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Building My House: An Incomplete List

Building my house: An Incomplete step by step list

  • -Tiny Living Movie
  • -originally set on foundation
  • -speaking with contractor
  • -never hearing back
  • -premade home idea
  • -finding the listing on craigslist 
  • -resistant, worried the foundation would be more secure
  • -going to look at and purchase it
    •      -process of getting a loan
  • -getting the alpaca fur and other building materials with the purchase
  • -hauling it home
  • -first year of stagnation
    •      -waiting for “discount” windows per pestering
    •     -choosing to stop listening to others
  • -grandfather’s death, inheritance, purchase of windows
  • -putting the windows into the sides
    •     -making friends while doing so
    •     -videos watched while doing so
  • -working while building a house, finishing a book, going to school, and paying for school
    •     -figuring out budgeting
  • -making the purchase for the final items needed
  • -building the lofts
  • -redoing the roof
  • -planning the electrical
    •     -cutting holes and cutting hands
    •     -working out length issues
    •     -mistakes happen
    •     -finding a way to work around mistakes
  • -building the stairs
  • -building the bump for the fridge
  • -building the couch
  • -moving in one winter and never going back
  • -oh god the wasps
  • -setting up drapes
  • -insulation fun day
    •     -staying out of it for a few days
    •     -the oddness of being in my parents’ home again
  • -putting up walls and ceiling 
    •     -initial difficult with ceiling 
  • -putting up lights
  • -Cabinets and expenses 
    •     -help from family as a graduation gift
    •     -realizing the floor isn’t level
  • -grandfather’s help
    •     -plumbing and wall work and countertop and shower help
    •     -helping but not really
    •     -watching a horrible Spanish movie
    •     -the stress of not having enough, of barely getting by, and the guilt of never doing enough
  • -Ikea
  • -ladder find and setting it up
  • -laying down the rugs
  • -laying down the floors
  • -trip to visit a friend, return to ceiling finished
  • -visitation and monster boy creation
  • -rigging a drain
  • -hope chest, wardrobe, and finishing the master loft
  • -the wrong water heater
  • -The shower oh my god the shower
  • -Finding property 
    •     -searching, persistence, first offer, etc.
  • -Pushing for the lot
  • -Finding contractors 
    •     -oh god the fucking contractors
  • -Electrical setup, plumbing setup, hiring a new contractor 
  • -The entire mess about moving the house
  • -the county’s anger
    •     -the note, the sign, the meeting, legality
  • -more notes, more worries, fixing that as well
  • -Complete 🙂 

I’m hoping to go over all of these things (and the things that I’m sure I missed) in videos! I have a few available right now, please give them a look!

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