The latest news - and photos!!

Well the meeting with Trinity about the wiring went well. It was also nice to see how the house is coming along.  We had windows in a little more than half of the spots.  We did get a funny little mess-up pointed out in the Garage with the side door, but I won't mention it here and embarrass our PM since they are taking care of it.  There was also a door going into the garage from the mudroom that they will have to replace because the top pulled away a little bit on one side (not a big deal and it's nice how quickly they say they will replace something that isn't quite right.

 

Our pre-drywall is still Monday.  Most of the innards will be in place and just the wiring will be finishing up that day.  After that, there is some time scheduled for inspections that have to happen.  It'll take another week before the dry walling actually starts.  I'll give more details as soon as they are available.

 

We'll also post some pictures of the inside as soon as we can.  We took a lot of the inside pictures with our phones and haven't downloaded them yet.

 

 

 

Getting Closer....

The trusses went up yesterday.....   The wood on the roof and the sheeting were today's job....

 

We have an appointment on Thursday (still) to go through the house with Trinity (wiring).  The full Pre Dry-Wall walkthrough is pushed back to Monday to allow more time for the innards to be in and to accomodate the husbands travel schedule.  However, as it turns out he will be traveling Sunday so it looks like he will have to see it all through FaceTime. 

 

The current schedule is to finish the roofing Wednesday and Thursday, HVAC Friday, Plumbing Friday and Monday, Wiring Monday and Tuesday, and Insulation after that.  It's nice to see it finally looking like a house and amazing that they are almost ready to move inside and start working on the guts of the house.

Second Floor

And just one day later, on Saturday....

Man, we really need to get the kids to start picking up after themselves.  The front yard is a mess! 

Note: Can you see two miscreants who snuck upstairs in the back window?

First Floor photos

Now I am caught up (mostly....) on uploading photos to the Mac.....

Mostly.....

These are from last Friday....

Adjustments and additions

Hello again!  The wife posted the pictures below so I only just added some wording to it just now.  Of course, now we are about to do the opposite.  I'm going to write about more work that's been done and the pictures will come this afternoon. 

We visited the site late yesterday and were able to see them finishing up (mostly) the first floor.  The outside walls were all up and it at least looked like a lot of the inside first floor was done.  They were getting everything reading for putting the floor onto the upstairs level Saturday (6/8).  We didn't get a good look around because they were working late and we didn't want to get in the way.  They are working all day Saturday so we probably won't go to see the progress until Sunday.  I'm hoping that the Saturday work includes getting the roof on because its supposed to rain early next week and I don't want the weather holding them up.  Still, it was nice to see the progress and it's more exciting now that it is starting to look more like a house.

They also dug the hole and poured the footers for our neighbor so we won't have to wait long to have someone living next to us!

The Wood has Arrived - Let the Framing Begin!

Sorry for the delay but here are some words for the update:

We are very happy that things seem to be progressing at a good pace.  We got a call last week from our electrical people (Trinity) and scheduled a walkthrough for this upcoming Thursday.  Our PM was hoping to do the Pre Dry-Wall Walkthrough at the same time but in order to ensure that all the "innards" are in place in time, we will be doing that one on Monday the 16th.

 

Looking back in time... on Monday (6/2) we received our load of wood!  I was surprised by how much there was.  I guess I just hadn't given it much thought.  I love the smell of wood for some reason so it was fun to just stand there for a few moments.

 

They started putting in the floor for the main level on Wednesday.  They were originally going to start on Tuesday but the crew was hung up on another job.  Technically it put our work 1 1/2 days behind when all was said and done but Wes thinks they will be able to make the time up elsewhere.

Address is official!

I was at the site yesterday because we thought framing was to begin yesterday.

New crew = delay of a day for us = :-(     but that's ok, things are moving :-)

Anyway, I stopped in the model - because, you know, when you have a 4 year old with you, well, you gotta go when you gotta go....

I thought I would take the opportunity to ask if Becca knew about when we'd have an "official" address - the answer was NOW!  She looked it up in her handy-dandy system, and was surprised to find out that it was already there!  

Didn't end up going today.  All they did today was put two 2" X 6"s around the top of the foundation...   The "anchor wood" if you will.

I am making a stop motion animation - I think - of the house being built (which would be SO MUCH EASIER if we actually lived anywhere near close!!!!!)  Because really, how many times do you get to make a time-lapse creation of your own home being built!?!?  But, fiscal issues may interfere...  I digress....

Anyway, not a whole lot of change in the photos I took yesterday from today, except that 4" of wood atop the foundation walls....   Tomorrow, however, should bring big change....  I hope!