Open House + Moving In
We live in our house! What?! After a little over a year we are finally here, open house night. In our program, after all 8 homes are...
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Abby Reaves
Sep 29, 2020
Finishing Touches
It's here!! We are finally COMPLETELY DONE building! For the past few weeks along with landscaping, we have been finishing the final...
Abby Reaves
Sep 20, 2020
Landscaping
Our yard is finished! We landscape the front yard during building, but not the backyard. We'll complete the backyard at a later date....
Abby Reaves
Aug 31, 2020
Doors and Floors!
Our floors are done and our doors are painted! We decided on dark red for our front door and white for our other doors. Our front door...
Abby Reaves
Aug 9, 2020
Driveway, Sidewalk, and Steps
We finally have a driveway, sidewalk and steps which means all of our concrete is finished and we can start landscaping! Concrete isn't...
Abby Reaves
Aug 2, 2020
Painting our Whole House
What's white and smells like red paint? White paint. Our house is painted! I can’t believe it. Finish work was long and tedious but it...
Abby Reaves
Jul 5, 2020
Finish Work
We've come so far! Daylen and I have been in the program for a year, building for a little under a year, and our finish work is done now!...
Abby Reaves
May 6, 2020
Our House Rocks (literally)
During April, we put the rock on our house! It feels a lot more "finished" now that the exterior is practically finished. Just a few...
Abby Reaves
Apr 8, 2020
Drywall + Siding
Big things are happening at the house! We are almost to finish work. In March we got drywall and siding! After the subs finished heating,...
Abby Reaves
Mar 11, 2020
Shingling Our Roof + Subs
Our roof is finally shingled! Our trusses and roof sheeting were put on November 7, so our roof has been waiting quite a while to be...
Abby Reaves
Feb 26, 2020
Odds + Ends
Our house is just about ready for subcontractors! At the beginning of February, we were given a list of what needs to be done at our...
Abby Reaves
Feb 12, 2020
Windows, Doors + Stairs
Our house is closed in! We finally got our doors and windows on, and stairs going down to the basement. That means we are waiting on sub...
Abby Reaves
Jan 2, 2020
Home Building Q+A
The most questions I get today are about our home build! Building a new home so far has been rewarding but really hard. We build for 35...
Abby Reaves
Dec 5, 2019
Raise the Roof!
We have a roof! After our house framing was finished, we waited a few days for subcontractors to come out and put on our roof. It took...
Abby Reaves
Nov 3, 2019
Our House is Framed!
Our house is done being framed! It's been a while since an update, I know. Framing is a long process! We do all of the framing process...
Abby Reaves
Sep 26, 2019
Foundation? Check!
We are officially building full time! From September - next summer when our house is done, we build full time hours! The more we work,...
Abby Reaves
Sep 8, 2019
We have a basement!
Our lot is no longer just a piece of a field, it's a basement! Last week construction crews went out to our build site and poured our...
Abby Reaves
Jul 31, 2019
We're building a house!
Surprise! We're building our home! Back in Spring 2018, we started talking with Neighborhood Housing Solutions about their Owner Builder...
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