It’s Week 6 for building our new home in Rochester MN and the house has been sheetrocked and taped! What does that really mean, you ask? Well… in normal person-speak it means that there are real live walls that are ready to be painted! Hurray! Jay and I just sent along our final paint selections. Fortunately [...]
It’s Week 5! And the building process is still going really well. Many of you have been inquiring about our final countertop selection and we finally have our choice. Drum roll please! White Macauba! We really appreciate everyone’s interest and feedback and are incredibly excited about our choice.  Hopefully it will look as beautiful in [...]
Week 4 of building a new home. It’s finally here! Countertop Week! How thrilling. This is the week Jay and I drove all the way to Illinois to find the perfect counters. Now we had already shopped for countertops several times, including a trip up to the cities to look at slabs, but just couldn’t [...]
It’s Week 3 for the Real Estate Rochester MN Blog and the roof is on! We’re also starting in on the electrical, plumbing, and even putting in the fireplace (gas). On Wednesday I did an electrical walk-through and pointed out where the lights should go and how they should be switched and such. (Of course, [...]
Hello! I’m Kate, newly employed at RE/MAX with Beth and Lauren and also in the process of building a new home! We thought it would be fun and informative to write about the process of homebuilding, including my personal thoughts, ongoing photos of the process and all the different stages of decision-making. We would love [...]
I can’t believe how much has been built in the last week! We had no idea the house would be framed so fast. For about a day I had a complete freakout and wanted the whole thing to slow down. However, once I got out to the site and started thinking about all that still [...]