Friday, October 24, 2008

Week 3 - The "Good Karma" House



I had my first round of inspections this week and the inspector passed it with no hitches. He apparently was raving about the great quality of work by the builder...this is obviously all very good ;-) I walked by on Thursday to take some photos and got to talk with Paul about the progress. Paul is an interesting character and makes the endeavor that most more of a fascinating prospect. Anyway, he looked me in the eye for a moment and said, "you seem like the kinda person I can say this to, this is a good karma house." He went on to explain that so far everything has gone very smoothly. He said the land likes what is happening to it and good energy surrounds it. Well, what do you say to that? Thanks! I am glad and actually it feels good to me to. Now, no laughing...I live in Sedona and this is a normal occurrence here, and I have to say, I much rather that than the alternative.

As far as the construction. The retaining wall is nearly finished. They have added the drains and will back fill next week. This metamorphosis of the land is truly fascinating. One day it looks like a tiny house and the next it looks huge. I imagine it will continue to fluctuate like this throughout. It will be roughly 2000 square feet, which most of you know is more than twice the size of my old house on La Junta Ave...so I guess small is truly relative as it is not 800 sq. ft. In all it will be a 3BR/3BA with a "great" room down stairs, 2 car garage, and an oen plan kitchen livingroom...so it will be cozy with room for guest.

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