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Duke Energy Flags – Ready for Power?

Duke Energy Flags – Ready for Power?

This morning we walked the dog over at the new house. Cliff had done some repairs on a culvert and we wanted to check how it did in the storm last night. When we got there we had flags marking from the power pole to 

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 5

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 5

More photos from the open house at the Village at Flat Rock, a tiny house community near Hendersonville, NC. This Tiny House is beautifully established. The planters, the stone wrapping the driveway and the trees. It has all the touches of a traditional established home. 

Tiny House Neighborhood Tour Continues

Tiny House Neighborhood Tour Continues

Here are more of the photos we took of tiny houses when the Village at Flat Rock, a tiny house community near Hendersonville, NC had an open house and neighborhood tour. Tiny Charcoal and White House This tiny house is high contrast. The charcoal grey 

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 4

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 4

We went to the open house at the Village at Flat Rock, a tiny house community near Hendersonville, NC. Here are more of the photos from the tour. Tiny Light Grey House This tiny house has a completely different look. The lines are more contemporary. 

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 3

More Tiny Houses in the Tiny House Neighborhood – 3

This is a continuation of an earlier post. We went to the open house at a tiny house community, the Village at Flat Rock. It is near Hendersonville, NC. Here are more of the tiny houses we saw. Tiny Bright Yellow House This cheerful bright 

Allwood Pioneer Tiny Towable Kit

Allwood Pioneer Tiny Towable Kit

Allwood, the company that brought us the Lillevilla, one of the best-selling kit cabin brands in the world now has a do-it-yourself Tiny Towable Kit. It builds a 171 square foot cabin that can be put on a trailer frame or assembled as a standalone 

Little Cottage Co. Cape Cod Playhouse Kit

Little Cottage Co. Cape Cod Playhouse Kit

This is just an adorable little play house! A do-it-yourself kit to build a little Cape Cod style house just the perfect size for kids! They have 2 x 3 stud framing, working windows with safety glass and screens, even the flower boxes are included. 

Installing the Pump and More Grading

Installing the Pump and More Grading

The guys were out there first thing Wednesday to finish installing the pump to mitigate any potential water issues with our engineered footers. They put in the 20” PVC pipe yesterday. Today they assembled the pump and the PVC pipe to it and dropped it 

Engineered Footers – The Well and Sump Pump

Engineered Footers – The Well and Sump Pump

In earlier posts I talked about our Engineered Footers*. Excavation Report – Engineered Footings > One part of the engineering is this well. Finally we see what they are doing. We hit a spring when we were digging for the foundation and had to have 

Downspout Drain Lines

Downspout Drain Lines

Most houses I have lived in the gutter downspout ended in a concrete pan that directed the water away from the house. Our new house will move the rainwater away from the house through buried drain pipe. This is how they put in the downspout