Brick

We are still making our daily trips to see our house! Dave (our superintendent) continues to be at the house answering our questions and letting us know what will happen in the next few days.

We have continued to be blessed with good weather. Here are several things that have taken place in the last week - including Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

- Brick wrap (still very happy about our color choice)
- Guardian installed speaker pre-wire and plasma pre-wire (for tv to be hung above the fireplace)
- Front door
- Insulation on exterior walls
- Trim placed around windows

Our garage door and front door are both on however they will be painted last so that when carpet and other things are brought in the house it won't be messed up.

Here are a few pictures from the progress this week:

Drywall!!

Speaker pre-wire in family room ceiling

Trim around front window

Brick

Wires above fireplace (will be hidden behind tv)

Front door (not painted yet)

Insulation



Brick

My little one and his friend who spend most nights at the ball park. So cute I had to post this one!

Right now I am overwhelmed (in a good way!) by thoughts of paint and decorating. Any tips are greatly appreciated. :)

We continue to check the interest rate every few days but still haven't decided to lock in our rate.

Have a great week, Thanks for reading!

Guardian Walkthru

Once again, ALOT of work has been done on our house over the past few days. I have probably said this before but I am enjoying the process because I am learning so much. There are so many departments that have to work together to get things done.  This afternoon we had our walkthru with Guardian, who will return tomorrow to put in our wiring (speakers, cable pre-wires, etc). While we were there, a heating and cooling truck pulled up and they started working, and another truck pulled up to drop off several wheel barrels and machines.

Items that have happened in the last week (that I can see - I'm sure there are many more!)
-Windows are all in place
-Garage Door is on
-Roof is complete including shingles
-Ceiling Fan rough-in's are in place
-Electrical (phone, cable, outlets) wiring
-Bathtubs are in!
-Plumbing is in place

We noticed today when we were walking around that three out of four of our ceiling fan rough-in's were being held up by an extra 2x4. When our superintendent Dave arrived while we were there we asked him about it and he said it would be no problem to put an extra one up in the fourth bedroom. Whether it was needed or not, he said that was no problem.

We have seen Dave at our site the past several times we have driven by and he is always very patient with our questions and willing to walk around and show us things. We greatly appreciate this! Fischer has been extremely easy to work with.

Here are pictures from today

Shingles

Kids bathroom

Sunroom

Family room and fireplace

Dining room

Master bathroom

Steps to 2nd floor



Kitchen

House plans

Windows and Roof

We have seen another few BEAUTIFUL days here!! We continue to see significant changes each day when we go see our house. And no matter what time we are there someone is always working.

As we start to see our house take shape, we get more anxious and excited about so many things! The Whitman has a very spacious first floor plan for all of the entertaining I plan on doing. The kitchen has plenty of cabinets AND a large pantry (no more storing food downstairs). Neither of us have ever had a fireplace so we are looking forward to it.

When we stopped by the house yesterday our project manager Dave was there and showed us a few things around the house. We had a few extra boards put up above the fireplace and in the master bedroom so we can hang our televisions.

We feel so blessed to be on this wonderful journey!

Looking in the front door

Living room and Dining Room

Sunroom

Windows and roof (Wednesday)

Front porch and roof

Fireplace

Framing!!!

Fischer definitely took advantage of the great weather we have been having this past week! The concrete for our basement floor was poured early last week, the dirt was back-filled against the foundation and the support beams were placed in between the basement and first floor.


Support Beams

Beams and Back-fill

Driveway and garage

Our first wall!!!

 

Looking towards the back of the house. Love those sunroom windows!

Building the first floor

We typically drive by around 4:30 or 5:00 each evening. If they are still working we just take pictures from the car. Our new neighbors have said they have seen people working as early as 5:30am! That makes for a long day but we are very excited and appreciative that they are working so hard.
After just a week of framing, the second floor is up!

Framing

Framing

 We have been reading the www.fischerhomes.com Homeowner Login page. Fischer updates when something has been completed on our home (Foundation Complete - 5/8/2012). We also have access to our contract information, selections and homeowners association guide. This is great to have electronically without having to look for paperwork to check on something.

Foundation Update

It is hard to believe that after just two weeks we have a foundation, sump pump, bathroom rough-in and our basement has essentially been waterproofed!

We have been driving by the house each day during the week. It is so neat to see the progress made and the house take shape. We have heard other good reasons to drive by as much as possible; to see where electric, water, etc are being placed in the house if we need to access them later, and to make sure the house we designed is what we see being built. Two additional reasons to visit every day - great chance for us to meet our neighbors and our kids are really enjoying getting their shoes muddy every day!!

Forms are off!!

From the street - columns will be under the front porch

Monday - same view with waterproofing tar

Sunday picture of basement

Monday picture of basement - Bathroom Rough-in

Waterproofing

Foundation Pour

Earlier this week we didn't see alot of action (which doesn't mean it wasn't happening). We have had plenty of rain this week, not sure if that has slowed down the planned schedule.

Earlier this week there was a layer of gravel poured into the hole. For several days we didn't notice any changes and then today we went back and wa-la - Foundation was poured!!

Gravel poured and forms that will hold foundation

Foundation poured (between forms)

View of garage (gravel)

Closer look at foundation

One thing we noticed earlier this week when we drove by was three VERY young girls playing in and on the construction truck.. UM HELLO Parents??? Yikes!!

Hoping the rain stays away :)