Next Up.....

Bricks!!  I'm pretty excited to see these. Always good to see those choice we  made with itty bitty samples come to life.


Not much has changed on the inside...I saw the insulation strewn about in the various rooms, so I can only assume a pre-drywall meeting is in my near future.











The roof looks all done, and the house is now all wrapped up.

On The Inside

I really had not planned to visit the house for a few days...it rained SOOO much here on Friday that I just knew the entire structure would be swimming in water. And I also knew that this would stress me out to no end. So my solution - just don't go until it's a bit 'less wet' and see where we stand. Weeelllllll, that didn't work. LOL.  Despite a rainy forecast for today, it turned out to be quite lovely this afternoon. And really.....we were in the neighborhood. So that led to a visit. And being extra careful, the decision was made to venture inside. All I can say is....what an amazing feeling!!! Today was the first time we actually walked through the house. Me and baby girl, hand in hand, crossed the threshold together. So very awesome. Just makes me that much more ready to move.

Here are a few pics....and I use the word 'few' lightly, because, well, it'a a LOT of pics. But considering I probably took 100, these are just a few. :)  And there was some water, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Dining Room

From dining room, the front door and step to upstairs

Study

Powder Room

Family Room

Kitchen

Morning Room

Basement

Basement - under the Morning Room

Upstairs Loft area

Baby Girl's room

Baby Girl in her closet

Master Bed

The Water Closet

Master Tub

It's a Whole House

Tomorrow will mark the 30th day since I've broken ground, and it's a whole house!

Today's visit was certainly a good one. The crew was still working hard, and my oh-so-nice neighbor was outside tending to the yard. Always good to chat with the neighbors - they have good tips about home care, as well as the neighborhood. I'm as happy with my neighborhood selection as I am the actual home. Grateful!!



Ohhh, and I spied windows and doors in the garage. YaY!

Hard working man!!!

I spy Windows and Doors!!!

Side View

I LOVE all this sun and my beautiful windows :)

Movin Up

Second floor is coming along. The weather these days has been so 'on again, off again'. It pours buckets of rain, and then we have magnificent sunshine. I started to not even swing past the house today, since the day started out so very rainy. But on the off chance some work got done once the sun made an appearance, I figured I'd check it out. And yes.....there was progress.

I took these pics from the car, and with my cell, so certainly not the greatest.

In other, more 'non-exciting' news, I'm starting my NVR approval process. As a recap - I did a short sale, and my initial loan approval was through an outside lender. Now I'm going through the NVR underwriting process. Let's all stop and have a moment of prayer for that one! I am glad to get started now....maybe I have a shot to actually close in August. :)

Happy Building and Blogging, my friends.

First Floor, Anyone?

My visit today was later in the evening, and there were no workers around. I was able to get a little closer to inspect all the happenings. First floor is framed and it looks great! I didn't actually walk on it, since I was unsure of how structurally sound it was, and I had my baby girl with me. But we looked in all the windows, and oooooo'd and ahhhhhh'd accordingly.

Pic in random blogger order :)

Front of the house

Standing where the entry door is from the garage - looking through the kitchen and towards the morning room. My only pet peeve about the Savoy - NO mud room! 

Fireplace going on the back wall of the house

Right side of the house - first window is the Study, last two windows are in the Family Room

Left side of the house - entry door into the kitchen from the garage, and back windows are the Morning Room

Morning room.....getting evening sun!

Back of the house

Basement 

Men at Work

Framing week has come, and my stalking is in overdrive. I plan to try and make it to the house every day...I don't want to miss a thing. I mean, when am I going to have another home of my very own framed?

<Dear Lord>
When I meet you face to face, please have my final abode framed, dry walled and decorated. Asking as humbly as I know how...your child, Me.
</Amen>

So yeah, this is the LAST time I plan to see any home of mine being framed; therefore I'm going to see all I can see.

I arrived about 5pm today, and let me tell you...for all those who told me not to worry about wet wood....you were right! There is nothing wet in the DMV today, as we are in the midst of a scorcher. So imagine my surprise when I showed up at 5pm and the men were hard at work! Say WHAT! I looked at the temperature reading on my little car gadget, and it said it was 90 degrees.  I suppose writing code in my air-conditioned cubicle in jeans and flip flops has gotten me a bit spoiled. How can anyone even concentrate in this kind of heat?

I took a few quick pics from a distance, as to not get in the way of progress. And then I helped the only way I knew how....by running up to 7 11 and getting some bottles of cold Gatorade. I dropped the bottles off, and the guys were VERY appreciative. I let them know that I thank God for them, and that I am truly grateful for their labor.  And then, I was off. But never fear, I plan on going back tomorrow. I hope they realize I'm a stalker. :-)

Wood in the Hood

There's WOOD!

Today was the big delivery!!!  I made my way over to the house to see if the wood had actually arrived, and to my delight, it had!  Of course, as I sit here typing this....it's raining. Sigh. I know....it should all be ok. Plenty of my blogging e-family friends had wet wood, and it all worked out, right???? Rain always seems to arrive at the most inconvenient times. But no need to fret over things for which I have zero control....that's what I always say. :)

Also, the garage and basement floors have been poured. So there is more progress, and for this I am grateful.