I was wrapped up last weekend in doing work trying to continue momentum for my occupancy permit and I never got around to posting anything.
All permits are complete, except for the occupancy permit. The Carlisle Fire Chief has requested that the we fill in some gaps in the documentation around the common drive way due to what appears to have been some gaps in what was passed to him from the prior Chief. We have rounded all of that up except for the documentation that the maintenance agreement for the driveway has been maintained. Stamski and McNary has agreed to do the inspection and provide documentation. Their commentary was that:
- The sight line for inbound fire trucks along Bedford Road was blocked by my new mailbox (which it was doing but I had not noticed),
- The brush had encroached a bit on the driveway and
- There was no house number at the point where my driveway split off from the common driveway.
Last weekend I resolved all three. To simplify things, I completely removed the mailbox (I will get a PO box or continue to have mail sent to my parent’s place and figure something out later if I get a mailbox out in the future). Then I trailered over the Billy Goat brush hog and chewed through the blackberry bushes. Finally, Dad and I got a 4×4 pressure treated post, a post hole digger and some house numbers and I installed that. Fingers crossed this is the last item before the final permit
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- House number with a pumpkin as a hat
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- The street as we removed the mailbox to address concerns about sight-lines coming from the Carlisle Fire House
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- Fall colors (looking back towards Page’s Brook)
Last week we also took my Dad’s old racing shell (which had de-laminated) over to Ted Van Dusen for repairs and donation to a youth rowing group in Holeyoke along the Connecticut River. Ted runs Composite Engineering and they build a lot of the racing boats for a LOT of Olympic teams. A run down place on the outside but amazing on the inside. Definitely different from our place!
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- The inside of Composite Engineering (Van Dusen racing boats) in Concord. Snapped while we were donating a shell to be repaired and then given to a youth group
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- The Fohl shop vs the Van Dusen shop. Forge tools and F1 airbox
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- Wagon wheel tires and Formula One tires and magnesium wheels
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- The “boat house”
In other news, Paul’s team laid down coat 3 of 3 on the hardwood floor, pulled the tools and stuff from the workshop, is working through their punch list – AND – this weekend, did the final layout of the loam for the lawn. This includes laying out the large rocks along the property line between me and Kimball’s. It looks great!!
Before shots of the shop and looking at the “front yard”
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- The shop
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- From the carport – rocks and piles of loam prior to final installation
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- The shop with the sprinkler mechanical workings and 350 gallon holding tank
Now here is what things look like on the outside after this weekend’s worth of work
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- Panoramic shot taken while standing on a rock along the property line. Double click to enlarge
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- Final topcoat of loam over the septic field and new gravel
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- New gravel and loam by the generator and propane tanks
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- Old school Ford 1920 compact tractor still doing great work
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- Fantastic work on spreading the loam and making the lawn
And on the inside things are truly wonderful
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- Warm tones everywhere!
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- Standing by the fireplace looking toward the kitchen
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- Close up of the window seat. We are going to have some custom cushions sewn for it
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- Looking North. The windows slide half-and-half so lots of opportunities for breezes in the summer. Fireplace to the right
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- More southern exposure and front yard
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- Looking East with the window seat and fireplace. You can see what a fantastic job they did with the warm colors of the Red Oak wood floor
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- The south face of the living room, the newly applied loam for the lawn and the row of rocks marking the property line
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- Looking out the front door and the patio with my Dad