Finally moving

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
11/28/2015 at 16:40 • Filed to: Houselopnik

My wife and I bought a house back in July and have been renovating the entire house since then. Things move slowly when you’re doing it all yourself and only have nights and weekends. We finally have the house to a point where we can move in. Finally! Here’s my truck with lots of boxes.

DISCUSSION (10)

Birddog > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/28/2015 at 16:46

Nice truck! How is your front end up so high?

Oh, congrats on the move too.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Birddog
11/28/2015 at 17:04

Thanks. It had a 2in lift on when I bought it and I put f250 springs on it which raises it another 1.5 in if I remember right

Birddog > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/28/2015 at 17:13

Ahh. That makes sense.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/28/2015 at 17:29

Congrats! Nice truck too.

Spasoje > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/28/2015 at 17:35

Congrats! My family has been going through the same thing – though it’s taken a few years, because we had to live in the place we were renovating... Still, doing it yourself is very satisfying and worth it either way!

desertdog5051 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/28/2015 at 18:57

Congrats! I know the pains of renovation all too well. But the money saved is so gratifying.

orcim > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/29/2015 at 05:45

Did this three times are various points in my life. Watched other neighbor couples around us in the first house divorce at an exceedingly high rate. Just make sure that partner and you are *always* checking in with how things are going. Catch any misperceptions early. Really.

If the gas to get the job done loses its gumption because “hey we’re living here we can relax” my advice would be to keep the energy up on a smaller aspect of the project. So “finishing the house” is really big, but “nailing down the shoe moulding in the 2nd bedroom” isn’t so big. Keep some, even if small, focus, on moving forward. It’ll pay off in the end. (At least, that’s a lesson that I personally learned. You may be living with a GC of Germanic descent that can’t leave anything fixed/finished without improving it, in which case, none of what I said applies.)

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > orcim
11/29/2015 at 09:11

Oh I have no shortage of projects. It’s in liveable condition but still far from done. And I’m one of those people who always find something to change or fix. Thanks for the advice though.

orcim > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/29/2015 at 16:34

I was mostly commenting on your relationship to partner, not projects. But if there’s harmony in having things to do, then all good.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > orcim
11/29/2015 at 20:47

Haha. Got it. Didn’t really notice the quotation marks. We’ve had our share of ups and downs and have learned the importance of communication the hard way.