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The reasons we moved from down by the Tucson Mall (about 30 minutes from here) are at least four reasons:
1) too far away
2) gasoline is getting higher and higher
3) Amanda has Wycliffe friends that live here
4) we wanted to live here when Amanda was in middle school

Buying a new house costs much more money than it did 7 years ago (duh!) when we decided to move out of Tucson and move in here. When we checked out those house that have already been built and we saw that the prices were so high we thought maybe it would be good to build our our house. And, that's what we did. The house is one of the lowest prices around in this area.

The house doesn't have a basement and the attic doesn't have much room (the furnace and air-conditioner are up there) and you can't put up a shed (because of the Home Owners Association) we had to have built a third garage (where we could store things and have a work bench).

These photos are the building of our new house! (the floor plan)
Click on the top of each photo to zoom in.

tile half done (without the grouting) tile half done (without the grouting)
(5.18.2007)
landscaping and rock landscaping and rock
(5.18.2007)
extranal house is not quite finished extranal house is not quite finished
(5.15.2007)
garage door garage door
(5.16.2007)
clean windows! clean windows!
(5.15.2007)
the final back of the right-front brick wall the final back of the right-front brick wall
(5.15.2007)
the drive-by final brick wall the drive-by final brick wall
(5.15.2007)
final brick wall on the right side final brick wall on the right side
(5.15.2007)
poured driveway poured driveway
(5.10.2007)
fence is halfway done fence is halfway done
(5.11.2007)
Somebody is moving in! Somebody is moving in!
(5.9.2007)
cabinets cabinets
(5.9.2007)
Paula, swicthes and outlets Paula, swicthes and outlets
(5.8.2007)
fixtures fixtures
(5.8.2007)
driveway before concrete driveway before concrete
(5.8.2007)
sidewalk before concrete sidewalk before concrete
(5.8.2007)
tiling the roof tiling the roof
(5.3.2007)
trench on the right for the brick wall trench on the right for the brick wall
(5.3.2007)
paint on the inside paint on the inside
(5.1.2007)
paint on the outside paint on the outside
(5.3.2007)
brick wall on the left side of the house brick wall on the left side of the house
(4.25.2007)
rock wall on the right side of the house rock wall on the right side of the house
(4.25.2007)
back wall back wall
(4.24.2007)
neighbors view of brick wall neighbors view of brick wall
(4.24.2007)
closets and shelves closets and shelves
(4.24.2007)
rock wall rock wall
(4.24.2007)
final stucco final stucco
(week of the 4.16.2007)
doors and moldings doors and moldings
(4.23.2007)
walls are taped walls are taped
(week of the 4.16.2007)
first of the stucco first of the stucco
(week of the 4.16.2007)
dry wall dry wall
(4.11.2007)
house with dry wall house with dry wall
(4.11.2007)
dry wall - half done dry wall - half done
(4.10.2007)
side walk on the south side side walk on the south side
(4.10.2007)
insulation insulation
(4.9.2007)
outside wall trenches outside wall trenches
(4.9.2007)
'styrofoam' house with roof piled high with titles 'styrofoam' house with roof piled high with titles
(4.5.2007)
external walls in and tar paper on the roof external walls in and tar paper on the roof
(4.5.2007)
external walls in and tar paper on the roof external walls in and tar paper on the roof
neighbor's brick wall neighbor's brick wall
our paved road our paved road
furnice and heating ducts furnace and heating ducts
Framed: full house Framed: full house
electricity electricity
foil roof foil roof
Our "view" of the Catalina Mountains Our "view" of the Catalina Mountains
Front of framed house front of framed house
Left side of framed house left side of framed house
Sewer and plumbing sewer and plumbing
Unpaved road unpaved road
Framed--Front bedroom with window front bedroom with window
Framed--Back of house with windows back of house with windows
Framed--Paula standing in the kitchen Framed! Paula is standing at the kitchen window!
Framed--Frontdoor with windows front door with windows
Framed--garage Framed! One of the bedrooms and
the garage are here.
Framed--backyard Framed! This is the back of our house.
The porch is on the left side.
half made street half built road
Framed--front door Framed! The front door is at the right.
Pad The pad (concrete) is down.
Pad from back The pad (concrete) is down.
Before Pad before the pad (concrete)
Before Pad 2 before the pad (concrete)
Bare Land Our new house will be right were
our car and the outhouse are.
Other house the front of our land
 



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