Archive for November, 2007

Kitchen is almost in! Its starting to look like a house.

Posted on the November 27th, 2007 under house,Levittown,Remodeling by

The kitchen is almost all in, and its actually starting to look like a house now.  The bathroom downstairs is now fully functional, the laundry room is done (with the exception of some molding and shelves).  Here are some pictures:

We are moved in the “new” house…

Posted on the November 21st, 2007 under house,Levittown,long island by

Whelp, we are officially moved into our “new” house.  Sunday was our last day in the Co-Op, we had a 16 foot truck come and loaded it up. It was a fairly quick move because over the last 6 weeks we moved boxes over every day.  We closed on our Co-Op, and that went nice and smooth.  I am so glad we are out of that place and into a real house!

Saturday I had the cable guy come, he was excellent. He installed a fresh line from the pole, and ran the line right in the house where I had ran the home run to the wiring closet.  The signal is nice and clear, and the internet connection seems to be perfect.

Speeds:

Before “Boost”:

Logging in as anonymous … Logged in!

==> SYST … done.    ==> PWD … done.

==> TYPE I … done.  ==> CWD /pub … done.

==> PASV … done.    ==> RETR test64 … done.

Length: 67,108,864 (64M) (unauthoritative)

 

34% [===========>                         ] 23,438,432     1.64M/s    ETA 00:26

 

After “Boost”:

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==> SYST … done.    ==> PWD … done.

==> TYPE I … done.  ==> CWD /pub … done.

==> PASV … done.    ==> RETR test64 … done.

Length: 67,108,864 (64M) (unauthoritative)

 

16% [=====>                                  ] 10,948,264     2.55M/s    ETA 00:21

The floor is all finished downstairs with the exception of the closet under the stairs.  This weekend we hope get heat downstairs, finish the Laundry room, and work on the master bedroom.  I’ll post more later, just giving a quick update.

Painting, and more painting.. Moving in this weekend!

Posted on the November 16th, 2007 under house,Levittown,long island,Remodeling by

Well, this weekend is it! We have to move , there is no other choice, we close on our Coop Monday. Sunday will be spent moving all of our furniture and other things to the house. Our vanity is in stock now, and we will have a sink (the final piece of the puzzle) to complete the downstairs bathroom. Hopefully this weekend we will finish the hardwood in the kitchen and hallway.
The last few days I have been rushing to finish the painting in at least the living room so we have a place to put our stuff (and we probably will be sleeping there for a while till the master bedroom is done.) We went with some bold colors again, these pictures were taken when it was still wet, so it probably will not be as bright as in the photos below. Benjamin Moore paint, its the way to go.