5C's Que Pasa

Day 1 which was delivery day was exciting but once the house was in place the stress evaporated.  But not for long!   So very many little issues to deal with, from strangers walking onto the lot and possibly getting hurt, to two different work crews not necessarily happy that the other is there, to the dogs repeatedly running away.  I have no time for anything else but the house!!

Day 2...the lumber arrives for the deck side of the house. Meanwhile the house crew are starting to frame in the basement.

We hired a separate crew to build the deck. However the house crew thinks we should have hired them to build the deck also. However we feel we need 2 crews to get the project moving forward. Besides it is our house and our cheque book!

The day the house arrived was hot but it seemed even hotter the past two days as we had thunderstorms brewing on the horizon.  The fellows would stop mid afternoon and come back in the cool of the evening to work for a few hours.  Meanwhile we only had about 5 minutes of rain and several loud thunder claps.

However that was enough to send Carmeh hiding at the bottom of the RV stairwell for a few hours.

...while Caeli chose to hide between the sofa and behind the recliner.

In the all excitement I forgot to mention that Carmeh turned 9 the day the house arrived.  Not everyone buys their fur kid a new home for their birthday:)  Thanks for remembering Gramma Katie!

The end of Day 3.....that is one long deck. You can see under the house the framing that is happening. We are going a few steps further to protect our floors from the cold & wind off the lake by placing plywood, then a Tyvec membrane and then the final vinyl skirting. Under the big window we are putting in a door so we can store our kayaks under the house. There will also be storage at the front end and each end of the deck. As you can see the siding is off the side of the house, it has to be on legally for transport. Once the add a room is built the wall from the patio towards this end of the photo will come down making a great room. Well at least that is the plan:)

Thursday evening inspection! Don't you just love the bedroom door? It represents the 5C's!! Once we saw the C's in the door we knew we had to get it. The outside front door will be similar.

Yesterday Colin built an enclosure for the girls. Normally they would just stay in the yard but for some reason they keep escaping so now they are fenced in. We have a young family of quail living in our shrubs.

Construction has come to a grinding halt!!!  No electricity!  Colin has run over to check it out.

Meanwhile I am happy to report that today I reached a new level in my online business.  Including my initial input of $3076.00 I am now at $10,191.84!  Woohoo!!!!  I am so proud of myself!  I foresee many margaritas on the beach in Mexico this winter.

Colin is back….power has been restored, too many power tools using the same plug.  Duh!!!

Tags: 319, construction, critters, The girls

It came, about an hour early.  I was still in my jammies!  Rush, rush!

The girls were totally unconcerned, just basking in the sun on the dash!

There it is coming down the main street here in the RV Park. They drove it right through the park and turned around in the golf course area.

We passed our empty site as we went to meet our new home. Friends had created a special welcome for our new home.....merci Michele et Robert!

Finally.....now backing down our road and right onto the site.

Notice the listing to the right....somewhere between turning off HWY 97 and entering the gates here at Holiday Park, a wheel came off the trailer. Literally, came right off and rolled down the road!! That side of the house has all the kitchen cabinets and appliances. Could have been worse. The boarded windows are where the stain glass is going. The front three were installed late yesterday afternoon. The big one will wait till the add a room is built.

Lots of people out for the event. Security finally approved the exact placement of the house.

This part scares me. They have to tip the house up to get the trailer out. Then it took hours to level the house.

These are all my quick photos.  Colin is working in Kamloops today, he left at 5AM so I was unable to get any of his shots.  If there is anything outstanding I'll post them in a few days.  It was so hot yesterday, at least 35C.  We set up a fan for the guys working under the house to give them some air.  We didn't even get to look inside till late afternoon where everything seemed to be in great shape except for a few cracks which is to be expected and of course will be repaired.

Meanwhile someone here in the park had ordered a truck load of sockeye salmon to be delivered to Holiday Park, they were caught less than 24 hours before delivery and kept on ice.  We managed to snag four of them for about $12.00 each.  The house kept us occupied till after 8PM and we were hungry!  Another neighbor had cooked up their fresh salmon for dinner and brought a small piece.  Yummy, thanks Lorraine!!  That with some snap peas was dinner.

So here we were sealing salmon fillets into freezer bags after 10PM!!! Way too much in one day.

So far today my head is spinning in circles.  Colin is gone, the girls are unhappy at this site, Caeli has run away twice and Carmeh won't come inside.  She just wants to sit outside on the golf cart!!!  The lumber delivery for the deck was over 4 hours late and I spent hours on the phone trying to sort out our telephone and internet.

The house is perfect and the color is just as great as we thought it would be.  More tomorrow……have to go check my two work crews!

Tags: 319, construction, food, Holiday Park, The girls

We slowly moved what needed to be moved over to our new site for the next few months.  We also cleared the way for the new house on the beach site.  The RV was moved midday Monday, just 1/2 block away but still the entire take down and set up had to be followed.

At the last minute we decided to power wash under the house to be.

The last view of the empty lot. It is big!!

Colin got attacked on one of his jobs over the weekend! Ouch! It was 40C!!

Modulux Design worked all weekend completing the final to do list.  This is a unique home for them in many ways, design, height and cost!!

They are a great group to work with and so very very accommodating to our every wish and command!

Colin always has to be different:))

Monday was more hectic than we expected and I felt lost without internet or telephone.  That will be rectified soon.  I had no idea how computer dependent I have become.

The house arrives shortly after 9AM today!!!  We are so excited.

Tags: 319, construction, Holiday Park

60 years ago today my parents got married.  I have photos…..somewhere in storage, it would have been special to share them here.  Sorry Mom & Dad.  Mom carried sweat peas from the garden as her wedding flower.

I feel bad I could not be there this weekend but the timing is bad for a number of reasons ( our house arrives tomorrow ) plus they are celebrating very very quietly, likely just the two of them.  Thank you for being there for me over the years, you are loved.

I got smart this time and I asked the florist to send me a photo of the arrangement. I love it, hope you do also.

Love from the 5C's!

Tags: celebrations, Family

….are being built by Adriatic Granite out of Vernon.  The first thing was to chose the type of material from granite to marble.  We went with Silestone which is a natural quartz which is non porous, so stains and germs will not be absorbed below the surface plus it is also scratch resistant.  You have to pick the grain you like, the colour, etc. Hard choice to make right at the outset but we did it.  In fact we went with two different colours.  One for the main kitchen countertop area and a much more jazzy choice for the upper bar area.  After the product is ordered you wait and wait.  Then when your kitchen is almost complete Adriatic Granite comes in and does a template which will then be transferred to your piece or in our case, pieces of Slestone.

Colin being the artist that he is had designed a unique plan which did not quite adapt to the template on site.  We were invited by Adriatic Granite to come down to their plant last Friday morning to discuss and measure and see what could be done.

It is a huge place full of the noise of many different pieces of equipment. Nothing was cut for a very very long time, instead it was measure and re measure. They are artists in their own field. Mitch, one of the owners is a European craftsman with vision and creativity. As he worked with Colin he was patiently teaching his boys as he likes to call them.

After the first four times I lost count of the measurements being done for the precise curves required. That is Mitch on the right. He was working extremely carefully and with great skill to make Colin's plan come into being. We got so very very close, we were happy but yet Mitch checked and re checked and looked and looked before giving the okay for that first cut.

This machine cuts through the granite like butter. Even so we all held our breathe as the laser light led the machine.

Here are the first few cuts. We are now committed.

You can't tell from this photo but there are many different colors in this piece.  So many steps involved to get to this point and many many more to get the counter ready for installation on August 24th.  It was a real learning experience and we are so happy we went with Adriatic Granite!

Tags: 319, construction