Jeff RaibleJul 1, 20211 minNOT the View from AboveWe are STILL awaiting updated satellite photos. (Why do all the common map makers / navigators use the same old photos?) In the...
Jeff RaibleNov 5, 20201 minNov 2020: The Views!Here is a sample of the views you can enjoy from our home at Origins B&B. This is from our back patio, in the morning sun of late Summer:...
Jeff RaibleNov 1, 20201 minOct 2020: Morning BreakfastImagine this view as you sit down to a scrumptious breakfast: Here is a typical breakfast menu: Your breakfast may begin with this: ......
Jeff RaibleOct 24, 20201 minOct 2020: Enter our Home!While we are not officially open yet, we have hosted several 'friends and family' guests! I know I have not been keeping up with posts. ...
Jeff RaibleSep 30, 20201 minSep 2020Nose meets Grindstone. Thanks to our kids helping us move stuff (from three different houses), we moved into our new home, officially, on...
Jeff RaibleAug 15, 20201 minAug 2020 - River RoomIn late July, Diane Williams (Karen's sister) journeyed from her Texas home to visit ... and create a mural for the River Room. See for...
Jeff RaibleAug 7, 20201 minAug 2020WE'RE IN!!!!! The house has passed its initial inspection, and we can begin moving in! So ... now the REAL WORK begins. As we begin...
Jeff RaibleAug 1, 20201 minJul 2020Sooooooo close! It's painful to be awaiting the final inspection. We have a 3-page 'punch list' of items that need to be addressed, but...
Jeff RaibleJul 4, 20201 minJun 2020The EXTERIOR is 99% done! Lights, texture, paint, pavers and rock are in place. Our home Vision is becoming Reality. Visit us mid-summer,...
Jeff RaibleMay 31, 20201 minMay 2020We're beginning to see the finishing touches! The front entry fountains are rising. These three pillars will be filled with river rock,...
Jeff RaibleMay 1, 20201 minApr 2020Still moving forward.... Flooring is DONE. Mostly. Landscaping has BEGUN. Good 'stuff' is now happening outside; here are photos of the...
Jeff RaibleMar 31, 20201 minMar 2020Despite more inclement weather and the spread of COVID-19, the exterior is nearly complete! While strong progress is also being made...
Jeff RaibleFeb 29, 20201 minFeb 2020The final touches are starting to show! Our home is intended to look like a native pueblo ("Origins Pueblo"). The sculpting of the...
Jeff RaibleFeb 2, 20201 minJan 2020January started off with inclement weather, once again causing delay in progress. But once the humidity dropped, the stucco crew...
Jeff RaibleDec 27, 20191 minDec 2019December has brought Winter Weather! Progress has slowed, but what a view! December has been rainy ... creating delays in exterior...
Jeff RaibleDec 27, 20191 minNov 2019Exterior stucco has begun... Also, interior insulation has begun:
Jeff RaibleNov 18, 20191 minOct 2019The White Castle has arrived! The exterior of the house has now been clad in 2" foam insulation. Wiring is nearly complete. We better...
Jeff RaibleNov 18, 20191 minSep 2019Patios covers are done! Now work is shifting to interior walls - especially the electrical. Upstairs are River & Copper Rooms; below...
Jeff RaibleSep 2, 20191 minAug 2019Patios are taking shape now. And with a staircase (albeit, unfinished), one can wander throughout the house now. It's really beginning...
Jeff RaibleJul 30, 20191 minJul 20192nd floor walls are up and rooms covered. Looks like a castle! The workshop's foundation has been poured (this lies in front of the garage).
Jeff RaibleJul 28, 20191 minJun 20191st floor rooms are covered, and 2nd floor walls are underway. 1st floor window bucks and interior framed walls are added. Looking...
Jeff RaibleJul 28, 20191 minApr 2019The house's foundation is poured! Exterior and load-bearing (block) walls begin going up.
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 minMar 2019Poured footers and laid the stem walls. Plumbing & electrical lines are established in preparation for pouring the foundation.
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 minJan 2019We obtained a Permit from Yavapai County for construction. Our builder found someone who could use the existing manufactured home, who...
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 min2018After a 'bake-off' of alternative builders, we selected Noble Heritage Builders to create our home.
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 min2017We began formal design work with architect Ed Dunn at Solar Design & Construction.
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 minMay 2016AZ Senate Bill 1350 is signed into law, prohibiting cities and municipalities from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals …...
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 min2014We began planning for our B&B – both the business plan as well as the house plan. On our frequent trips to Cottonwood, we began...
Jeff RaibleJul 27, 20191 minSeptember 2013Karen & I purchased seven contiguous parcels of land along the Verde River, two of which were on a bluff above the floodplain; one held a...