We're here! We made it to the NCR and have set up most of our house.
We arrived in mid-July and have been super busy ever since!
The roof has been replaced, the septic needed replacing and is nearly done. We have just one inspection to go on that. Did anyone else realize that it takes WEEKS to have your septic fields and tanks replaced? It does. If you ever need to know that, just be aware. It also makes a great mess. Piles of sand, clear stone and topsoil all over the yard.
The mouldy basement bathroom has been torn out. We haven't started replacing anything in there yet. It was horrible. Black mould, wood and drywall that were soaked in water. Black 2x4's.
We also tore out all the carpet in the basement family room. It was filthy, and the underlay installed wrong. The rubber bottom layer was touching the carpet instead of being face-down. Which meant that it did nothing to help with the moisture problem down there. There was also no kind of sub floor. Which again, moisture problems.
We have repainted the entire main floor of the house. All 4 bedrooms, kitchen, living room, family room and en suite bathroom. The only room left is the main bathroom. It was many, many weekends of work, trying to fit it around other things going on, but it's done now. The house is much brighter. Who ever thought that a dark, army green colour and a tan/green/grey colour would be a good idea in an already darkish house? We are surrounded by a lot of trees. Light colours are a must!
We're now replacing light switches and outlet covers. Not only are they all an ivory colour, but every single outlet in the house is installed upside down. No idea why. It is so strange. So, Corey has had to shut off power in various rooms- marking the fuse box as he goes- nothing has been labelled! And he's slowly making his way around the house, flipping the wiring over and installing new, white covers.
Next up- sun room needs painting. It's currently dark wood panels and is absorbing most of the natural light. I'm either going to white wash it, or paint it a white colour with a yellow undertone. It will brighten up that room and hopefully inside the house.
After that- the kitchen! The cabinet are all oak, and I'm going to paint them white. We are going to make the island larger and install a flat top cooktop. We have a broken GenAir weird cook top now that I greatly dislike. It only has 2 elements that are cast iron and a grill. Only 1 element actually works and the grill gets warm, but not hot enough to actually cook anything. It's an overall bad set up.
I'd also like to replace the counter tops at some point. They are white, installed poorly and have some burn marks from previous owners. Functional, but ugly.
I'm also back to work with Rodan & Fields! I can't believe I actually got paid this summer and didn't really do any work at all. Hurray for passive income!
I'm currently loving the Unblemish line. It seems to have dried up the exzema I had. Their Soothe line was working ok, but I ran out of wash when I forgot to reorder in all the moving madesss. So, I used the Unblemish wash that Corey uses for shaving. I think it's the sulfur in it that works. So much for thinking it would be too harsh on my skin. It works amazing!
If you are interested in learning more or getting a sample of a few goodies, please send me an email. No one is ever under any pressure to buy anything. Lora (dot) Prentis (at) gmail (dot) com
More posts soon about my new business with Rodan & Fields and our new house. I have got to get some photos on here! The property we bought is very pretty and I want to share before the snow flies!
