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!