Our Home Progress | We Are Moving Pt. 2

As many of you know from my post a few weeks back, we are moving. Not off of our land, just from one part of the land to another.

I shared some staged photos of what our home looks like but today I’m sharing some updates on what’s been happening since then and what is to come.

About two weeks ago, mid April, the pad for our home was completed and we went and closed on the construction loan of the home. The girls got to tour the model home that ours is going to look like for the first time. They loved it!! They have seen pictures and a virtual walk through but we made the choice on the home without them being there so they hadn’t seen it in person yet.

We were asked to take photos of the pad and send them in so that the company delivering the home could see we were ready.

We did our part but the next day we got a heavy downpour and parts of the pad were damaged. We immediately started contacting different ones to make them aware of the damage and to figure out what needed to be done next.

Because of even more rain, the pad repairs were delayed two weeks. We finally had a break in the rain and everything was able to dry out. The pad was repaired and drainage ditches were cut to redirect water from the top of the hill.

We picked up some hay from tractor supply here in Minden, LA to put down around the perimeter of the pad to prevent any further washouts from rain. Funny enough, we haven’t had any rain since. We had a storm that was supposed to come through but it missed us completely. I won’t complain.

As of now, our home is going to be delivered on May 29th. We are praying there will be no issues to cause delays on this part.

After the home is delivered we will have lots of things going on. The septic will be put in, the plumbing work will be done, electrical work, a/c work, inside finish work from flooring to sheetrock and whatever else needs to be done. We might try and sneak in some landscaping during this time as well. This process is estimated to take 8 weeks.

Once this part is completed we will have a final walk through with our contractor to ensure everything is the way we wanted it and if so, we will have the final close and get the keys to our home! This is estimated to be late July/early August.

We can’t wait for the move in and are trusting for no hiccups or issues along the way.

The next updates will be that our home is here and construction work has begun. I’m excited for that post!! Stay tuned, it won’t be long now!