We are briefly down in Nevada visiting the winter house being built for us here atop a small mesa. We’re hoping for an escrow close in mid-September, but with the Covid craziness, things could slip.
The style is Spanish colonial - stucco and tile roof, neither of which has yet been installed. The tile is stacked atop the roof and will be installed sometime soon.
Although we’ve built three new houses, only one had a tile roof. I learned something today about tile I hadn’t known. They stack the tile on the roof and leave it there for a week or two so the building adjusts to its heavy weight.
If they didn’t do that, before doing the interior sheet rock, the settling might cause cracks. It makes sense, but I don’t remember if that was done at our former home with tile roof. Probably it was, that one was built 34 years ago.
We learned something interesting today, from our backyard we can see mountains in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. In other words, we are getting another place with a BIG view. The place in CA we sold earlier this year I also had a big view, but it was not multi-state.
The temperature here today was a balmy 107℉, pretty much standard for this time of year. Really hot days may go to 117℉. You can see why this is a “winter” house, why we’ll want to be gone around May 1 and not return until maybe October 1.
We’ve met two couples who year-round here, their summer coping strategy involves not going out much in the afternoon. Five a.m. is when they take a walk or do anything strenuous.
For many “snowbirds” this is a “winter nest” to escape the snows back home. That is our plan, so long as health and stamina permits.
