Our furnace is now installed, along with the ductwork, wires, etc that go with it. There are also wires extending to the outside rear of the house where the a/c unit will be. Looks like the duct work is completed in the basement and most of the first floor.
Our shingles were delivered today too, so I imagine we’ll see a lot of progress in the next week or so with bricks, shingles, and electrical work.
Unfortunatly it rained for the past two days and the tar paper on the roof came off slightly. The plywood on the first and second floors in one area was all wet, and it leaked all the way through to the basement. Oh well, guess that happens all the time. Can’t wait for the roof to be done!
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We haven’t posted on the house in about a week. There hasnt’ been much huge progress, just some small items that take a lot of time. Over the weekend, Paul and I went out and they had done the HVAC rough-in. All the holes were cut for the vents in the rooms, and some of the duct work was installed. The vent hoses for the fans in the bathrooms were also installed. There’s also some pictures of our windows , front door, and basement (they installed the stairs).
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Yesterday (Monday) I went out to the house and saw that the bricks had been delivered. LJ (sales counselor) said that the bricks should only take 1.5 days if it doesn’t rain.
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Paul went to the house today to take some pictures. They poured the garage and basement floors, and installed all but 3 windows. Paul said there were signs hanging in the windows they didn’t install that read that the framing was wrong (not tall enough or wide enough, etc). We’ll check back tomorrow to see what that’s all about.
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We took some videos of the house (pretty much the same as the pictures on 1/1/06) but it’s fun to watch, and gives you a better perspective of everything.
There are separate videos of each section of the house, then one very large one that combines them all into a movie.
Enjoy!
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The interior of the house is completely framed now. We took pictures of all the rooms, from every angle (about 60 pictures). We did take videos of the house as well, so if you don’t feel like looking through all the pictures, you can just look at the videos. However…I accidently erased the videos, so I’m heading out later today to retake them. Enjoy the pictures for now! Things are really starting to come together!
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My mom’s classic quote of the day: “How can they put it together so fast? Are they making it out of gingerbread!?” Sure seems that way…
They are moving along at quite a pace! Our family is going out tomorrow afternoon to walk around on the inside. Hopefully we can use the stairs. If so, we’ll take pictures of all the rooms and get “X-ray” vision for future reference (thanks Kurt!). Be prepared for lots of pictures tomorrow!
Our backyard looks great. Worries are over for that! It is a little sloped, but not nearly what I pictured it to be, so I’m happy. Megabyte will be very pleased as well. If it’s not too muddy tomorrow maybe we’ll try to measure the backyard to get an idea about how big it really is.
Today they were finishing up the plywood for the roof. The first and second floors are framed, and it looks like the rooms and closets are as well. We’ll find out tomorrow.
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WHOA!
So I sat all day at work wondering “Should I even go to the house today? It’s been misting rain all day, been dark as heck…I wonder if they even worked…”
Boy, was I in for a surprise!! I almost drove off the road (literally – I almost did) coming up to my house.
They are already on the 2nd floor! I drove up and the guys waved and shouted “Hola!” 🙂 I said hi, waved and started snapping pictures like crazy, trying to keep jaw off the ground the whole time. I knew these houses went up fast, but MY GOD! Guess I won’t be missing another day! It’s SO exciting!
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Oh Oh Oh! We also have our closing appointment for our house, Jan 4th at 3:00pm. Everyone keep their fingers crossed that the lady doesn’t back out or that anything bad doesn’t happen! What an exicting week!
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Looks like we’re right on schedule for our closing on January 4th to sell our home. We had the inspection done 12/23 and we went over the report with Holly last night. There’s a few minor things we have to do (put on a chimney cap, seal something on the HVAC, fix a basement window pane, clean the gutters, and replace a fuse). Easy things that should be fast and inexpensive to do (yay!). Called my mortgage company and it looks like we won’t have to make the January payment if the check from the closing gets to them by the 15th (double yay!!).
Went out to our new house today briefly. They are putting plywood down over the foundation (subfloor? – I have no idea what the real terms are). Looks like they will start building up in a few days (triple yay!). See pictures. They have big piles of 2×4’s on the ground, probably for walls. They also poured large gravel in the driveway area.
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Had a great Christmas this year. Was very relaxing and it seemed everyone got something they wanted. 🙂 *
Emily and I went to see the Chronicles of Narnia last night. I was very very impressed with it. We both enjoyed the movie a lot. Makes me want to go back and read the books. I read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe back in 4th or 5th grade. I highly reccomend this movie. I think this series will be better than the Harry Potter movies (which, while I enjoyed them, their special effects were kind of lacking anything special).
House update:
Maple Street provides and online resource to their clients that gives an update on the building process. Here is a snippet:
| CONSTRUCTION TASK |
DATE COMPLETED |
| Start Date |
12/06/2005 |
| FOOTER COMPLETE |
12/07/2005 |
| POUR FOUNDATION |
12/20/2005 |
| FOUNDATION COMPLETE |
|
| FRAMING START |
|
More later…
-pc
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Went out today and they had taken the tarps and forms off. The foundation looks great! I don’t remember seeing two windows in the basement in the model home (Paul does), but I’m not complaining that they’re there! Here are some pictures from today.
Exciting!
Can’t wait until they start building UP!
Hopefully my family will go out this weekend and see the progress. They haven’t been out since before groundbreaking. It’ll be a nice surprise!
News on our house we’re selling…
We have an inspector coming through today, that should go ok. Hopefully we’ll hear good news on Monday about the lady getting financing squared away, etc!
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