The bright SIDE of life

Thursday night we stopped by the house to find that the windows are in, the siding is up and the fireplace is in. A lot of the wiring has been run so things are moving along just fine. We are experiencing one of the joys of building a home...finding mistakes. It seems the builders forgot to frame a door for one of the bedroom closets. We've already called to make sure we are getting all the closets we've paid for.

It's a Wrap

We stopped by the house on Sunday to check on the progress. The builders have the wrapping on the outside so we're pretty sure the windows and siding will be going up soon. The roof is also on so it won't be too long before the house is closed in and they can start on the interior.

You can also see that the first resident has already moved in. We found this bird pearched above the upstairs bathroom. He'll be evicted soon.

The Framing Phase

We visited our lot this evening and we now have some framing! It is amazing what they can do in 4 days! We were just out there Sunday standing on nothing but a slab, and now we can really see the shape of the house. We weren't able to walk upstairs since there are no stairs yet, but we could still get a great idea of the floor plan. This is the fun part where it seems to go so fast, but soon it will come to a screeching halt when they get this part finished.

How Firm A Foundation

We have a slab. We went out to our house this morning and we now have a foundation. Here are some pictures of concrete.