This 4-bedroom, 3-car McMansion is being built in our neighborhood at 567 Fairhaven Drive, Shakopee, Minnesota. When we left for Tucson on Jan. 18, it was just a hole in the ground and some concrete blocks in it.
One blizzard, one heavy snow storm, 3 record low temperatures later, we returned on March 5 to see this. The roof is shingled, the windows are in, the wiring is in, the heating and plumbing is in. The drywaller is waiting on the insulator. They insulated yesterday. They'll drywall tomorrow.
Insulation is not something you hear much about in Arizona. You don't hear much about a project taking less than a year to do, either, despite ideal working conditions -- dry and warm.
The Saddlebrooke Clubhouse had some work done on it. The place was shut down for months and months and all you heard was alibis.
It is not as if there is a lot of time available either. My friend, who has a home in Tucson, tells about his older dear friend who was building a dream home on a golf course. It took all of three years to get 'er done. He died before he got an permit to occupy. Now it is for sale.
One blizzard, one heavy snow storm, 3 record low temperatures later, we returned on March 5 to see this. The roof is shingled, the windows are in, the wiring is in, the heating and plumbing is in. The drywaller is waiting on the insulator. They insulated yesterday. They'll drywall tomorrow.
Insulation is not something you hear much about in Arizona. You don't hear much about a project taking less than a year to do, either, despite ideal working conditions -- dry and warm.
The Saddlebrooke Clubhouse had some work done on it. The place was shut down for months and months and all you heard was alibis.
It is not as if there is a lot of time available either. My friend, who has a home in Tucson, tells about his older dear friend who was building a dream home on a golf course. It took all of three years to get 'er done. He died before he got an permit to occupy. Now it is for sale.
Kathleen and Stan went on the Parade of Homes today, always a cheap form of entertainment. We are also scouting ideas for Linda and Ron's new home in Blaine. Virgil and Becky did the Parade last week and spotted one they liked, No. 622 for $750,000. Kathleen and I saw it today. It was very nice. In fact, we looked at some million dollars plus homes and liked Virgil's better.
The Parade is extended for a week, so maybe Steve and Nancy will join us next Sunday for a look-see if they come then to deliver our carpet and, of course, the wooden peeper-keeper.
