MikiZ: Beginnings!

[mikiz]

We have water tanks!
Never thought I'd be this excited over water storage.
The builders haven't sent me any photos of the house now the verandahs are done but you can see a little tiny part of the house on the corner of one of these photos.

The septics are being done next week and then the power pole going up on the 14th, then the electricians and plumbers can do their connections and the earthworkers can backfill. After that it's just concreting and fireplaces to install when the bank hands over the dough and I get the keys at the end of the month!

Cannot wait for my new life to begin.

 

[Baymule]

This is so exciting! You sure have a nice place and the house looks very nice. With a veranda all the way around, there will always be at least one side in shade with a breeze. Put up a hammock!

Ah the joys of fencing! And barn building! You will be busy for awhile. Be sure to put in a garden too, fresh vegetables are wonderful. How many horses do you have and what breed?

 

[mikiz]

@Baymule i have 2 Gypsy Cob geldings, they're such gorgeous boys. Mum is in charge of growing things and I will learn, I'm not much good at getting anything past the seedling stage! I can't wait to get home. The idea is to be as self sufficient as possible, the only things I want to be paying for are the mortgage and power, and maybe the occasional treat of things we can't make or grow for ourselves, preferably trading what we do have rather than paying in cash.

I just bought byself a little camera drone to take photos of everything as we go from the air. I want to keep a book of how much it all changes.

 

[Baymule]

What beautiful boys! I’m in love!

I have 2 Tennessee Walkers, one is 34 and retired. Also a chestnut gelding with a blaze face and stocking legs. No idea what breed, he came out of a kill pen.

You will need a chicken coop! Gotta have those fresh eggs!

 

[mikiz]

So the settlement date came and went, and the house STILL isn't finished! I'm sure it is all part of a bigger plan but it's so frustrating. I wasted 3 weeks of leave waiting for the go ahead to travel and it never came so I'm back at work now.

We ended up finding new electricians and plumbers to do the connections because I never heard back from the original guys after a phone conversation and then an email telling me they couldn't fit me in until mid June (now).
The power was FINALLY connected yesterday, but needs to be turned on at the meter.
The last bit of plumbing is waiting to be dug in, but as I expected, it's been raining non-stop because we're in the middle of winter! So the trenches are full of water that's on the wrong side of the pipes.

Septics are in (I think) and the water tanks connected to the house (I think) so at least the water isn't all going to waste.
The plumber has cost about double what I expected and he's not finished yet, but at least that's my only budget blow out at this stage, so I think we're doing ok.
My first home owner's grant was paid into my loan account today so winning! Just waiting on the other 2 grants to be paid now.

The bank was going out today to do the final inspection, but I haven't heard how that has progressed and I'm not that confident it will pass in it's current state.
But hey, its all part of it right?

A friend went and cleaned up the trench the electrician had half-heartedly thrown dirt back into, and took some video for me.

We're so close, I have less than 4 months until our current lease is up, and then whether the house is ready or not (hoping for the former!) we'll be moving permanently to our new home

 

[Baymule]

There may have been delays, but you are almost there!