Updated View From Above!
Alas, the satellite view of our new home has been made available!!!! This will provide you with a better sense of the layout of Origins...
We captured highlights of the progress made in the building of our new home. Please enjoy!
Jeff Raible
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
NOT the View from Above
We are STILL awaiting updated satellite photos. (Why do all the common map makers / navigators use the same old photos?) In the...
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Jeff Raible
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
Nov 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:...
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Jeff Raible
- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
Oct 2020: Morning Breakfast
Imagine this view as you sit down to a scrumptious breakfast: Here is a typical breakfast menu: Your breakfast may begin with this: ......
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Jeff Raible
- Oct 23, 2020
- 1 min
Oct 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. ...
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Jeff Raible
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Sep 2020
Nose meets Grindstone. Thanks to our kids helping us move stuff (from three different houses), we moved into our new home, officially, on...
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Jeff Raible
- Aug 15, 2020
- 1 min
Aug 2020 - River Room
In late July, Diane Williams (Karen's sister) journeyed from her Texas home to visit ... and create a mural for the River Room. See for...
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Jeff Raible
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Aug 2020
WE'RE IN!!!!! The house has passed its initial inspection, and we can begin moving in! So ... now the REAL WORK begins. As we begin...
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Jeff Raible
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
Jul 2020
Sooooooo 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...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
Jun 2020
The EXTERIOR is 99% done! Lights, texture, paint, pavers and rock are in place. Our home Vision is becoming Reality. Visit us mid-summer,...
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Jeff Raible
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
May 2020
We're beginning to see the finishing touches! The front entry fountains are rising. These three pillars will be filled with river rock,...
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Jeff Raible
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
Apr 2020
Still moving forward.... Flooring is DONE. Mostly. Landscaping has BEGUN. Good 'stuff' is now happening outside; here are photos of the...
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Jeff Raible
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Mar 2020
Despite more inclement weather and the spread of COVID-19, the exterior is nearly complete! While strong progress is also being made...
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Jeff Raible
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Feb 2020
The final touches are starting to show! Our home is intended to look like a native pueblo ("Origins Pueblo"). The sculpting of the...
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Jeff Raible
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
Jan 2020
January started off with inclement weather, once again causing delay in progress. But once the humidity dropped, the stucco crew...
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Jeff Raible
- Dec 27, 2019
- 1 min
Dec 2019
December has brought Winter Weather! Progress has slowed, but what a view! December has been rainy ... creating delays in exterior...
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Jeff Raible
- Dec 27, 2019
- 1 min
Nov 2019
Exterior stucco has begun... Also, interior insulation has begun:
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Jeff Raible
- Nov 18, 2019
- 1 min
Oct 2019
The White Castle has arrived! The exterior of the house has now been clad in 2" foam insulation. Wiring is nearly complete. We better...
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Jeff Raible
- Nov 18, 2019
- 1 min
Sep 2019
Patios covers are done! Now work is shifting to interior walls - especially the electrical. Upstairs are River & Copper Rooms; below...
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Jeff Raible
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Aug 2019
Patios are taking shape now. And with a staircase (albeit, unfinished), one can wander throughout the house now. It's really beginning...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 30, 2019
- 1 min
Jul 2019
2nd 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).
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 28, 2019
- 1 min
Jun 2019
1st floor rooms are covered, and 2nd floor walls are underway. 1st floor window bucks and interior framed walls are added. Looking...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 28, 2019
- 1 min
Apr 2019
The house's foundation is poured! Exterior and load-bearing (block) walls begin going up.
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
Mar 2019
Poured footers and laid the stem walls. Plumbing & electrical lines are established in preparation for pouring the foundation.
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
Feb 2019
Demolished the carport. Dug trenches for stem walls.
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
Jan 2019
We obtained a Permit from Yavapai County for construction. Our builder found someone who could use the existing manufactured home, who...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
2018
After a 'bake-off' of alternative builders, we selected Noble Heritage Builders to create our home.
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
2017
We began formal design work with architect Ed Dunn at Solar Design & Construction.
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 26, 2019
- 1 min
May 2016
AZ Senate Bill 1350 is signed into law, prohibiting cities and municipalities from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals …...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 26, 2019
- 1 min
2014
We began planning for our B&B – both the business plan as well as the house plan. On our frequent trips to Cottonwood, we began...
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Jeff Raible
- Jul 26, 2019
- 1 min
September 2013
Karen & I purchased seven contiguous parcels of land along the Verde River, two of which were on a bluff above the floodplain; one held a...
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