It's August 2013! How is your build progressing?
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Jessica Frost-Ballas
10 years ago
boschboy
10 years ago2 weeks until closing! Still need some touch-ups inside but other than that we are on track.
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Comments (67)We have been moving along at a pretty good clip! They should be starting the second story framing today! We expect to be completely framed and roofed by march 6th, when mechanicals will start and they will work to complete the exterior of the house so we can start on the pool and all of the landscaping. This is a picture from the great room looking at the 3 sets of french doors across the kitchen area. The carriage garage- we will be using it to store our boat which is why it looks so large, I am a little worried about how the porportions will look, but keep telling my self wait to worry until the second story is done.. Back of the house, you can see the wall of windows well as well you can see the foundation for the covered porch which is 12x20- think it will be the perfect size! The view from the great room to the wall of windows.. Its already a beautiful view... And here is the landscape design, we made a few tweeks to it and just waiting for them to do the finished redraw. Then comes the fun part of getting the projects bidded out....See MoreIt's June 2013--how's your build progressing?
Comments (12)Well, I never thought this day would come. I am actually posting about our progress in building our dream house. We have been busy clearing the site and preparing for the dig to begin. Last week we had 4.5" of rain in two days. I'm really glad we hadn't dug it in yet. We managed to locate a custom sawmill who agreed to cut up the red oaks we harvested from our site. We are having them cut into hardwood flooring. Once the sawyer is done we then need to have them trucked to the mill for kiln drying, planning, sanding, and milling. The whole process is supposed to take a little less than 4 months. Our contractor told us he'd never had anyone do this before, but the timeframe was acceptable and he gave us his blessing to continue. Here is the picture of some of the trees on the way to the sawmill... We had a total of 15 logs, all 10.5' long and anywhere from 30" to 16" in diameter. I'm not sure how many board feet we'll have... care to guess???? Here they are on the road. Take my word for it, that is a truckload of hard work right there... More later... stay tuned. Saftgeek-...See MoreIt's August 2012 - How's Your Build Progressing?
Comments (68)We are in the final 60 days and things feel like they've really slowed down. In August the walls were all primed (color tinted primer), the hardwood went down, some of our tile work was completed, we have railings on our stairs, beadboard went up in the mudroom. Electrical was completed as well as our heating/cooling stuff, fireplace was installed. The last week of the month is focused on built-ins and more tile work happening inside and siding, trim board and gable vents outside. September is going to be a big month with lots of fun stuff like built-ins and lighting and plumbing fixtures. I can't wait to get to the next stage and start seeing our selections come to life. stone up on exterior siding starting to go up! laundry room primed first floor primed and ready for hardwoods (which have since gone down) our master bath ready for plumbing installations and tile...See MoreIt's August -- How is your build progressing?
Comments (109)beb0622-While Schneider had a significant number of samples in the showroom, they had a much bigger selection in the granite yard. River Valley wasn't even on display inside, but they had 5 polished slabs & 3 leathered ones in the yard. Definitely make sure you select your own slabs and depending on the unique characteristics of each one you choose, you may want to be there when they template to help with placement of cutouts. I'll try to get some better pics of the island and the granite top in our oldest son's bathroom to give you examples of what I mean on the templates. From your post, I take it you have already selected your cabinets & finish. Definitely take a sample of your cabinet doors with you when you select your granite. You also might consider calling the granite place & asking when they typically get new slabs in--I got the impression at Schneider that they get theirs all at once and once they've sold most of it another round comes in. You'll want to go when they have the best selection available. dekeoboe-The tile was not rectified, but it was darn skippy close. Brandon at Fla. Tile said he thought we could get by with 1/8" but that was too wide for my taste. My Dad has done alot of tile work when he was doing renos and he advised just getting with the installer and insisting on the 1/16" joints. When the tile showed up and we met with the installer, he took a look and said 1/16" with unsanded grout was not a problem at all based on the edges even though it wasn't truly rectified. That's why I mentioned that you might have to push for the tighter grout lines if that's the look you like. Some installers may be set in their ways and tell you that you have to use sanded grout and have to have wide grout lines and that's just not true. What type of flooring are you going with in your baths?...See Morerbattaglia24
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10 years agoLoesismore- here is a little better picture of the columns and half walls in the living/entry way area.
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10 years agoMore porch... Side 3... I think I can get all members of garden web on it when finished!
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10 years agoWe are getting closer! They are saying September 15thish. We are ready to be in! Lighting and electrical are wrapping up, plumbing was suppose to start today but nobody showed up for that. Still have painting, including exterior trim paint touch up. Landscaping is almost wrapped up too! It's been a long 8 almost 9 months! Yay!
Master bedroom
Can't wait to see the paint colors go on!!
Love everybody's homes!!!
Dutty- I wanted a home like yours so badly but the other half wouldn't budge!!! It's beautiful!! I can't wait to see your progress!!!
dutty
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10 years agoWe just had our roof trusses installed on monday, which was pretty exciting! Really excited to get to the fun stages so many of you are in though! I'm beyond impressed with everyone's homes. Dutty, your home is pretty much my dream home, lol.
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10 years agoDutty- I feel your pain, our builder has been less than stellar. I have been lucky enough to be able to be on site every day to answer trades questions and make sure things are they way we want them. I think we would still have another 3 months left if I weren't on site to answer their questions. Our builder has done some very shady things but have been able to make him correct things. We still have our attorney involved and will until the home is done completely. It's sad the builder took to extortion to keep us from firing him until we figured out it was all smoke - said we did something wrong on the contract and was going to turn us in for it, once we consulted an attorney he laughed and asked if we actually believed him. I am not looking forward to our big meeting on wed. Going over overages and credits, blah. The only thing getting me through all this is knowing that one day we will not have to ever go through this again, and even though it seems we have lost a whole year, we won't be spending time down the road changing things because they weren't done right the first time! And knowing in 2 months we will be settled in and will get to enjoy our home! You'll get there!! I can't wait to watch your house progress! Do you have any interior photos?
Loribug- I have this odd obsession with not wanting to see chains. Haha I love the light socks, I never knew they existed until I found houzz, the umbrella idea is great!! We have an umbrella coming out of our outdoor kitchen and I wanted to put lights in the canopy but didn't want to see the cord!! And I saw your thread about the kitchen island. I am curious which way you decide to go! I do feel like if you have an open floor plan someone's back will always be to the other space. It was that way at our old home and will be that way at our new one, we just have stools that swivel or have no back so they can be turned sideways to talk both directions! I do really love the island with the built in bench though! That is wicked!!
Got more of the exterior painted, and trim punch out is almost complete. Painting and plumbing starts on Tuesday!
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I'mhisladybug Moore
9 years agoWow, you all have been an inspiration for my husband and I. We are
undergoing our home building process now. I'm so excited! I would love
to see an updated picture of the finished homes. Also any suggestions on
brick and stone combinations would be great. Can wait to post my
foundation pictures. Here's my floorplan and front elevation. Not a big
fan of the stone placement, (maybe, I just cant visualize it ;)) HELPPPPP me out please!!!
amfm11
9 years ago
This is a picture from a few weeks ago. But as of today, the foundation is done and backfilled! Waiting on the sub-zero Chicago temps to go away so framing can start!
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