Open Walls Open House
Dear friends, colleagues, current & future neighbors!
Well it’s been a while since we had a formal open house, but many of you have stopped by and helped (most notably Todd & Eva, Alex and his father Mark, as well as Daniel and his sons Adrienne & Eugene), browsed the site, and encouraged us.
Since November, when I sent the last email, we’ve accomplished quite a lot: The windows are in, the siding is on, the steel roof is on, the rough plumbing is done, the venting is 90% done, the electrical rough-in is 95% done (and I got the “coveted” rough-in inspection sticker from the state electrical inspector!) as is the network/phone wiring, and the speaker/audio-distribution wiring. The ceiling is already sheet rocked and by the end of this week most of the other interior walls will have one side sheet rocked, too. And best of all the project is under budget, in scope with a quality that exceeds our expectations. And on a project that started in September 2005, we’re only about two to three weeks behind schedule.
Next week our interior walls will be filled with “shredded recycled newspaper from Mason City, Iowa mixed with water and corn starch” also commonly known as Cellulose. So this weekend will be the last chance to see the “guts” of the house before we close it all up and move to the next phase of painting and tiling. You’ll also be able to see the stone facing of the masonry stove that began last week (using local stone from a quarry 30 minutes from Lanesboro).
Open House
If you’d like to stop by and see our little dream coming true, please join us on Sunday, April 2 between 1 PM and 6 PM. We will have wonderful pastries from the Lanesboro Pastry Shoppe and around 4 or 5 PM some Pizza’s from Lanesboro’s “Rhino’s” pizza shoppe.
To allow us to plan accordingly, please let us know by Saturday night whether you’ll be coming “for pastries” or “for pizza” (or both ;-).
Also please mark your calendar to join Jennifer and me and my parents, who will be coming from Germany, for our official house warming party on Saturday June 10.
We are truly looking forward to seeing you!
Christian