The end of Day 37
End of Day 38- hubby wasn't able to get great pics because workers were still out there and we definitely don't wanna slow them down ;)
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Weeks 5 and 6
Hey People!
Week 5:
So nothing exciting really happened, except for our final inspection of the foundation and delivery of our framing. Our PM called closer towards the end of the week to inform us that the framing would start the following week being that they were waiting for the remaining of the framing package to arrive. So hopefully from this point everything will be smooth sailing. One great thing is we've had the opportunity of meeting 3 of our neighbors. So far they all seem really nice, and the community appears to have a good mixture of people. For the most part I only do drive by visits since I work evenings, and I only get out and look around on my Sunday morning visits with hubby. Sunday is the only day when there are not a ton of construction vehicles around, and I take it others have figured that out too. Hopefully this upcoming Sunday we will meet more neighbors!
Week 5:
So nothing exciting really happened, except for our final inspection of the foundation and delivery of our framing. Our PM called closer towards the end of the week to inform us that the framing would start the following week being that they were waiting for the remaining of the framing package to arrive. So hopefully from this point everything will be smooth sailing. One great thing is we've had the opportunity of meeting 3 of our neighbors. So far they all seem really nice, and the community appears to have a good mixture of people. For the most part I only do drive by visits since I work evenings, and I only get out and look around on my Sunday morning visits with hubby. Sunday is the only day when there are not a ton of construction vehicles around, and I take it others have figured that out too. Hopefully this upcoming Sunday we will meet more neighbors!
09/09/13 standing by our powder room looking towards the street
Our future dinning room looking to the back yard
Week 6:
09/10/13=Day 37 Today we went by this morning to see if they started the framing and were so surprised to see the entire 1st floor complete. We actually went yesterday morning as well, but nothing was happening. We're not sure if maybe they started the framing late yesterday evening or this morning. I was so excited to see this happening I wanted to stay for 5 minutes and watch, but hubby thought we may have been distracting them since they began to watch us watching them. After taking the below picture they quickly added 2 additional panes on the side where the guys are standing. I can see how hard it is going to be for me to stay away now that this is happening. It also doesn't help that our apartment is about 10 minutes away.
Framing Has Begun! This was taken around 10 am.
This is what it looked like at about 1:30 pm. I just had to stop by on my way to work ;)
I am pretty sure I will be back sooner than later and have more pictures to share!
Until next time,
-The Alexander's
Thursday, August 29, 2013
We've got a Foundation!!!
So we returned from our vacation today to find that the foundation was poured sometime during our absence. Oh yeah oh yeah! We're not sure when it happened, but we also received an email from our SR mentioning that they are waiting for the frame package to be delivered and then they will be starting the framing. So maybe that will happen early next week!?
Until next time,
-The Alexander's
Until next time,
-The Alexander's
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Week 3 Pictures
Plumbing connected to the city lines
We've got Rebar
Standing in the back yard looking towards the street
As close to our front door as we can get :)
Hopefully the next post when we return will be of our freshly poured slab waiting for siding! :-)
Until next time,
-The Alexander's
Friday, August 23, 2013
All that happened in week 3
Day15-
Monday we had our meeting with our PM which was great. He was extremely knowledgeable and determined to make this process personable to us. He provided us with an estimated closing date of around November 15th, he states that once we get to the Sheetrock stage he will be able to provide our actual closing date. Yay! We went over the blueprints of the home, confirmed our options, and confirmed any changes we made.
After reading/following many of the blogs here I became frustrated that it was taking so long for us to get past the foundation stage. Meeting with our PM definitely calmed my anxious nerves and reassured me that things were moving as promptly as possible. So far it seemed like one thing would happen on the lot and then nothing would happen again until 2-3 days later. So we learned that the reason for this is there is close to 1,000 inspections (okay maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit <smile>) during the foundation stage, and they were waiting on the wonderful City inspectors during those nothing is happening times. The day we met with him the city inspector they were waiting for the inspector to come out and inspect all of the current plumbing. If all goes well we will have our concrete poured next week. Awesome sauce!!!
Day 16-
Day 17:
Day 18:
Sorry this post doesn't have any pictures, but I will have to upload them into a separate post. Hubby took them with his cell phone and I forgot to get them after seeing them.
Until next time,
- The Alexander's
Monday we had our meeting with our PM which was great. He was extremely knowledgeable and determined to make this process personable to us. He provided us with an estimated closing date of around November 15th, he states that once we get to the Sheetrock stage he will be able to provide our actual closing date. Yay! We went over the blueprints of the home, confirmed our options, and confirmed any changes we made.
After reading/following many of the blogs here I became frustrated that it was taking so long for us to get past the foundation stage. Meeting with our PM definitely calmed my anxious nerves and reassured me that things were moving as promptly as possible. So far it seemed like one thing would happen on the lot and then nothing would happen again until 2-3 days later. So we learned that the reason for this is there is close to 1,000 inspections (okay maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit <smile>) during the foundation stage, and they were waiting on the wonderful City inspectors during those nothing is happening times. The day we met with him the city inspector they were waiting for the inspector to come out and inspect all of the current plumbing. If all goes well we will have our concrete poured next week. Awesome sauce!!!
Day 16-
- Nothing Happened
Day 17:
- The moisture wrap was added
Day 18:
- Our single vanity request in our upper bath was approved- Thank God!
- Plumbing was attached to city sewer lines
- The form boards were added to the front and preparation for rebar
- Rebar was added
Sorry this post doesn't have any pictures, but I will have to upload them into a separate post. Hubby took them with his cell phone and I forgot to get them after seeing them.
Until next time,
- The Alexander's
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Roughing out that Plumbing
Hello There! Sorry it's been so long, but were excited to report that as of yesterday they finished the roughing the plumbing. I guess that means we are getting closer and closer to having a foundation. Woohoo!
This upcoming week we are scheduled to meet our Project Manager (PM) and hopefully they will be preparing to poor the slab as well. Until then here are some pictures of what's becoming our beautiful home.
This upcoming week we are scheduled to meet our Project Manager (PM) and hopefully they will be preparing to poor the slab as well. Until then here are some pictures of what's becoming our beautiful home.
Until next time,
-The Alexander's
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
And it begins!!!
Week 1
So yesterday evening my hubby (he hates being referred to as Mr. He said it reminds him of Danny Glover's character on the Color Purple. LOL) went by our future home and saw not only were the form boards present but they were already put together. Hubby took lots of pictures but of course I needed to see it with my own eyes. This morning I drove the 5 minutes to the property, with the camera in hand ready and excited to just snap away. When I got there I was only able to take 2 pictures, because the guys were already out there and starting to work and, I, by no means wanted to slow them down.
Hopefully we will hear from the Project Manager sometime this week. Hubby and I really want to change the cabinet style in bath 2. When we had our studio appointment we weren't aware that by us not picking a double vanity, that we would have a super ugly one similar to the one seen below. I really wouldn't mind having either 1 sink and cabinets without that chair space or the double vanity if they won't put the smaller sink and cabinets. So wish us luck because we are seriously hoping they will approve this change (Let's just hope it doesn't cost much to do so.
So yesterday evening my hubby (he hates being referred to as Mr. He said it reminds him of Danny Glover's character on the Color Purple. LOL) went by our future home and saw not only were the form boards present but they were already put together. Hubby took lots of pictures but of course I needed to see it with my own eyes. This morning I drove the 5 minutes to the property, with the camera in hand ready and excited to just snap away. When I got there I was only able to take 2 pictures, because the guys were already out there and starting to work and, I, by no means wanted to slow them down.
Hopefully we will hear from the Project Manager sometime this week. Hubby and I really want to change the cabinet style in bath 2. When we had our studio appointment we weren't aware that by us not picking a double vanity, that we would have a super ugly one similar to the one seen below. I really wouldn't mind having either 1 sink and cabinets without that chair space or the double vanity if they won't put the smaller sink and cabinets. So wish us luck because we are seriously hoping they will approve this change (Let's just hope it doesn't cost much to do so.
These pictures don't do the house any justice it actually looks so much larger. Isn't she a beauty?
When hubby gets off we plan to go see what if any changes and I will be more than happy to post pictures!
- The Alexander's
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