Final Inspection!

Well, we made it. Today is July 10, 2008. Our foundation was poured on May 1, 2008. It's no world record by any means, but we are pleased with how fast we were able to complete the project. We had an initial final inspection on Tuesday morning. There were some very minor things to fix and they reinspected today. We passed, of course. There is a little bit of paint touch-up to take care of, but that's it.

You can finally see what color our wood laminate floor is. We had a cleaning crew come in yesterday, and they did a great job. In the background of this picture, you can see how excited Kimberlee is about her new house. We had to zoom in for a closer look.

Here are some more pictures of the finished product. I think we did quite well for our first try. I believe there are three metrics that can be used to measure home building success. Ask yourselves these three questions at the end of your next project:

1. Are we still married?

2. Are we within our budget?

3. Are we pleased with the finished product?

If you can honestly answer "yes" to these three questions, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to try building a new house in the future. I would recommend a little break, though, before jumping into the next project.

We hope you have enjoyed vewing the blog and seeing the progress in our house.