This picture is the inside of the back yard right side when facing the house and the landscaping and of course the higher wall to contain my killer German Shepherd puppy:)
Below is the pool that is now entirely tiled. Solar Pool pump gets installed this coming week along with the Solar Hot water heater.
This is the work continuing on the left side of the house and hopefully weather permitting finished this week.
This is the left side carport where the wall is going up as I type. To the right of the wall will be a Iron Gate for the carport which will be over 6ft. High. My German Shepherd will have the run of the entire property and keep strangers away and make them more interested in the neighbors than here. At 5.5 months old he is already very protective and scares the crap out of people already.
This week I accomplished a lot of work on the house.
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Purchased the Steel Gates.
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Purchased and had fitted the Granite Kitchen Counters.
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Purchased 1 Kingsized and 2 queensized Simmons Maxipedics for the 3 bedrooms.
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Contracted with a kitchen builder/Furniture Maker 3 platform beds and 6 Nightstand/Chests.
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Purchased a Solar Hot Water Heater.
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Purchased a Solar Pool Pump.
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Painted the entire house.
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Had 9 ceiling fans/light fixtures delivered and will be installed.
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Purchased 12 other light fixtures and they will also be installed.
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Purchased 27 ft of California type closet apparatus for master bedroom walkin closet.
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Purchased 3.5 kilo inversor and 12 red trojan Batteries.
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Purchased 2 9k btu a/c's for the lower bedrooms
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Purchased 1 18k Btu a/c for Master Bedroom.
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Purchased a Whirlpool stove/0ven 6 burner Stainless Steel
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Purchased a GE 20.5 Cubic ft Refriderator.
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Purchased a new Osterizer Commercial type Stainless blender
Moving right along. Hope to aquire Dining room furniture and Living room furniture this week along with pool and patio furniture.
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Hope to aquire window and patio door treatments this week also.
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Hasta Pronto!
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Nice to see you've gone at partially solar, Scott. Are all those new appliances Energy Star too? Why do you need AC units in a place like Cabrera, especially with all those ceiling fans?
I don't know that energy Star is available here. The fridge is 440 kwh per year to operate which is very good for a 20.5 cu. in model.
I need A/c because when it is 99 degrees for 1 week straight all the ceiling fans do is move around 99 degree heat and don't cool.
I am also building this home to sell to someone else. If it sells I move into the other one which is also 90% finished.
Yes, Scott, Energy Star appliances are available in the DR. Unless they've recently dropped them from their offerings, PriceSmart and Ferreteria Americana in Santo Domingo and Santiago carry them, as do Plaza Lama and Molina in SD.
Pricesmart does NOT have Energy Star along with Ochoa and several other places I went to look at in Santiago, Nagua, Puerto Plata, Cabarete.
I do think 440 kwh per year for a fridge was decent though. Stove is Gas and I would think it is as energy efficient as I can find here.
I've just read your entire blog. I've been thinking about relocating to the DR from Dallas in a few years. I've been to Santo Domingo a number of times, Santiago once, but not Puerto Plata, Sosua or Cabarete. Starting to think that's where I need to visit next time. Sounds like life can be very good in the north coast towns.
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