The last month has been completely chaotic. We’ve taken posession of the new digs, moved, unpacked nearly everything, had a ton of trades come and go, had a bunch of people come in to give us quotes for things that we want done, and whatnot. Pretty crazy if you ask me…
Finally. Nearly a month of waiting for the bricks to be put to use.
We almost have 2 full walls completed, and they’ve only been working on it for 2 days. Amazing! At this rate, they should have it finished by the end of the weekend.
Well, we’ve had bricks for 3 weeks now. They’ve been sitting there, on skids for 3 weeks! Not touched. Not moved. When are they going to do something?We have the venting installed too.The house is starting to look like it’s coming together, but I’m not convinced that it will close on time. I have my doubts about them being able to have it done in 2 months. Guess we’ll see…
I was in the area around 7 p.m., so I decided to drive by the house because there was still light out. To my surprise, the roofer was up there, and about to start putting the shingles up!
Check out the video for the first shingle being put on. Sniff – it’s beautiful!
Rosalee and I headed over to the house today to check out the progress. We have windows, and front doors. I was able to get into the house and take a look at the framing. Everything looks how it should – which is a good sign.
Well, it’s about a week since the last visit to the house.
The update – we have a 3rd floor now, as well as the roof framing. I would imagine that within a week, we’ll have shingles, and they’ll be starting on the the brick shortly afterwards.
Below are 2 pictures of the house, and one picture of the brick and exterior colour selections that we made. What do you think of them?
Well, it looks like the house is going up fast. Within a week, they’ve done the framing on our ground floor (basement) and about half of our second floor (main floor). Where will we be in a week from now?
So, our foundation has been poured. They put in the wrong size window for our basement. We ordered a larger window because we’ll be setting up a studio for Rosalee down there, and we thought it would give more light, as well as more air.
When they poured the foundation, they put in the spacer for the regular window. So I set them straight. They backfilled in around the house, and then cut the concrete for the larger window. When I went back (3 days ago) to check on the house to see what they did, they had already installed the new window, and put down our ground level sub-flooring! That means that the rest of the house should go up fairly quickly.
We have a hole cut where our stairs will be that lead down to our basement. They didn’t pour the basement floor, right now it’s all just a bunch of rubble. I wonder when they pour that?
Here are some pictures… (My apologies for the poor quality. They were taken with my cell phone)
Well, after a lot of math (an insane excel spreadsheet) lots of research, and 1 of Rosalee’s friends buying a house, we bought one too. It’s a brand new development – which means we can have everything the way we want (well nearly – we can’t change major things to the house).
Anyways, I won’t get into all the details, but here are some pictures from yesterday of our lot – #128!
We should be moving in 366 days… if everything goes according to schedule – which apparently never happens. I guess we’ll see.
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