Update!?!

Wanted to "settle in" before updating...  Shouldn't be doing this so late at night (but then again... who's still reading this old blog?).  Had the builder back several times "fixing" issues...  worst case was a bundle of live wires that connected the left side to the right.  It was not connected, just a bundle of wire.  It shorted out when I touched the bundle.  NOT a happy camper about that.  Worried there is another bundle (or two) like this.  Will post if I actually find them.

So we have furniture (sorry no photos but hopefully one day...) the bedroom sizes were not bad, not too big for sure.  We have 2 kings and a queen bed.  We have not brought much else in the bedrooms since we are not up there full time.  Will bring our furniture up when we plan to stay there full time.   We'll know then if the rooms are big enough.

I really like having the house facing north/south/east/west... even though the house is basically backwards on the property.  You drive up from the rear of the house...  the little measuring we've done lets the house in the winter warm up to 75 with only the sun's rays.  Summer time, the sun doesn't come in the windows at all, except for morning and sunset...  and those windows are coated to not let the heat in...

We like the open kitchen/dinning/living room, wood stove is great (maybe a little too good - need to learn more how to control it).  The large mudroom is fine - still figuring out how to best use the space but glad it's there.  Basement is nice - work in progress... and may be for the rest of our lives...

The bad, drywall (sheetrock) whatever is far from perfect - almost crappy.  Really? Does that matter?  When the house is oriented N/S/E/W the sun shines right down the hallway and every nail / screw shows up...  is it a deal breaker, not really.  Would I like it perfect, yea, sure, do I want to pay for it?  No, it looks fine...

Dishwasher is a POS, but we were warned about that.  If you didn't "get" the dishwasher the manufacturer did not run the plumbing or electrical to it.  Cheaper to get it and replace it later.

That's all I got for now...  all in all, we are happy with what we got vs. it's cost... Not really sure we would do it again (vs. stick built).  Hopefully we will not have to find out.   Take care...