July 2006
Monthly Archive
Planning basement outlets
Posted by Kaina on 27 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Framing
I met with the builder to day to go over where I want the electrical outlets for the basement. The siding should be finished by Saturday. The plumbing was completed already and the electrician should be coming in next week.
In about two weeks from now we will be setting up the Pre-drywall Meeting. This is where I meet with the salesman and the builder to walk through the home and make sure everything looks good before the interior walls go up. We are supposed to walk the whole house, make sure all the correct options are installed or framed out and make any corrections to problems we come across.
The house looks great. I spent a lot of time walking around and examining the plumbing. I got to see the routing of the vents and pipes and tried to commit as much as possible to memory for future reference.
Framing complete
Posted by Kaina on 22 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Framing
Can you believe they finished the framing in just one week! Now they have moved on to the siding. Here is a picture of the guys up on the scaffold putting up the first bits of siding on Thursday. By Friday they had finished this side and moved the scaffolding over to the back of the house.
Since the framing is complete, I was able to walk through the house and get a few more photos. Here is a set that I took on Thursday evening.
This week of framing
Posted by Kaina on 13 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Framing
The lumber arrived last Friday and, despite some heavy rain over the weekend, they started framing this week. I stopped by twice to check on their progress.
Here are some pictures from Tuesday evening at about 7:00pm. Yep, they were working late.
Highs and Lows
Posted by Kaina on 11 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Pre-construction
The Highs: Got a call from my mortgage broker yesterday that he found us a program that will fall within our number goals. I sent him some supporting documents today and should hear back within a couple of days. So, it looks like the financing will be there for us!
The Lows: After apparently years of miscommunication and misinformation, it turns out that Barbara never wanted to move in with us in the first place. Everything seemed like a done deal all this time, with only one day of fear and hesitation. But, it turns out she doesn’t want to give up her independence just yet. While we weren’t counting on her to get our financing, we were counting on her paying a portion of the mortgage.
Also, Ann is thinking that, if we leave Barbara out of the picture, then this house is just too big for us. I can’t say I agree and she claims she’s going to stay neutral for a while.
So, for those of you keeping up to date, I could sure use your positive energy that we will still get this great new home! I seem to be the only one who is confident and I’m beginning to wane on that.
Final Cement stages complete
Posted by Kaina on 07 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Pre-construction
Stopped by and took a couple more pictures today. The driveway and garage cement is dry as is the basement. Looks like they put on an oil-resistant coating as well.
All of the lumber arrived and framing should start next week! This is where building progresses very fast so I’m excited to check in a few times a week instead of just once.
Also, now that things are at the framing stages, I’ll call for a meeting with the builder again. We need to discuss the additional outlets we purchased for the basement.