Progress Report: Week 3- FRAMING!!!

What an AMAZING week it has been for the house!!!! We actually HAVE a house! A real house!

So, the last thing that happened was our lumber was delivered.  That was on April 6th, Friday.

Here's a recap of what happened this week... along with photos!

Monday, April 9th:  Basement floors were poured.  We were curious to know if this was even going to happen because we got quite a bit of rain on Monday.  Well, we traveled out to the house and saw this:

They most definitely DID pour our basement floors! They had a make-shift like tarp over the top of the basement foundation so that it didn't get too wet.  We couldn't get any closer than this because it was SUPER muddy from all the rain.  So we had to admire from afar.

However, there was more excitement on the lot besides having our lumber hanging out, and basement floors poured:

Those would be our windows, doors, and staircases!  They looked so pretty just sitting there!


Tuesday, May 10:  Framing was started.  Again, lots of rain on Tuesday, so there wasn't much that had gotten done.  We even emailed our PM to ask if they had started framing, because we didn't want to make that 25 minute drive if nothing had been done.
But, our PM said that they had gotten started, but it was slow and work was intermittent with the rain.

So, we went to check it out!  They were able to start the flooring of the first floor.  Not a whole heck of a lot, but hey!  It had gotten started and we were excited to see something done!

Wednesday, May 11:  This was an exciting day! The entire first floor had been framed!

View from the driveway!! Garage is on the left, Front porch is on the right.  Lots of wood still hanging out ready to be framed.

Left side of the house (Garage side)

Back left!  You can see the morning room from here, and the basement "exercise room" below it!

Morning Room!

Walk out basement door opening!  Living room is above it!

Front Porch!

SELFIE!! In front of our garage!

Thursday, May 12: Weather was uh-may-zing on Thursday!  Well, until we went out to see the progress of the framing.  It decided to POUR when we got there... So no walking around for us, and just viewing from the street....They were able to get the second floor framed though, as well as some of the roof!! It was incredible turning the corner and seeing a nearly FULL house sitting in front of us!  

From the driveway.  Isn't it glorious?!

Right side view

Left side view-- this is actually from the street before you turn onto our street. Eventually, we will have a neighbor on this corner lot.

Friday, May 13:  They finished up the roof today and had wrapped the majority of the house. Windows had been installed.  The garage had been framed the rest of the way, and the porch has also been finished framing, and has the makings of a roof on it too.  The workers were all still there when we visited on Friday.

From the driveway!  Look at that gorgeous blue sky!

view from the right side.

view from the left side

Dry enough to walk all the way around! Back view of the house!

Took a peek inside the basement!  It's pretty wet, but we noticed our basement stairs had been installed!!!!!

Saturday, May 14:  We ventured out today to go see our SR and chat for a few minutes.  She wasn't there (she took the day off)... But we also wanted to see if there was anything else that had been done with the house.  We had gotten an email from our PM on Friday saying that our shingles would be delivered on Monday, and the roofers would be out Tuesday or Wednesday for that.  Also, they'd start rough mechanics once the shingles were done.

No one was working when we went out there.  But, it was dry so we took a couple minutes and walked around and just admired our home. OUR home that wasn't there a week ago.  Our home that was nothing more than a hole 2 weeks ago, and an empty lot 3 weeks ago.  It's so amazing!

view from the driveway.  No workers today so you can see the house in all it's glory.  One of the upstairs windows is broken :-(

I got adventurous and walked into the basement.  It's super wet in there, but I walked to our basement stairs and looked up.  This is what I saw.  It's so very intimidating and amazing all at the same time.  I just adore everything about this photo.

Kinda hoping this isn't the only set of the blueprints for the house.  I had a couple concerns here..  One, look at them all messy and jumbled.  Two, they're just LAYING in the garage.  Three:  They're wet.  I kinda wanted to just take them.  But seriously, I really hope this isn't the only set of prints for the house. 

And there ya have it!  This time last week, we had the start of a basement with the foundation and plumbing.  This week?  There's a whole house standing there!  I am so so so so so happy that we drove out every day, even in the rain, to see the progress of framing.  It went up so quickly and was so awesome to see!!!

Can't wait to actually be able to walk around inside and see things.  We have admired from the edge of the garage and we know exactly where everything is when we look at the house.  But I can't wait to walk in and see each and every part for myself!!!

Progress Report: We have Wood!

So, it's the end of week 2!
Our weekly email from our PM brought some great  news!  We had also made a trip out the day before to see the progress of our house.

It looks like they got the waterproofing and backfilling done, along with the support beams.  Plumbing had been installed too.  They haven't poured floors yet.  According to our PM, that should happen on Monday.

And then on Tuesday they should start framing.  The email from our PM said that they delivered our lumber!

Holy. Moly.

We plan on driving out daily so we can see the progress of the framing.  From what I've seen it all happens quickly.  I really want to see as much of this process as we can!

Anyways... Here's some photos from our trip out Thursday to check out the lot and progress:

Garage!  It looks like it's all prepared to pour the floors!

Near the back of the house, close to the morning room.

Inside the basement!  This view is standing at the walk-out door looking in.

Check out the plumbing!  This is standing inside the basement.

Standing in what will be the finished part of our basement.  That little part you see there will be the "exercise room" below the morning room.

Walk out.

Panoramic view standing in our basement

Basement Selfie!  Because, it's what we do!!

And finally, the view from our driveway!  It looks so different than it did the last time we were out!

So, after we got the email from our PM on Friday that our lumber had been delivered, we loaded up our Cody and Crosley and took them Saturday morning to go check out our wood! Man, was it a great sight!!!

It has OUR lot number on it!!! OURS!!

Can't tell we are exited at all, can you??

And, the view of our lot from our driveway, with our lumber all over the place!!!

We were super excited for these new additions!  Can't wait to see framing begin next week!!!!

Lots of News!!!

WE HAVE A BASEMENT!!!!!!

We hadn't gotten any word from the PM since last week when they broke ground.  The email he sent said that they'd pour footers next week (meaning the week that just passed).  So, after taking our Cody to the vet on Thursday, I headed over to see if I could see the footers.

Boy, was I surprised when I turned the corner onto our street! We have basement walls!  A foundation!  A real house is actually starting to take shape!

Hubby didn't get to see it til Friday, but we have good reason for that, haha!!  (I'll get to that in a minute)...

Here are some photos of our amazing basement!! It looks so gigantic!

Me!!  This is standing where the soon-to-be front porch will be located! It's so crazy how high this house is going to sit!

This will eventually be the garage.  Kinda weird seeing the piece of land kinda just hanging out right there, and all that trash inside....

Us. With OUR basement behind us!!

This is the "exercise room" that's under the morning room.  You can see the little window we will have in that part.

Another view of the back of the house. The morning room is to the very back.

The view from where our walk out will be!  There was a little moat-like thingy so I didn't want to get stuck, so we just peeked in for now.

Front porch on the left side, and the living room will be the back side, looking left to right.  This is the view from a future neighbor's yard.

So crazy that just 2 weeks ago this was a piece of land.  Then there was a hole and now we have a basement!!!!

Our PM did email us today and let us know that next week they'll be installing plumbing in the basement, along with the steel beams, and then waterproofing and backfilling.  The week after, they should start framing!!!!!

We probably won't be out until next weekend before one of our Reds games to check out any more progress.  But we are thrilled with what we have seen so far!

And now for some great news!

We have a new addition to our family!

Internet, meet Crosley J. Honaker:

He's already stolen our hearts.  We had a couple of good talks and weighed the pros and cons, and decided that NOW was the right time to add a new little guy to our family.  We have been devastated by the loss of our little Chase, and we really wanted to give our Cody a buddy.  We hate thinking that Cody is alone without his brother, and thought a new buddy would be good for him.  Plus, it makes a TON more sense to start potty training a new pup in our apartment rather than on the brand spanking new hardwood floors in our brand new house in a few months.  We will at least have a head start on training him and getting him trained for his new house!!

We are only 2 days in with this little dude, but Cody and Crosley are getting along SOOOOO good!!

 Check them out on our car ride earlier out to see our Sales Rep (we took the two dogs out to meet their "Aunt Shelli".. we also met some of our future neighbors that will live further down the street.  They LOVED both the dogs!)......

They're becoming fast friends!  He's a 4.5 pound ball of fluff that loves toys and bouncing around and chewing on everything.

So lots of great news for us this week!  We are hanging in there and loving on our new pup, and the progress on our home!!!

We Broke Ground!

So after a week that has been just not great at all, getting an email from our PM that they got the basement dug was some very uplifting news!
So naturally, we HAD to go out there to see it.  And, since it was Friday, that means we have Reds baseball to go and watch.  We can technically make the ride to the house "on the way" to the ballpark, and that's just what we did.

I was SOOOO nervous turning the corner onto our cul-de-sac.  But there it was!  Piles of dirt everywhere and our very own hole in the ground!  I think we had the same reaction of everyone that has seen their holes for the first time {haha}.  We thought it looked small.  Like it wasn't going to fit a 2600+ square foot house RIGHT there.

But,we walked down into the hole to check it out from the inside.  It's gigantic! It's crazy to think that THIS level is where the basement is going to be and that our home will sit higher than that.  But seriously?!!?!? YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!  We have a hole!  Our PM told us in our email that they should be pouring our footers on Monday :-)

Here's a few pictures of our hole.  It's so exciting!!!

Looking at our lot from the front.  The cleared stuff on the right will be the front porch.  The garage is on the left.

Walking into our hole.  I honestly don't remember which angle this is, haha!

This is looking from where our living room/back of the house (the deck) will be.  

Different angle. From the back of the living room/back of the house, looking towards the front.

Another view from the front porch-ish area :-)

Seeing this yesterday was such a great thing!  We really really needed and can't wait to be back out to see more progress!