Here's a little slideshow of our home from start to finish! Starting at it just being an empty lot and ending up being the gorgeous house that we are making our home! Below the slideshow are the 27 photos that comprise the entire show, with dates and what was done on the home that was different from the last photo.
I highly recommend taking lots of photos, but more importantly, take a photo in front of your driveway or soon-to-be driveway every time! I love looking back and seeing the progress!!
To get the slideshow to play, click on it and it should start right up!
December 19, 2015
Checking out our lot at the very very beginning
January 10, 2016
First snow on our lot
April 20, 2016
Our Cody boy on our lot just days before they broke ground.
This is the day after we had to put our sweet Chase down because he got critically ill.
May 5, 2016
Basement foundation poured and driveway gravel
May 7, 2016
Lumber delivered
May 11, 2016
First floor framed
May 12, 2016
Second floor framed and roof up
May 13, 2016
Framing finishing up
May 14, 2016
May 15, 2016
May 17, 2016
Shingles delivered
May 19, 2016
Shingles installed
May 22, 2016
May 26, 2016
May 29, 2016
June 5, 2016
June 7, 2016
Garage door installed
June 18, 2016
Siding installed
June 23, 2016
Front porch mudded for stone
June 26, 2016
Stone installed and front porch rail
July 3, 2016
Trim painted almond/tan color- lights installed
July 6, 2016
Driveway poured
July 8, 2016
Sidewalk poured
July 10, 2016
July 13, 2016
Twilight photo- yard leveled for sod
July 16, 2016
Sod installed. It looks like a house!
Isn't it perfect?!
We have less than a week as of right now til we close!
My daddy and granny are en route from Florida now to visit with us for the week!
Things are about to get crazy, but in a good way! We are so excited and so ready to be in our new home!
My oh my has it been a great week of progress at the house!!
I really thought that things would slow down now that framing has come and gone... but it hasn't!
There has been a bit more framing that has happened since last week..
Starting the week off....
They put the stairs in from the basement last week and we had ventured into the basement and "looked up"....
Well, we got more adventurous (and curious) and took those stairs up to check out the inside of the house.... I seriously think that each time we visit I fall more and more in love with this house.
We waited until Tuesday to go out to see how things were going, as we were told shingles were to be delivered and put on this week as well.
Well, the shingles were delivered on Monday. I did a quick drive-by Monday to check them out...
I wasn't expecting to see the shingles ON the roof in piles, haha! I figured they'd be hanging out on the side of our house waiting. But nope! There they are, in all their glory!
Our next trip out to the house was on Thursday. I knew the shingles had been completely put on because I drove the highway home and could see them from the road. So, we decided to head on out to see everything. According to our PM, once the shingles had been put on, they would be starting HVAC, plumbing and electric.
And that they did! HVAC had been started. All sorts of stuff had been installed in the ceiling! Vents were on the floors and some other air-type hardware had been installed between the first and second floors, as well as the basement!
THEN! We went out today after the Reds game. We weren't expecting a TON of progress, but there most definitely was!
Lots more HVAC stuff. Equipment was installed in the basement. Plumbing had also been started!!!! Bathtubs were installed! It's all so so so so so so so amazing!
Check out the photos:
5/22 view from the driveway! Shingles are on, and our trash bin has been moved from one side of the house to the other, haha!!
Standing next to the front porch.
Water spigot!!! This one is on the right side of the house (porch side)
Morning room/exercise room (basement)
Inside the basement! All of our hardware for HVAC stuffs.
more hardware in the basement
This is actually looking UP. We are on the first floor, so this is plumbing for the second floor
Plumbing stuffs for the kitchen and bathroom off of the family entry way.
Morning Room <3
This part really makes me mad. These are our blue prints. They were crumbled up like this in the garage last week. This week, they're in the family room. All crumbled and just a mess. If you watch the video I posted later on... you'll hear me say some bad words regarding these plans.
We're calling this weird thing our banana phone. It appears like its for electrical somethings, but for us- its the banana phone.
HVAC stuff. This one is in the second bedroom
More HVAC stuffs
This is in the master bedroom
We loved seeing that our bathrooms had the bath tubs installed today! This is the hall bath
<3 master bath
Master bath! Tub, shower, and seat!
stairs going to the second floor
another view of the stairs going to the second floor
in the hall from the family room/front of the stairs, looking towards the garage
hall view. You can see the front door
standing in the family room looking towards the dining room/living room
morning room <3
Jason standing on the stairs the lead down to the basement
basement stairs, with HVAC stuff to the right
can you see that gorgeous SOLD sign in the window!
And do y'all want a laugh for a second?? All the stuff with the center island, and the island I can't have... and we noticed that on the floor, they've marked where the island is that we are getting..... Sigh.
And! As an added bonus.....
We bought a Go Pro not that long ago so that we could video us during Opening Night Ceremonies for the Reds, because we got to hold a big giant flag on the field during the National Anthem.
Anyways- we decided to take the Go Pro to the house with us today and we took video of the house as we walked through it!
Fair warning! I do drop an F-bomb a few minutes into the video. So if you don't like that kind of thing or get offended, it's probably best to watch the video with your sound off, or just not watch it.
But- you really should watch it. It's fun, the commentary has me cracking up, and it's OUR house. It's amazing!
The email from our PM at the end of this week told us that they'd continue HVAC, electric and plumbing this week and next, and then we would have our pre-drywall the following week!!!!!!!
So much excitement! And we are seriously loving this home and can't wait for the next things to be done!!!
