The wood has arrived!

 

It's funny what happens when you stay away for a couple of days...all kinds of progress!  We pulled up today to find the first load of lumber had been delivered, the foundation had been backfilled, and they were prepping the basement floors for concrete.  Exciting stuff! 


The lumber is here...let the framing begin!

 

Backfilled!

That white bag in the middle of the picture appeared
 to contain the instructions for putting the house together.

 

Basement floor prepped

Full bath rough-in

Looking in from living room side.

 

More wood!

 

 

 

Irish Thistle

Irish Thistle (IT) is a relatively new siding color choice in our neighborhood, so I hadn't seen it in person until we visited another model home.  We have already chosen Stone Mountain Clay, but I figured I would post the pics below in case anyone is interested in how IT looks on a house.  The sun was shining right on it, so it's a little washed out.  It looked a little more green up close.



Irish Thistle is on the garage side.



Man at work

When we pulled up to the lot on Saturday, we saw the backhoe/bulldozer/excavator at work.  I got excited thinking they had decided to backfill early, but I think he was just pushing dirt around and pouring gravel near the front door.  Not very exciting stuff, but hey--it's progress!

 

 

 

Okay...that's enough of those pictures.  Everyone loves a good piece of heavy machinery, but we all have our limits.

 

On another topic, as I was looking through our photos, I realized there is a lot of shade from the trees behind the house. I like a lot of natural light, so I'm kind of bummed about that.  It wasn't something I even thought of while we were looking to buy.  Oh well...hopefully once the house grows up, we'll get a better idea of our sunshine potential.

 

Framing is scheduled

Guardian contacted us yesterday to let us know our home was put on the pre-wire list for December.  That was definitely nice to hear!  We went back tonight and saw the drain tile was in and had been inspected.  We had our second PM update today.  He said they'll backfill on Monday and prep the slabs on Monday and Tuesday.    The slabs will be poured on Wednesday and framing should begin Friday.  I'm not going to hold my breath for the framing to happen the day after Thanksgiving, but who knows?  I can't wait to see the house take shape above ground! 

Waterproofed

Looks like things are moving along as planned for this week.  The waterproofing is finished and it looks like plumbing will begin soon.  :)  Hopefully we'll get an estimate on when framing will begin when we hear from the PM tomorrow.

Pics of progress today...

Morning room bumpout

Below the front door

Porch on the right

Garage on the left

I see pipes!

Found our model

We don't have any progress to report this week so far.  We had a lot of rain and sleet yesterday morning.  I am guessing that's why the waterproofing was not done as planned. :)

Good news, though--we found a decorated Ravenna model that is a reverse floor plan with the bonus room.  It was great to walk through a home that will be laid out just like ours!  It also helped us with furniture placement ideas, etc.  Model pics are posted on the "Model Pics - Reverse" tab.

And they're off!

The forms are off and the basement walls are ready for waterproofing.  It was nice to get there early enough to see it in the daylight!