This is more like it...

Alright now, this is what I'm talking about! Scott has been in a training class at work all week, so he hasn't been in the area to go by and check on the house. Plus I've been working late all week and by the time I get out it's too late to go by the house because it'll be dark by then... and since we have no lighting that won't exactly work out for picture-taking. So today we're both off for the weekend and drove down to see if anything had been done. Boy, they've been busy this week! All the sheet rock is up in the house! Plus they've painted the exterior trim and shutters the correct color. We also have our ceramic tile in! Although they did forget that we paid to have it extended from the foyer into the kitchen, so we had to go tell our agent to make sure that they come back to tile that area before the carpeting goes in. They've started leveling the yard and driveway area out a little too. That's really all that's changed... enjoy some pictures!

A Non-Update Update

As Monica pointed out, I haven't updated the blog like I said I would yesterday! Well, we've been going out to the house several times over the last week to see how it will look with the drywall up... and there's never been anything done! So we got a little nervous and talked to our very patient agent again to figure out why there hasn't been anyone there working. Turns out the inspector that was supposed to come out last week to do the framing inspection was on vacation! Doesn't he know he's not allowed to go on vacation when he needs to be inspecting our house?! ;) Oh well, he should be out this week to approve us and then they'll be able to start the drywalling process!

We were also forewarned (probably because we bug our agent at least once a week!) that they probably won't be doing a ton of work on it these next 2 weeks because they'll be wrapping up quite a few other houses that are closing at the end of September. Apparently it's the end of their fiscal year, so they're trying to get as many houses done as possible. After they're done with all the September ones, it's all about us... we're the only ones (as of now) closing in October! :) So I hope to have pictures soon, but there might not be too many updates in the next couple of weeks. Update you soon!

It's been awhile...

Sorry it's been so long since my last update, but not much had been happening at the house. We didn't have any work done for about a week and a half due to some wind and rain headed our way from the hurricanes, but we finally have some blog-worthy news to report! This afternoon we had our first walk-through and frame review and got to meet our builder for the first time.

We finally have all of our brick and siding up, as well as the soffet, gutters, and the Tudor beams above the garage. The window above the garage is not the correct one, but ours is on back-order so they put this in as a filler for now. Also, the shutters, beams, and doors are not painted the final color yet which will match the trim... the dark brown. The third and last pictures of the siding are more accurate at showing the true color, it's like a taupe color. The one showing the siding next to the brick looks lighter than it really is, so look at the others for the true color.

All the insulation is in, the electrical, cable, and phone lines are ran, the plumbing is in place... it's starting to come together. After the city inspector comes out tomorrow, they will start on the sheet rock. We're now tentatively set to close on October 31st! Since the current interior pictures aren't too exciting (just showing boards and insulation) and I'm sure I'll have more pictures to follow soon once we get the sheet rock up, I'm only going to show the exterior updates from today! Expect some more interior shots this next Sunday!

Shingles are on!

Not a whole lot to update you on, but I figured I'd post these few pictures Scott took this afternoon. We have shingles... exciting! ;-) Oh, and our extra "green" upgrade was to have radiant barrier spray applied to the roof and attic areas to help reflect the sun and keep our attic and thus our house cooler. Lastly, our tubs/showers are in place as well. That's pretty much it, but it's coming along... check it out!

At this rate, I'll need to update everyday!

Well, at the rate that these guys are building, I might be posting everyday!! There are always huge changes every time we go by to see the house. Today since we're both off of work (and our a/c isn't working!) we went for a drive to get out of our very hot apartment. We were surprised to see that we now have all of our windows in place, and the diagonal beams are all gone so we were actually able to walk through all of the rooms! The back patio is poured and the fireplace is in... as are the tray ceilings in the master and kitchen. It was pretty neat to actually be in the house for the first time! Here's some pictures of what we saw.

Quick Update!

Well, I hadn't planned on another update until after this weekend but after Scott went by on his lunch break and took some pictures, I decided that I would go ahead and post a quick one. They are really working hard out there. Such huge changes in just 3 days! Here's some of the pictures he brought home for me to see. The first is from Wednesday and the last ones are from today. Very exciting... we've been given a new expected finish of late-October, up from December!

We've gone vertical!

Okay, here starts the good stuff... it's gone vertical! It's starting to actually look like a house!! We've been gone the past week to Ohio for Monica's wedding and just got back last night. Today we took off of work to recuperate from the trip and so we ran over to the house to see what progress might have been made while we were gone. It was only a week since the last set of pictures but it's amazing what we saw when we pulled up! We thought the slab would be poured, and *maybe* we'd have some framing. Never did I imagine they'd already be this far! Enjoy the pictures... I felt so bad for these guys standing on the "roof"... it was so hot and the sun was beating down on them while they held up all these boards. I don't envy their job at all, but we do appreciate them doing it!