My house gets lots of attention.  I don’t mind much.  Mainly because most people who take the time to comment are very positive, I think it is nice.  However just like with anything else, word gets around, people chatter, misinformation gets out there, and keyboard jockeys think everyone cares what they think.  I didn’t build […]

Although I said that I may not post anymore now that I’m living in the house, there has been a bunch of attention on the project more recently. I thought it only right to at least have some decent pics out there. A few Instagram posts have shared pics from over a year ago, so […]

After living here for a few months, not much has changed. The front is mostly finished for now, with an actual front door and driveway (with gate), but still temporary fencing. The enclosed patio is mostly complete with the birds having their own finished habitat. This might be the last post for the site because […]

Now that I’ve had a home tour and finished several more things, I’m realizing that I really thought I’d be in back in August. That sure didn’t happen, mainly because of the whole water issue. I do now have water, but that’s only been in the last couple of weeks. Once that was in, I […]

The first floor is essentially complete and ready for move, except for water. That’s still an ongoing saga that will hopefully be cleared up once and for all, tomorrow. If only the city knew where it put its water line and how they want me to tap it. That’s another (long) story. Due to the […]

Now that the first floor is insulated and drywalled, it is more like a “regular” house. Maybe I should change the focus of the blog to small spaces, since phase one is about 700 sq feet. It is coming together as planned with no real hiccups. The indoor plumbers were out today and almost finished. […]

It’s been a few weeks since the last post. Some things are moving along quickly and others are still dragging. The roof joists on top of the third floor are complete. They can now be foamed and covered with decking and roofing. The third floor windows are also in. They were a big challenge because […]

Over the weekend, the stair openings were nearly 100% completed.  The report from the structural steel inspection was delivered and there are only a few, mostly cosmetic, fabrication details left. Having power at the house has certainly helped speed a few things along, although some of the projects are still being done with batteries.  There […]

This weekend hit a few milestones. The city is requiring another engineer letter, this time for the steel. This means a third party inspection. The inspection was today, after the fabricators working late last night trying to finish the last of the stairwell work. They didn’t quite get there, but the inspector was impressed nonetheless. […]

So the KHOU11 story was nearly viral. A version of the story aired on CBS affiliates across the country. Friends from Austin, to Dallas, to the east coast told me they saw it. This has fueled even more traffic to the blog and the house. I’m still not opening it up to the public, fyi. […]