As many of you know we purchased a lot a block off the bay just a couple days after Harvey hit. At first we set it up for RV and enjoyed the place a couple weekends a month. Last year we decided to bite the bullet and build a 2/2 barndo for retirement in a year. Slowly we have been fixing everything the builder messed up on (code violations and crappy work all around) as well as adding our touches.
The first thing I did (we have done all the work ourselves except code violations and rebuilding the screened porch) was fence it in. My bride wanted the 2x6 rails to be mortised into the 4x4’s which toon a week to do by hand with a chisel. Next we did the flagstone walkways. That took a good 4 months of one weekend a month. This morning I wrapped up the outside shower and took it for a test drive. I honestly don’t know that I will want to take another shower inside again.
Next I’m going to rebuild the balcony railing and run stainless steel cables through it instead of the garbage the builder used that’s already rusting! As soon as that’s done I will fabricate a Murphy bed with fold out desk in the guest room so my bride has a place to setup her sewing stuff. After that I will build a deck on the back of the house stretching the full length and to the fence (approximately 8’x45’). When those honey does are knocked out I’ll decide how I want the outside kitchen and do it. I’m thinking about using the same stone that’s around the fireplace but I’m not 100% sure.
When everything is said and done maybe I’ll have a chance to take the boat out and sit on my backside? The goal is to have everything wrapped up before I retire January of ‘26.
Michael
The first thing I did (we have done all the work ourselves except code violations and rebuilding the screened porch) was fence it in. My bride wanted the 2x6 rails to be mortised into the 4x4’s which toon a week to do by hand with a chisel. Next we did the flagstone walkways. That took a good 4 months of one weekend a month. This morning I wrapped up the outside shower and took it for a test drive. I honestly don’t know that I will want to take another shower inside again.
Next I’m going to rebuild the balcony railing and run stainless steel cables through it instead of the garbage the builder used that’s already rusting! As soon as that’s done I will fabricate a Murphy bed with fold out desk in the guest room so my bride has a place to setup her sewing stuff. After that I will build a deck on the back of the house stretching the full length and to the fence (approximately 8’x45’). When those honey does are knocked out I’ll decide how I want the outside kitchen and do it. I’m thinking about using the same stone that’s around the fireplace but I’m not 100% sure.
When everything is said and done maybe I’ll have a chance to take the boat out and sit on my backside? The goal is to have everything wrapped up before I retire January of ‘26.
Michael
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