The Maple House
This week started off great! Remember the quote to level my concrete slab out front came back at $850? Well, that’s not acceptable to me and neither is a trip hazard. I watched some youtube videos and saw that a lot of people felt the same and had figured out various...
The Maple House
This week was another slow, semi-productive week. This week the temperature dropped significantly and since we still have no heat, it was a bit brutal. As a former North Dakotan, I find the cold takes away any motivation I have; I have absolutely no resilience to it....
The Maple House
I cannot tell a lie. I got almost nothing done this week on The Maple House. Most of my week was spent taking care of medical appointments. I did submit earnest money for the new duplex we have under contract! I also scheduled our home inspection for next week! This...
The Maple House
This week, I kicked major ass at the house. I’ll give you a play-by-play. Our house was supposed to start being resided today, but the materials are not in yet, so who knows when that will happen. So I decided to take advantage of not having workers all over the...
The Maple House
This week our painter started work! He put in about 10 hours on the first day and we realized there’s a major problem. On the soffit material around the entire house, the white paint turned yellow. Oh, dear. He couldn’t make it back to paint again for a couple days,...
The Maple House
So much happened this week! We put in an offer on a second duplex! It is another foreclosure and there are five other offers on the table. We had the same situation with The Maple House; we beat out four other offers while still getting the house for a steal. We’ll...
