We Passed!

All the inspections for our almost finished basement....So we have been IMMENSLEY blessed this year and we are also very blessed to have Brian who pretty much knows how to do ANYTHING around the house including building decks, patios, basements, and much more. No I didn't marry him to save money on home improvements and auto maintenance, but he has surely saved us thousands of dollards over the years. (Just wanted to give him kudos for all the neat things he does for our home)

Brian and I opted not to have the builder finish our basement; at a price of $30k no way! We didn't have that kind of money....so a few weeks ago after getting some quotes Brian decided he was going to have to take on this task on himself. Mind you just buying the materials saves us more than 75% over what a contractor would charge us! So we designed our basement, with a long term vision in mind, and off Brian went to framing. After almost 3 weeks of laboring nights after work and on weekends he is done! The county inspectors came out this week and passed his work for electrical, HVAC, framing, and plumbing. Of course he took a night off here and there to play with the kids but Brian is not the type to take breaks; he likes to finish a task quickly and efficiently...taking a break is allowed after the job is done:-)

When you walk down from inside of house you walk into the gym, go through doorway where there will be a open rec room or kid play area for now. Then we made a guest room 11x17' with a walk in closet and the door which exits to the backyard. Then we put a full bath, movie theatre, and a storage room. See pics below...

Looking at gym from kid play area. We decided not to put a door on it although Brian framed it for that; it would cost us another $200 so we decided to keep it open.

Full bath between theater and bedroom.

Walk in closet for guest room.

Guest room looking out to kid play area.

Movie theater, where the floor lamp is; that wall will be where the projector will project to.

Movie theater; Brian built a little deck for a couch to go on to give it a theater type seating. We have a couch to place on that but at some point we will like to add another couch on the ground level.

Storage room with more storage under the stairs! We will need that!

Looking at guest room.

Looking at basement from main entrance.