Ed Soehnel

Over the last 2 weeks, we’ve made progress on the work to the house and property.

Interior

The frame out of the master bedroom and the upstairs loft is completed and we now have the drywall and finishers doing their work.  The tilers have also started in the kitchen and the master bathroom.  Photos below in the slideshow.

Property

We have cleaned out junk from 2 of the 4 utility barns on the property.  There is a tractor barn, as I call it, which is a perfect size for keeping the tractor, and the main barn attached to it.  We cleaned out both and have been putting materials we want to keep from around the property into the main barn.

These materials include fence posts (4 x 4 and at least 8 feet in length and in good condition), fencing, bricks and other usable cinder blocks, and miscellaneous wood items that are in good condition.  There is stuff strewn throughout the 13.5 acres of the property, so we have been using the tractor to get the stuff and take down to the main barn for storage.

We’ve also collected 30-40 old tires and 30-40 gallons of motor oil (much of it used) that the previous owners left and are slowly getting rid of by taking it in trips to the Big O Tires auto repair store near my office.

With the fencing materials we have found, we are building a new fence that extends off the east side of the house. There is no fenced in area at present where we can let the dogs lose to run around. This new fence will allow us to let them out from the kitchen door. I rented an auger and was able to dig 25 post holes, 2 feet down, in under 30 minutes. Our soil is soft and sandy, so it made for easy digging. However, it is tough work handling the auger.

Lastly, we collected lots of old hose laying around the property, much of it which is in decent shape. We kept the good pieces and fixed the leaks and spliced together to create very long hoses so that we can now water throughout the lower section of the property around the house where all the trees and bushes are.

There are photos of our exterior work below in the slide show.

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