House progress

Well, despite the weather this week, there was some more good progress on the house.  Since the last post when the roof was finished, they were able to get the house warmed enough to pour the garage and basement floors and the porch. 

There isn't much new to show other than the plastic cover over the porch.

Nate's call on Friday was just to fill me in on the concrete pours.  Next week the trades will start coming in to do the HVAC and plumbing and probably the electrician too.  I asked about brick and siding and he said the brick is due to be delivered next week, but they probably won't start putting it up for a couple weeks.  Unfortunately, the pictures of progress may be a bit lacking in the excitement category for a while, but things are ticking along!

Good news on our house, kinda....we had a second showing this week.  We haven't heard back yet from our agent if it's really good news, but it was encouraging to get the second showing.  We had one showing today and we have one scheduled for tomorrow.  11 total showings in the 3 weeks we've been listed with this agent, so I can't complain.  Only thing better would be an offer!  Keep positive thoughts coming our way!

Happy 7th Birthday Hannah!

Hannah is now officially a 7-year-old!

We had her birthday celebration early this year with her friends.  Tony and I took her and four of her school friends to Disney on Ice last Monday when they were off school.  It was a fun, long day!

The girls all came over around 11 that morning.  We headed downtown to the Q and had lunch and watched the show. 

We came back to the house and had a few other friends over for pizza and cake.

 Hannah loves being a princess still!  She's such a sweet girl with a heart of gold!

Her actual birthday was Wednesday, January 30th.  She woke up and said "she didn't feel 7 yet"!  It was a good birthday for her because this week is spirit week at school and Wednesday was dress up day, so she got to wear a pretty dress to school on her birthday!  What a perfect treat for her!  We had choir that night after work, so we didn't get home until kinda late, so there was no additional celebration at home. 

We're so proud of her!  Very happy parents of a now, seven year old!  We love you!

Framing done!

So the framing was finished up last week!  It was amazing to see it go up so fast!  This was probably the most fun part of the build because there was noticable changes every day for about 2 weeks.

Monday, Jan 21 they had gotten most of second floor done.  The windows and front door were delivered and stored in the garage.  I think the guys were off one of the single digit days, but only one.....those guys must be die hards because it had to be NO FUN working in such cold temps, but they did!

 

By Wednesday last week the roof was on and the second floor was all framed out.

And last Friday, it looked darn near done.  The front door and windows were in.

The stairs to the upstairs were done and I could actually walk through the upstairs.  That was cool!  Walking around all the bedrooms and envisioning our spaces was so cool! 

Nate called last Friday and said framing was done.  This week is all dependent upon weather, which so far, we're making out.  They got the roof shingled yesterday and finished up today.

Next thing will be to pour the basement and garage floors.  I think that should be done by the end of this week.  After that, the trades start going in to do their thing - wiring, HVAC and plumbing!  It's very exciting!

So we've also got some good things happening on our existing home....not the "great news" of an offer yet, but we had SIX showings last weekend - six!  That was really exciting to get that much traffic, and generally speaking, we're getting good feedback, so hopefully something happens soon!  Luckily too, we were really busy last weekend.  The tough part will be finding places to go every weekend if this keeps up!  But to get an offer, we'll figure that out!

So, good stuff and hopeful thoughts are the key ingredients to the next few weeks for us.

Framing, Week 1

The framing started on Thursday this past week.  By the end of the first day, the floor over the basement was done and the walls were started.  The wall on the garage was up and the other walls look like they were being built, but not yet erected.

I got a call from Nate Friday.  He told me the trusses were delivered today and that framing would continue through next week and they'd probably be working on putting the roof on by next Thursday!  Seriously, one week?  WOW!

We stopped by at the end of the day Friday and the garage was done and most of the first floor and the second floor was started.  It was super fun to be able to actually walk into the house!  I noticed our tubs were all delivered too.  Hannah asked (with disappointment) why did you get green ones?  Silly girl - that's the back side of them!!!

Here is a picture of the garage and then into the kitchen/breakfast room from standing in the garage. 

This is where the stairs will be both going upstairs and the stairs to the basement

And this one is of the windows in the great room.  Seeing this excited me and it sure felt real!

We've had 2 showings on our house in one week after listing with a new agent.....keep your fingers crossed we see an offer soon!!!

Lumber has arrived!

I stopped at the house at lunch time Wednesay just in time to see them unloading their trucks with our lumber!!!

Things are surely going to start looking different over the next couple weeks.

 

And I'll close this with a picture of a beautiful sunset we watched from the car tonight in our church parking lot before Hannah's choir practice.....God's works are amazing - all of them!