What's going on

I just spoke with our builder, and they will be finished texturing the walls any day now. The outlet that we'd been hounding them to move has been moved (yay!) and the cabinets should be installed early next week.

It's definitely moving along. Once the cabinets are in, they will give us a firm closing date.

The house is coming along!

We went out there on Saturday, and much to our surprise they had done the stucco and all the drywall was up. We also looked around other houses on our block, and other than the house next door, the other six or seven are all smaller. So we're going to look like the big house on the corner!









The view from the master bedroom window.

The progress so far

We went out to see the house yesterday (August 5th) to see how things are going. We still have the big ol' moat in front of it but unfortunately they didn't include a drawbridge as one of our options. We were told that the giant moat that runs the length of the block and then some will be filled this week. It was dug almost three weeks ago to house the utility lines but they haven't been able to get it filled back up. That's why very little has been done at the house since they dug it - the contractors can't bring any supplies in to finish the next steps. We did walk the house and inspect the location of all the electrical outlets (which we needed to do anyway). As soon as the moat is filled, they will start the insulation and dry wall. At that point, we'll have a final date for the closing.

We have neighbors!

Our house is the one on the right. They put the other three up in a week. Amazing! Our window upstairs is still in the wrong place, but they promised to have it fixed very soon since windows are being installed in the next week. Things are moving and grooving - just waiting for the inevitable weather delays that are sure to come later this summer with our rainy season.

We've been framed!

Much to our surprise, our house was framed in just a week. Things seem to be picking up speed very fast. We'll find out at our meeting with the builder just when they think they'll be done.

Brian is standing in our master closet. Behind him is the closet for one of the guest rooms. Unfortunately there's a window in that closet, and it shouldn't be there. So they still have a little work to do before the frame is finished.

Our proposed back yard

We were using this picture for a job at work, and one of my co-workers photoshopped me into it.

We have a slab!

We finally have a slab. They are running very behind from their original schedule (we were told the house would be done in August). But at least they are finally making some progress. Right now it looks like we'll be in the house some time in October.



I was able to get over to the house when the slab was still a little wet, so I decided to make us a permanent part of the foundation.


We were told the delay was because they had to build our street, but as you can see -no street is there yet. At least they know where our street will go when they do start. :-)