Lovin' us some concrete

Week 2 came to a close and onto week 3. The weather has been rough, so a little slow going at this point. Last week came the gravel and they dug out the sump pump.

 

A couple days later, came out to see the frame being put up!

 

 

Fortunately, we had a few days where the weather cooperated and they got the walls poured.

 

Yesterday, we climbed down into the basement and layed out the finished basement. The builder measured out where the stairs, the bathroom, etc would be so we could get a visual of sorts. After we layed out my initial plan, I decided that I did not like it and we completely redesigned everything on the spot. We found a much better layout in the basement that will allow it to be more open instead of chopped up. We are glad we climbed down and marked everything out with him instead of just going off of paper because it helped a ton. He had the walls water sealed today and the plumbing in the basement will go in tomorrow. Then, when we can get a string of dry days (and once we get the next money draw squared away), he can pour the basement and garage floors and start framing. He said he expects to start framing in 1.5-2 weeks.

 

That's all for now! And congrats to another blogger, Amy, and her family for completing their home and moving in this past week! Check their blog out at http://lot23blog.blogspot.com/ if you are looking for more insight into the building process. It has helped me out along the way so far!

 

Underway!

We are now officially 3 days in and seeing some progress. However, after tomorrow it is supposed to rain and he said next week could be slow going as far as progress goes. But hey, at least we are started! They dug the basement out, cleared out some of the brush/overgrowth from the back of the property, and poured the footers today. I know we aren't building a huge house for our first home, but when I saw the footers I was kind of suprised. We both thought it looked kind of small. When I talked with our builder today, I started with "So when we saw the..." and then he cut me off and he said, "I know exactly what you are about to say! And no, it isn't as small as it looks. This is the first thing almost every client says to a builder once this gets going...I promise." I believe him since I literally didn't even get to say that we thought it looked a little smaller than what we were thinking.

Here is a look at the progress:

Coolest hole in the ground I've ever seen...

There were a few of these trees near the back of the property that I requested they not take down...so far so good. The builders dad knows a lot about trees and thinks they are wild pears.

 



 

Footers are in

Tomorrow they will poor the gravel. Then he said if the weather does what it says it might, he probably won't get to the walls at least until Wednesday next week. Sucks, but I'd rather they do it right and not rush it.

On a side note, I've now met the couple that lives next door and a neighbor from across the street. They are all our age and very nice! I think we will get along great with them. We are all huge Reds and Bengals fans and are already planning for get togethers for the games and bonfires this summer! We could really use a few new friends and I hope these neighbors are the answer.

That's all for now!