Our New House
We moved into our new house near the end of November 2006. It was not finished but most of the floors were in, all the appliances were connected, a bathroom was almost finished and there were a few cupboards although they had no doors. We knew we would finish the rest slowly as we had time and money.
Below are all the journal entries which describe the building of our log house. You can view the photos as they are posted here. Click on each picture to see a bigger version or view the slide show.
we are not new to building. In our previous log house we added a log addition, a wooden deck and completely renovated the inside. We were ignorant of the necessity of building permits and inspections. It made no difference to the livability of the house.
This time, since we are starting from the beginning, buying raw land, getting bank loans etc we have to go the accepted, if not frustrating and expensive route set out by the regional district. The other reason is because of the new homeowners protection act. It was put in place because of the leaky condo fiasco in the lower mainland. It's to protect buyers of new homes and to improve the quality of residential construction. Everything should be fine unless we want to sell it before the ten years are up.
Building our Log House
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- Buying the land(October 2005)
- The Land(October 2005)
- Getting Connected(October 2005)
- House Design(October 2005)
- new(October 2005)
- preliminary plans(November 2005)
- Character building(December 2005)
- trades people(January 2006)
- contractor stuff(January 2006)
- THe Drive Way(January 2006)
- starting to build with logs(April 2006)
- Heart Of The Home(April 2006)
- site Cleared(May 2006)
- Digging the hole(May 2006)
- Newspaper Cutting(May 2006)
- Concrete Forms(May 2006)
- concrete(May 2006)
- disagreements(May 2006)
- The Floor(May 2006)
- The logs(May 2006)
- first one there wins(May 2006)
- plumbing(June 2006)
- garage(June 2006)
- windows(June 2006)
- building blues(June 2006)
- garage(June 2006)
- work (June 2006)
- The House at last(June 2006)
- Roofs and Floors(June 2006)
- Perfect weather to bild a house(June 2006)
- roof trusses(June 2006)
- the world of men(July 2006)
- trusses part 2(July 2006)
- fall(July 2006)
- tin at last(July 2006)
- interior walls(July 2006)
- trusses 3(July 2006)
- shrinking house(July 2006)
- plumbing electricity podcasts(July 2006)
- finished the roof whew (July 2006)
- more plumbing(July 2006)
- even more plumbing(July 2006)
- House Update(August 2006)
- Doors(August 2006)
- Presents(August 2006)
- Painting(August 2006)
- More Homelike(August 2006)
- Summers End(August 2006)
- Painting Part 2(August 2006)
- Summers End Part 2(September 2006)
- Not Sealed in Yet(September 2006)
- Paint Colour(September 2006)
- Holiday?(September 2006)
- Jens monk(September 2006)
- Housework(September 2006)
- Let there Be light(September 2006)
- SOL in The Basement(September 2006)
- Heater(September 2006)
- Screw Jack(September 2006)
- Black Bears(September 2006)
- Staircase rail(October 2006)
- View From THe West(October 2006)
- magazine Cover(October 2006)
- Weekend at the log House(October 2006)
- Whats Left To DoOctober 2006)
- Slate SealerOctober 2006)
- GroutNovember 2006)
- Internet connectionNovember 2006)
- I'm coveting an occupancy certificateNovember 2006)
- Count DownNovember 2006)
- Ranting about rulesNovember 2006)
- Making Ski TrailsNovember 2006)
- In Which I Decide I don't want anymore adventuresNovember 2006)
- A Little snowNovember 2006)
- Wreckage from the windstormsNovember 2006)
- Monday We Move In>November 2006)
- Oh Too Have a TractorNovember 2006)
- Moving DayNovember 2006)
- UnpackingNovember 2006)
- Not A Work place anymoreNovember 2006)
- building with beetle killed pineDecember 2006)
- DrywallingJanuary 2007)
- Drywalling part 2January 2007)
- Work still to be doneJanuary 2007)
- Drwalling part 3January 2007)
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