Day 164 – Painters Finishing and Other Fun Stuff This week was dedicated mostly to the painters. They finished up the inside painting. They also painted the exterior front and back doors. We used Sherwin-Williams extra white for the kitchen cabinets and the trim work; and we really like how it looks with the repose…
Day 158 – Painters Week The painters were back to paint the trim, doors, and the cabinets. If you’re building an Adair Home, this is one of the areas you can save a lot of money. If you have the time, equipment, and skill you can do all the painting yourself. We were given about…
Day 143 – More Finishes to Adair Homes New Home Construction Inside Work for New Home Construction This week has been an up and down week for our family. We had a virus that went through the whole family, so we’ve been a little out of it. Luckily, that didn’t stop the contractors from coming…
Day 136 – Exterior Painting, Window and Door Trim, Rain Garden We were finally able to get the outside of the house painted!!! The weather was on the chilly side, but we had a full week without any rain! The painters were working hard to get it painted this week before the rain comes back…
Day 130 – Cabinet Installation and Finish Work for New Home A little follow up on last week’s post, we finally heard back from Adair Homes about the cabinet situation. After I sent an email to the customer care team, we quickly received an email from the sales agent about the cost of re-painting the…
Day 122 – Wrong Cabinets Delivered by Adair Homes and Other Updates There are a lot of emotions that go into building a new home. The excitement of selecting finish options. The stress of meeting deadlines. The frustration of not getting things done on time. The jubilation of getting over a hurdle. The disappointment when…
Day 115 – Adair Homes Prices, Painting and Finishing Back Fill Our excavator was back on site this week. He was supposed to be there last week but he didn’t show up until Friday afternoon. He left all his equipment there over the weekend so I thought he would be back on Monday, but he…
Day 108 – Still Waiting for Utility Trenches to be Back Filled Things inside are continuing to progress. The drywall guys were back this week to texture the walls. We also had the concrete poured for our driveway. We still have open utility trenches outside, I’ve been trying to get the excavator back on site…
Day 101 – Getting Permanent Power Installed on Our Oregon New Home The main goal for this week was to get permanent power placed so we could get the heat on inside the house to help the mud on the drywall dry. Last week I called the power company and asked what needed to be…
Day 94 – Adair Homes New Home Construction It’s been 94 days since the forms for the foundation were started, and we officially have real walls, with drywall and mud. They started hanging the dry wall last Saturday. They came back this week and they had all the dry wall hung by Wednesday. I went by…
