The Brandt Blog

It’s been a little while since we updated the front views…so here they are. There’s also a few pics of the basement progress and Hannah’s pocket doors…we noticed these while she and I were taking measurements of her room for furniture arrangement.  We settled on swivel/rocking chairs…super comfy!  

    We are happy to see some visible progress again…now that the fascia is all installed. The electricians, plumbers, roofers and HVAC guys continue installing their respective systems.  Sara (cabinets) is finalizing her plan and the low-voltage guy (Chuck) will be coming by on Thursday to plan for TV/AV/Phone etc. The masons returned to […]

Since the girls will be in two different states on the first day of school, we took the annual picture on the bench early. The volunteers at UK were awesome! We pulled up and they unloaded the car for us. Here they are unloading the rooftop carrier. Great investment! Next they loaded everything from the […]

Here’s Madeline – taking a final walk-through (lie down?) between the pine framing that will by her Thanksgiving return to Libertyville in November be hung with wallboard and resemble truly what her bedroom suite will look like. Elsewhere in the house – the carpenters, roofers, electricians, plumbers and HVAC installers toil away.  

Here’s something new…a roof.  Brad Hall (Rick’s son) has his crew of five up on the roof…after one day’s work they’re about 1/3 done. On the inside, Ted built the shed in the attic for the furnace and has been finishing up framing.  Dan and Al (electricians) are moving along as are the plumbers and […]

Well…we noticed last night that we REALLY need to look closely to notice the day’s progress of our craftsmen.  Working in the “details” must be equally exhausting for them, too. – Ted & The Carpentry Crew continue working on the fascia.  No doubt, the details and curves of the roof make this a complicated effort.  Ted said that […]

Well, hopefully we have have switches, outlets and light fixtures just where everyone would expect to find them – if not, Anne and I wasted FIVE hours of our lives looking at just those things.  We met Rick and Dan (electrician) today at the house after going through the drawings last night. While at the […]