Home Construction Framing was mostly completed this week. There are a couple of small items that they have to finish up, but for the most part the framers are done. We had windows delivered and roofing was started – just in time! It looks like next week we have one day…
Day 60 of New Home Construction – Framing Almost Complete At our pre-construction meeting we were given a Homeowner’s Handbook and Construction Guide from Adair Homes. This has been a great resource for us to reference as we have questions during the construction process. Of course, our site superintendent has been really awesome to work…
