September 15

So things are starting to move again. I hadn't been to the house for awhile. We needed to get pictures of the inside, so I went on Monday morning (Sept. 15). I was surprised to find that the drywall was done on the main floor AND it was already painted! The house does look bigger and I started to get really restless...I would LOVE to move in sooner than December 1. However, the floor of the basement is still not poured, but if the weather holds it will be poured on Monday!

This was something that was new to me. For some reason I always thought that the walls AND the floor of the basement were poured at the very beginning of the construction. But it turns out that the walls get poured and the house goes up BEFORE the basement floor is poured. Which makes sense when you think about it. The plumbing has to go into the floor and this is difficult to do before the house is built or after the basement floor is poured! Anyways, I will be so excited when the basement floor goes in. Right now the basement is simply dirt, soil and clay with pipes and rocks everywhere!

Here are a few pictures of the inside with the drywall and paint:


The dining room and kitchen:




The living room with fireplace:




The master bedroom:




There is more happening outside the house as well. The concrete layer is now being applied before the stucco goes on. A view from the front:




A view from the side:

August 19th - almost a month ago!

So it has been a hectic month...and I haven't posted in awhile. Here are a few pictures I took on August 19th, a few days before I flew to Halifax for my Brother's wedding!

Here the siding is starting to go up (the wrap!):

From the front:




From the side



After this the house was stalled for a bit. We had to wait for an elevator problem to get sorted out. We figured that out towards the end of August and then started making some hard decisions about the deck. I thought we had finished making all our decisions, but it turns out that there are lots more little decisions to make.