by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 17, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
In May of 2006 we put our giant Eagle Mountain home on the market. We sold that home in January of 2007. We leased back the house until August of 2008 when we moved to the American Fork rental property. In August of 2009 we moved half our stuff to a storage unit and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yes, it's true! After a disappointing morning yesterday with a failed inspection, the inspector came back this morning and checked off the remaining items. We have passed the building inspection and are cleared to move in. The occupancy permit will be issued on...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 14, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The Lindon City inspector just completed the final inspection for occupancy permit. The house did not pass. There were a number of minor electrical issues, a few plumbing issues, and the step under the island was still bare wood having not yet been skinned. To be...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 14, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Once our new stairways were installed, we needed to add handrails to pass code. The lower stairs were easy, needing just a single, long handrail, attached to the wall. The upper stairs were more problematic. One side was open, about half way up, so the banister would...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 13, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Selecting products for the two staircases was more involved than I had imagined. On our first semi-custom build, the stairs were fully carpeted. On the second, they were carpet with wood on the open edge. These experiences taught us an important lesson: we never want...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Money
Just got a “congratulatory” letter from Washington Federal. In part, it says: It's hard to believe the construction phase of your new home should be rapidly approaching the finishing stages. Key words: should be. In other words, since we've given you more...
