Construction Progress

Two weeks.  

An important milestone because it's been just over two weeks since our last update on construction progress.

But that's not the most exciting news.  Two weeks from today - just fourteen days and counting - is our builder's scheduled completion date.  Did you hear that?  I could have sworn I just heard the Hallelujah Chorus being sung from the heavens!

We're working on nailing down the final walk through, inspection, appraisal and then closing - hopefully all taking place within a couple of days of completion.  Which means we will be moving somewhere on or near the first of August.  If I stop to think about all of the things that need to happen in the next two weeks (reserve a moving truck, schedule movers, set up utilities, pack/load/unload, put together an entire house) and beyond (establish residency in Colorado and transfer everything from mail to banks to doctors and ohmygosh that list seems endless) I start to have heart palpitations.  But most of all I'm just excited.  Absolutely, positively, over-the-moon, excited!

But enough about that.  For now, let's just focus on the construction progress over the last two weeks.  This is where we left off on June 30.

The framing continued for the next 2 days and on July 2 we finally had what looked like a house.

A week passed before we were able to snap any more pictures, but the progress continued.  On July 9, the roof was finished, siding hung and windows installed.

The very next day the stone was added.

While Drew is able to check-in daily and is great about keeping me updated via pictures; Jackson and I finally made a visit to the job site on July 11 to see the progress for ourselves.

Look - we have a garage door!

It was well into the evening hours so the pictures are far from perfect, but it was so exciting to be able to walk (well, climb actually) through the front door and see the interior taking shape.  As of the 11th, the HVAC, electrical, gas, plumbing and insulation was done.  The fireplace, tubs and showers were in place.  Sheetrock was delivered and ready for install.

Kitchen

Standing in the living/dining room.  You can see the kitchen on the left, family room in the center (2 steps down into the room with the sliding doors) and stairs leading up to the laundry room and all bedrooms.

Master bath soaking tub. 

Jackson/Guest Bath.

Family room fireplace.

This is the view out the master bedroom window.  Swimming pool just 1 house away.  Across the street (to the right) of the pool is the yet to be built neighborhood park.  The 2 tall rectangle buildings you see in the skyline are from the Budweiser brewery just a mile away.  Yes, Drew is in heaven.

Since our visit last week we know the driveway, front steps and back patio have been poured and I'm sure the interior progress has been extensive.  I'm also eager for the exterior painting to begin, which should be any day.  We chose the colors from small sample boards and I'm crossing my fingers that I still love it in the life-sized version.

We'll be back again in two days for another walk through.

So there you have it.  What a difference two weeks makes!