No pictures again because there is nothing to show..
We did however meet with Chris and the builder because they wanted to remove the deck on the side of our house and place a deck at the back. This seemed like a very logical thing to do since a)the deck on the side of the house almost hit the property on the other side since we have a narrow lot and b) our foundation at the back will be around 9 feet high. So here we go all hands on deck! We are very excited about this change and think we will have a fab deck in the back, perhaps 12X12 and will have a few parties out there!
Next we found out that they are going to discontinue the use of IKEA cabinets and are going with another manufacturer that will do better installation. The cabinets come in more colors and you can still get the glass doors. We already picked our IKEA cabinets but we can change them to the new brand.. more to come on that.
Last I mentioned seeing the foundations at our neighbor's houses right next to us, there is not a ROCK in sight in those foundations. I said "we want rock!!". Now those concrete floors can be stained but one reason I loved the Agave houses were the floors. Chris said they are also using a new company and the last foundation had rock in it. Something about the old company not doing the procedure correctly? Anyway I know we all signed that piece of paper that states we will accept the concrete floor rocks or not, but I was happy to hear this and hope that we get to see some rocks in that floor in the end!
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
All Hands on Deck!
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yeah, our no-rock floors make me shudder...hate em.
learn from our mistakes exactly what to complain about and worry over! ha ha
p.s. as for the train...it's suprisingly quiet. I guess because it's a small train.
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