Category: Pokie

We have now passed all of the building departments requirements for using our house. There is still an issue with planning and planting trees before we can officially get our final inspection and the important certificate of occupancy. But all in all, we are excited that we can use our house now (even if not officially). Just uploaded a few pictures. They are a bit fuzzy because I am an idiot and don’t know how to work my camera. I had the ISO at 1600 from when I was taking pictures before and didn’t notice it. There is a contest to see who can figure out the most remarkable thing about the house so far. HINT: something is complete that shouldn’t be.

I tried for our final, the first real attempt. We were reasonably close, just have to redo a little bit of the electrical. We also have to do something to pass the TRPA part of the inspection. But so far, no one can really tell us what that is. Hopefully, we will go back up around 8/21 and try again and this time get our final. We also got our bear box installed recently. We were lucky, because this is something that is required for final, but no one told us about it.

Another quick update, we are getting closer to the final. Elizabeth got the vanity top painted, moved some rocks, and got the master bedroom painted. I got most of the cabinet doors installed and some other odds and ends. I also got some pictures taken at night. Now that the lights are on, it looks pretty good.

Another update. This one the entry stone has been done. A few of the cabinets in the kitchen have been set. The stone for the hearth is down. Almost all of the tile is done.

The ceilings are done in the Tahoe house. Elizabeth spent a bunch more time painting. I assembled the IKEA cabinets.

We were in Tahoe this week to check on the construction (and to do a bit ourselves). Since the last time up, they have tiled 2 of the bathrooms and gotten most of the wood on the ceilings. Elizabeth painted ceilings in some of the rooms. I installed the vanity that Daniel and I made out of Ikea cabinets.

Update: Just added a few more pictures from Elizabeth’s last trip up. A little more trim done, the bathroom door hung.

Glenn and Craig are getting the drywall all done. Elizabeth is trying to pick out colors and dealing with tile. I got the garage painted, the electrical for the garage done, and a couple of shelves installed. We will go back up in a couple of weeks. They should be working on the ceilings and hopefully I can get the bedrooms and the downstairs painted. By clicking on the picture above, you can see the garage, various pictures of different colors, and a few pictures of the outside of the house.