CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES....INTERIOR UPDATE

Limpia Crossing is a "POA"....a property owners' association (a rather loosely enforced one), where the minimum lot size is 5 acres. Most folks....us included....have 5 acres or a bit more....while some others have 10 acres...and a very few more than that.   Limpia is about halfway between the town of Fort Davis (the highest town in Texas with a population of about 1000) and the McDonald Observatory complex....each about 7 miles.  Above is the entrance to Limpia Crossing, which is about a mile above sea level.

A recent blog showed progress on the property...burying electric and water lines and the installation of the septic system.  Now it is time to take a look inside...above shows how the room was (rather poorly) constructed with the sheet rock removed.  Our three man Mexican crew has done wonders making improvements both structurally and cosmetically.

Here is a look early on in our design to lift the ceilings of two of the rooms up to the roof line.  Pam and I have taken 'great pains' to design as much room as possible into the 650 square foot space in "phase one" of our construction project.  Lifting up the ceilings and bringing in the outdoors with lots of glass both work to this end as you will see in a future blog.  Note the new load beam running from the back to the front in the photo.....to the left of that divider will be the kitchen....to the right is part of the living area.

Here is another view of the load beam...and a look into the kitchen area.  Beyond those studs in the rear is the bedroom and closet area.   Above the load beam space is available for the HVAC system, a Carrier 2 ton heat pump / air conditioning system.   Houses out here don't have basements so things like HVAC and water heaters are designed into the interior spaces somewhere.   Stay tuned for more updates on interior construction....this next week our 'ventanas' (windows) will arrive!!  

Wondering where Fort Davis, Texas is located?.....well, wonder no more.