Pics of our new house OR Pete goes suburban

[dalangdon]

Let me echo what others have said about furniture - as I remember, yours is MUCH more interesting.

I'd hazard a guess that that living room fireplace has been tampered with - sometimes the original lurks just underneath, if that interests you.

Congratulations on your new home. It is a beauty!

 

[gansky1]

Droopy decks...

I would imagine part of the problem has been wood that wasn't maintained, but with the super-treated wood available now, that isn't as big of an issue as proper building techiques. Many of the falling decks have been built outside of long-standing codes and secured to the frame of the house with nails instead of lag-bolts. Mine was secured with lag-bolts that were too short for the application - they only went into the header about 1/2" and in addition to 20 years of shady location rot, the deck was pulling out of the wall. It would have gone at any time - probably most certainly when we were having the convention with all those people outside! Luckily, we removed it and put in a small patio before that. I'm not a yard person whatsoever and haven't used the patio since June '05.

 

[alr2903]

Congrats Pete

Beautiful home, the quality and wt. of the materials probably could not be bought for love or money nowdays. That yard is beautiful, warmer than usual for this time of year there? arthur.

 

[retroguy]

Pete....Just beautiful!!

Congrats!! Do try to find out what they used on that lawn! (And then let us know, PLEASE!?) )

 

[scott55405]

You will have a lot of fun with this one. Enjoy!

 

[petek]

Speaking of the fireplace, that was one minor area of concern pointed out by the inspector. They've installed gas firelogs and locked the damper open (required) however he says that doing so without installing a metal chimney insert can damage the brickwork, which is beginning to happen. Also the fact that the damper is open year round, out goes your heat. So I plan on eventually installing a proper gas fireplace insert.

I'd also like to know what they use on that lawn, hopefully I can ask them because the grass is beautiful. (what it'll be like after Parker and Ben whiz away on it daily is another story..at least the front should remain nice). It's an easy area to garden in because of it's proximity to Lake Huron only a short walk away, everythings built on sand, no clay whatsoever under there.

 

[washendry]

New Home

Wow, thats' a great piece of property, Sarnia is just over the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Welcome to the neighborhood, only 2 1/2 hrs from Pinconning, Mi
You'll have some great Snowfall in that area, especially Lake effect snow.
Kim