Thanks guys, I'm looking forward to it. After 28+ years here, it'll be an adjustment to move, I'm here sorting out stuff in the closets that I forgot all about! I'll be working eBay and Craig's List out to unload a bunch of stuff! 
Chris, the bump-out is hiding a sump pump, so I have to allow the ability to access it.
John best of luck!
Very nice John. What are the chances that the walls would already be painted sky blue. That bathroom is awesome and big enough to put a layout there too. You can run trains while you soak in the tub with that cold beer. LOL. I'm interested in the leaf blower if it's a STILH.
Best of luck in your new home John.
The new place looks great - congratulations and good luck, I just finished a move and it really was quite a chore!
Absolutely gorgeous! And those additional Mianne deliveries will be so much easier to accommodate with that easy walk-in access! (As well as the expected open-houses to keep tabs on your progress! 
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Congrats!
Congratulations John and good luck. Look forward to the build.
Andy
Wow, everything looks fantastic John! Really nice!
Dave Zucal posted:I'm interested in the leaf blower if it's a STILH.
No luck, it's an Echo. 
I know this will be a lot of work, but I'm hoping it'll last us a while.
CONGAS JOHN!!!!! Wow you are gonna have fun now!!!! Enjoy!!! Are you still in the same neighborhood?
I'm only about three miles away from my existing house, almost around the corner.
Great looking basement John. Good luck on your move and new layout. Look forward to progress reports.
John,
Great train room, and a beautiful place overall - congratulations!
I hope the 'train room' does not remain so pristine for very long; and yes, by all means - Paint The Walls First, or very early on. That's what I did when I built my layout, and I not only painted the walls sky blue with clouds, but also mountains, terrain, and buildings to serve as backdrop to what I knew was coming.
Looking forward to see progress pictures soon.
Alex
Sadly, it'll be a short delay while I do all the stuff to move this place to that place before I'm allowed to get back to any significant time with the trains. However, that will come, likely in the spring after all the smoke (and snow) settles. It'll be around the same time as the big fire sale for snow blowers, leaf blowers, etc.
Congratulations on a new home, I hope you and your wife will enjoy it! Your pictures certainly show a huge space with much potential! I'm sure you will do it justice!
John,
An all around beautiful house. The 'train room' is almost beyond belief.
Best of luck with everything.
Tony Atkins
Given your handle and mention of a powder room, I will be sending this housewarming gift to hang over the door.
What, me worry?
Alfred E Neuman posted:Given your handle and mention of a powder room, I will be sending this housewarming gift to hang over the door.
You will want to be careful handling what I send back! 
If your sump pump doesn't have a battery backup pump I would seriously consider getting one. We never had one until moving to our current home in Aug. 2013, it was a new home. Got a backup pump installed right after moving in. A couple of months after the year warranty was up the main pump failed on Thanksgiving during some pretty heavy rains. The back up pump saved the day. We got the main pump replaced the following week after the holiday. That experience left me wanting a backup for the backup pump! 
I have a battery backup here, and I'll likely do it there as well. I don't want any water in my trainroom! Another option is the water powered unit, but you have to make sure that your outlet is not blocked. I might do one of those and just have it shoot outside about a foot, just enough to get it away from the house. The good part is with a daylight basement, that end is at ground level.
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