Anthony called me this evening, he’s all set to pour the stemwalls tomorrow. I imagine that he will place and compact the fill next week and then pour the slab roughly midweek. He recommended adding felt on 2 sides of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Well, it looks like I’m buying this place in Boulder Creek. It needs some work but I talked the sellers down to $385,000 for it. There are no catastrophes, it just needs fixing and painting. Here’s the MLS link: http://www.mlslistings.com/PropertyDetails.aspx?id=9561637 … Continue reading
The bizarre culinary oddity you see above is a Monte Cristo burger. I saw this at the company café and I had to try it. It’s unusual. It’s consists of a beef patty cooked in the usual fashion, along … Continue reading
I saw this cute little 2/1 on my lunch break today. I really like it! I’m not sure whether I can be competitive on this one. The ask is $425,000, which is slightly over my loan limit. I can make … Continue reading
Things are moving right along with my foundation! Anthony is awesome, and almost has the forms done for my stemwalls. He called me today to get clarification on a few items which weren’t very clearly labelled on the plans. No … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about what service entrance device I’m going to choose for the barn project, and I think I’m going to go with this one: I considered a 3-phase commercial grade service, which would be really awesome, but it’s … Continue reading
Delicious Chilli Verde from the company café today! And as usual, the portion size from the taqueria is sufficient to feed a horse. Wow, I had no idea how blurry this photo was when I posted it from my … Continue reading
Looks like Anthony has wasted no time in getting started removing my tree stumps. There should be some concrete by next weekend! I didn’t really do anything at the site this weekend, but I had to go up there … Continue reading
I signed the contract with A & J Construction today for my foundation. Anthony expects to get started next week. He had previously thought he might get going this Friday, but his other job is delayed on account of the … Continue reading
I was up in Grass Valley this weekend finishing up the site prep. I finished clearing out the scrub oaks. It should be ready for the foundation guy to start work as soon as the contract is signed. … Continue reading