More homes and more progress

I'm still at my pad in Miami but I thought I would check in with a brief blog post.

 A portion of my typewriter collection, some of those suckers weigh 60 pounds and take both hands to lift.

Our growth of this business shows itself in little and big ways.  Here's our staging area for the assorted stuffs that go into our homes - toilets, lights, cable rail, door knobs, vanities, farm sinks, radiators - you name, we got it.

And our collection of trucks and trailers.

Sunset on the Biscayne Bay from the 15th floor.

A house we renovated and sold in 2004.  Great new paint job.

Cottage 39 is a really great house that gets some amazing sunlight.

And Farm 20 and the Farm 20 garage is coming right along.



Stone going on the chimney.



Great looking Barn/garage.

And the green house area off the Barn.

Farm 19 is rounding that last bend and the painting starts in the inside this week.

The interior clean and the focus is on the staircase this week.

That's it.  Later.

Traveling and Construction

James and I just got back from the 2012 International Builders Show, hosted in Orlando this year. Last time we went it was in Vegas in 2009. Thats James below (on the left).



And at the Marriott, getting ready to go to the gym and pool.


We were right across the street from SeaWorld.


and a highlight of the show was this spray foam sculpture.




A lot of construction for mid-winter. We have Ranch VI, which is inspired by Ranch V, but with a build-out, walk-out basement.

Good space for sure.

The Big Barn continues apace with the siding being completed, the interior floor going in, the window trim finished up and indoor lap pool being installed tomorrow.



Porches, decks and patios define part of this home's lifestyle.











And Barn V, just entering the insulation phase of things. After that the sheetrock and the wall coverings and then before you know it, we will be painting.







And Farm 18, pretty much rounding that last bend to completion.

...with the interior walls and ceilings covered.

...and board and batten wainscotting.



...the bathroom waiting the tile guy.



...fireplace, bookshelves and lots of space.

And our newest spec house for sale - Cottage 39. Just an idea less than a month ago.






Cottage 38 in Stone Ridge has just passed it's 'rough-in inspection' and is now ready to insulate.




Not to be gross, but most of our current customers are happier than pigs in shit. And why shouldn't they be - I mean, we are really delivering a product and process that is unparalleled in quality, taste and timeliness.

And then a good play I'm reserved to see in early April.

Cottage 39

It may be warm, and the snow might have melted, and the frost might be coming out of the ground and what that means to us country (or 'rural' as someone called us the other day) folk is mud. Pretty serious mud actually. Muck boot mud, if you will.

In a telling reflection on my friends, family and co-workers, no one mentioned that I had mislabeled my last post, mis-identifying the Cottage.



The real Cottage 39 is being constructed as we speak. The framing just finished, we wrapped the house in, believe this, house wrap, and are installing the fascia so the roofers can do their thing tomorrow with a shingle color named Biscayne Blue. With the cedar shakes, it should a have a 'wow' effect, certainly.

In the country, we just start fires at will. this was a pretty big one.

The 2 bedroom cottage comes with 1340 sq ft, 1.5 baths on 5+ acres in Eldred NY comes with this Man Shed. It also comes with a full walkout basement that we will finish off, adding another 600 sq ft and a bathroom. Lots of porch as well. The framers built this house in 5 days. 5 f*&(king days. That's good, even by my rigid standards and high expectations.


The interior is wide open...

and the second floor ceiling's are lofty and high at around 9.5 feet.


There's Kevin the architect checking out his handy work...

and Henning the carpenter (and chef) high up on his ladder, with both hands occupied, helpless from this photo.


And there's Job. Not to sell the kid down the river, but he did go to the wrong job this morning and left everyone waiting and wondering on him.


Then up to the big barn with lots of tree clearing and, yes, another fire.

And the barn from the rear...

It's a Tuesday, and I think we've done a week's work already.