House in Progress

Here are lots of pictures from our visit to our house on July 5th.

Roof and Windows In!

We got another couple pictures of our house today. The roof is on and windows are in!

Walls Up!

Walls are up on the house! Here is the latest picture from our Sales Rep.

First Floor and most of the second floor complete.

Aerial Photos

My friend who is building in the same neighborhood took some pictures when he flew over our houses. (He has a plane, he isn't a bird or Superman).

View from the North. Our house is in the lower right corner.

View from the South. Our house is in the top middle of the picture.

Foundation Going In!

Our first picture of progress on our home! Here is a blurry photograph of our foundation being put in.

Foundation Before Brick

They must think we're good for the money...

Pre-construction Meeting and Tentative Timeline

We had our pre-construction meeting on Thursday, June 13th.  I was the only one that could attend, so I had a massive list of questions compiled from my wife, my dad, my brother-in-law, and my research.

The meeting went very well, going through all of our options, the house layout, flood levels, and more. Between all the briefed items I had the chance to ask all of my questions. I had many of my outstanding (and they were outstanding) questions answered, with the majority being "good answers".

Our Project Manager seems to be very competent and flexible. We're putting in a deck later, so he is putting in the foundation where the deck supports will eventually go. He was also amenable to insulation before drywall. Thanks to other blogs for the tip.

The most important information I got from the meeting was our (tentative) timeline!

Our house should start construction tomorrow, 17 June. We are supposed to have our final walkthrough on September 10th, and settle on September 12th!

Flooring and Bathroom Selections

On June 1st we had our Flooring and Bathroom appointment at Advanced Flooring & Design in Richmond. Going into the meeting, we knew most of the items we wanted. Based on the upgrades we wanted and our friends who just went through the process, we were also prepared to have to pay more than our Sales Rep allocated.

Even with telling our Sales Rep most of the details for our flooring, he was significantly low on his estimate (word of warning). He allocated $6280 for: Hardwood in Kitchen, Morning Room, Dining Room and Foyer, and Tile in bathrooms and laundry room. I planned for at least a $5,000 "buffer" due to any additions. With our modifications, our true total was $13,820!

Here were our selections. Note the cabinet in the pictures is Wyoming Cherry Bordeaux, not Cherry Java like we selected. The showroom did not yet have the Java cabinet display.