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New Home in Laveen,
Arizona
2006
Last summer
Mark and I decided it was time to stop investing
in other people's equity. So we found a new development
being built in the community of Laveen in southwestern
Phoenix. Laveen has been a ranching community
since it was founded, but now all the land is
being developed for residential and commercial
projects. We're pretty excited, as neither of
us have ever owned a home before. But it's pretty
daunting at the same time. We should be in the
new house this May!
P.S. Forgive the poor quality of
the photos as they were taken with my cell phone.
June 3,
2006
Cabinets! We
finally have cabinets! Well, at least most of
them. All our bathroom cabinets have been installed.
The cabinet company made an error and not all
of our kitchen cabinets have been delivered. This
has caused an indefinite delay on the house, meaning
all of our neighbors have a set walk-through date
at this point. We are still waiting on ours. The
alarm system has been installed, as well as all
of the light fixtures that come with the house.
We are going to purchase ceiling fans/lights separately
for the six main living areas.
May
20, 2006
Getting very close now! Our house
has been painted inside and out, our doors were
being installed while we were there, the shelves
in all the closets have been installed, and the
foundation for our perimeter wall has been laid.
Today was an exciting day to see the progress
on the house!
April
29, 2006
We have drywall! It hasn't been
taped or plastered yet, but it's been installed.
Now you can finally get a sense of the size of
the rooms. I gauge the next steps of the house
based on what they are doing to the houses across
the street. You can see in one of the pictures
that the house directly across from us has the
stucco applied, and their drywall has been taped
and plastered. Next time I see the house, we should
be at that stage.
April
1, 2006
Mom, Dad, Mark, and I went out to
see the house today. The exterior siding has been
installed, but other than that things haven't
changed much. Oh, they replaced my damaged shower
with a new one, and the old one is sitting in
front of the house.
March
11, 2006
We finally got rain in Phoenix today!
Thus ends our record-setting 143-day dry spell!
It's been raining since a little before midnight
and it's also freezing outside, so most of my
time at the house in Laveen was spent under the
protection of our covered patio. With the exception
of the roof tiles, I couldn't find any new development
on the house since last week.
March
5, 2006
Ductwork has been installed; showers
and tubs have been set in place.
February
4, 2006
The house has been framed.
January
28, 2006
Nothing has changed much in the
last week, except that trees have been planted
in the north greenbelt (the park area near us).
January
21, 2006
Foundation has been poured!
Model
Home
These photos of the model home were
taken the day that we signed the contract on the
house. They have all been flipped horizontally
to match the orientation of the home we purchased
(i.e. the model's garage is actually on the right,
not the left).
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