Yesterday we met a realtor in Santa Fe to look at a condo-townhome in Rancho Viejo. It was really nice and we could definitely see ourselves living there. There is a lonely German Shepherd next door that the owners leave outside. He tends to bark at people and moan. Not sure how well that would work out.
The problem is that we're not truly ready to move from Los Alamos. We like living in the mountains, away from a big city. To us, Santa Fe is the big city!
We also looked at a model home at Oshara Village, just down Richards from Rancho Viejo. They are green built and the model has zero energy use. Its solar panels generate enough electricity to take care of all the house's needs and have some left over! All this is at a cost and the cost would exceed our budget but it's nice to know there is green building in Santa Fe. Truthfully, we don't want to go to the bother of having a home built for us as we'd prefer just to find one we like and move in.
Our house painter has begun priming!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Conclusion of Roofer Saga (Until First Big Rain!)
What to my wondering eyes did appear this morning but two white pickups, hauling the roofer and his crew. He was out of town all last week but promptly showed up today to extend the VentSure material out to where the eave overhangs start.
I asked him not to put any tar layer on the woodstove chimney base for now. He assures me that the silicone caulk is very good and especially made for roofing application - it's even used to seal openings in metal roofs. He did have his workers add some more silicone caulk around the hot water heater vent.
He really was only going to put the tar on to please us and in his professional opinion, it wasn't necessary. I'd rather trust his professional opinion and not worry about it myself. If there would be a leak, I'm sure it would only be a small seep not a flood and we'd have him come out at that time to address it. Case closed!!
He apologized for his behavior of a week ago. I'd recommend him now.
I asked him not to put any tar layer on the woodstove chimney base for now. He assures me that the silicone caulk is very good and especially made for roofing application - it's even used to seal openings in metal roofs. He did have his workers add some more silicone caulk around the hot water heater vent.
He really was only going to put the tar on to please us and in his professional opinion, it wasn't necessary. I'd rather trust his professional opinion and not worry about it myself. If there would be a leak, I'm sure it would only be a small seep not a flood and we'd have him come out at that time to address it. Case closed!!
He apologized for his behavior of a week ago. I'd recommend him now.
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