Beginnings of a basement



The forms are in and now the fun will begin!  It was great to see the future basement walls and get an idea of what our views will be like from the morning room and family room.  Loving the progress!

 

 

Front of the house.  Garage is on the left

Morning room is on the left.

Footers are in

We were excited to see footers when we visited last night! The PM called today to give us our first Friday update and said the forms for the basement walls are in place. Next week they will do the waterproofing, drain tiles, and plumbing. The following week, he expects the lot will be backfilled and basement floors put in. I think I'll borrow an idea from some other RH bloggers and create a timeline page to keep track.

 

It's getting tougher to get good pictures now that the sun is setting at 5:00 pm! 

 

We have progress!

We drove by today, not expecting to see anything, and were pleasantly surprised to find the silt fence had been installed.  Also, the concrete washing station that had been on part of the lot has been removed.  Nothing like a little progress on the lot to brighten your day!

Maybe next week

Nothing happened at the lot this week because of the hurricane.  However, with all of the devastation that occurred further north, we really have nothing to complain about.  To be fair, our PM said it would be a week or two.  Here's hoping that we can post some pics of progress next week!  Waiting for progress stinks.

Getting Started...Soon



First, I have to say that the other Ryan homeowner blogs have been a huge help.  I wanted to wait until we had made some headway before starting our own.

We are just over five weeks into the process and looking forward to breaking ground within the next two weeks.  Our timeline so far:

 

• 09/13 - Signed contract
• 09/17 - Met with NVR
• 09/22 - Flooring selections
• 09/25 - Guardian appointment
• 10/17 - Loan approval
• 10/22 - Preconstruction meeting