Help Rich & Jessica Build Our New Home
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On September 21st, Rich Feeley and Jessica Tartaro will be realizing a lifelong dream and getting married. That's the easy part! In the meantime, Rich, a carpenter, is working on constructing our home by creating two separate dwellings inside of his family's current house. We are asking for your help to ensure the apartment construction is finished by the end of the year so we can live together as a married couple.
BACKGROUND
In the spring of 2019, Rich and his parents, Rich Sr. and Pam Feeley, purchased 3 acres in beautiful Chimacum, WA, along with a 2600 square foot house. The plan all along was to divide the house into two separate living quarters - one for Pam and Rich and one to rent out to a prospective tenant. Then I (Jessica) walked into the picture! And plans changed. Now the apartment-to-be is where I will live and eventually where Rich and I will live. Right now Rich lives in his RV on the property he shares with his parents. I live in a cabin on Discovery Bay, about 20 minutes away.
For many months, Rich has been steadily and singlehandedly working on the construction and remodeling job. He is transforming the master bedroom and a spare bedroom into one self contained unit with a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and side room. He is additionally transforming the former living room into his parents' new bedroom while also ripping out the carpet throughout the house and laying wooden floors. It really is a colossal job.
Rich works full-time as a cashier at the Kearney co-op. He also fulfills small carpentry jobs for community members. For example, he recently built a deck for a local couple. This means that the time he has to work on our house is limited and every minute counts.
With the money we raise, we will purchase building materials and hire an assistant carpenter who could help Rich multiply his efforts, speed along the remodeling and transform the current house into a multi-generational dwelling. After our wedding, Rich plans to dive into the house project in earnest. With help, we are hoping this work will take 3 more months - October, November and December - and be completed by the end of the year.
To honor your generosity as our donors, we will create a plaque in our apartment with the names of every single person who contributes no matter how much. This plaque will be a permanent fixture representing that you our friends and family made it possible for this dwelling to become our home. Every time we see it, we will be reminded that our relationship literally lives inside of the love of our community as our lives together evolve and flourish.
Thank you in advance for your generous help!
BACKGROUND
In the spring of 2019, Rich and his parents, Rich Sr. and Pam Feeley, purchased 3 acres in beautiful Chimacum, WA, along with a 2600 square foot house. The plan all along was to divide the house into two separate living quarters - one for Pam and Rich and one to rent out to a prospective tenant. Then I (Jessica) walked into the picture! And plans changed. Now the apartment-to-be is where I will live and eventually where Rich and I will live. Right now Rich lives in his RV on the property he shares with his parents. I live in a cabin on Discovery Bay, about 20 minutes away.
For many months, Rich has been steadily and singlehandedly working on the construction and remodeling job. He is transforming the master bedroom and a spare bedroom into one self contained unit with a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and side room. He is additionally transforming the former living room into his parents' new bedroom while also ripping out the carpet throughout the house and laying wooden floors. It really is a colossal job.
Rich works full-time as a cashier at the Kearney co-op. He also fulfills small carpentry jobs for community members. For example, he recently built a deck for a local couple. This means that the time he has to work on our house is limited and every minute counts.
With the money we raise, we will purchase building materials and hire an assistant carpenter who could help Rich multiply his efforts, speed along the remodeling and transform the current house into a multi-generational dwelling. After our wedding, Rich plans to dive into the house project in earnest. With help, we are hoping this work will take 3 more months - October, November and December - and be completed by the end of the year.
To honor your generosity as our donors, we will create a plaque in our apartment with the names of every single person who contributes no matter how much. This plaque will be a permanent fixture representing that you our friends and family made it possible for this dwelling to become our home. Every time we see it, we will be reminded that our relationship literally lives inside of the love of our community as our lives together evolve and flourish.
Thank you in advance for your generous help!
Organizer and beneficiary
Jessica Tartaro
Organizer
Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA
Richard Feeley
Beneficiary