Ready for Christmas!

We have our walk-way in place for winter. The chair & tree fit nicely in our living room. Santa, we're ready for Christmas!

Moved in and loving it!

View from our backdoor

We are all moved in now.

Everything fit better than expected and the rooms seem bigger than we thought they would be. We love our new home!
Thanks to everyone who helped us move. You guys rock!

Our new house!

Today we purchased our first home!
We are very excited to start moving in tomorrow!

Clean up day!

Today the house was cleaned up and made to look spotless. The kitchen & bathrooms look great. We now have a door bell & our house numbers are up. This morning our house passed the home inspection with flying colors. Just a few more touch ups & things to do outside then we'll be ready to move in. Two and a half days until closing!

Paint!

Our house has been painted with the "Retreat" color and it looks great!

They still have to paint the trim, put up the gutters, stain the deck, and put down the topsoil for our yard. Lots of little things to do before Thursday!

Concrete and Carpet!

Concrete!

Here's the carpet in the master bedroom, office, on the stairs, and in the living room.

Ubatuba!

It's radiant! It's glorious! It's stupendous! ... it's Ubatuba!

(Check out the counter tops.)

Today our green Ubatuba counter tops went in along with our shiny new black appliances.

Wow! It really looks sharp!
The sinks and faucets look great & also the trim is finishing off each room nicely.

Cabinets, floors, & lights - oh my!

Quite a bit was done this week. The sidewalks and patio are ready to pour. Can't wait to see our counter tops & our carpet. It's getting really close to being finished!

Paint!

Today they painted all the walls & they look great!

They also finished the roof & started adding some fill dirt around the backyard.

More progress!

Things are coming together!

The water heater is hooked up (with a remote meter thingy to be read from the street - cool!) The inside has it's primer coat of paint on and the heater is working. And the roof is nearly finished! The front walk & side walks look like they might get done this next week too!

A garage door & more drywall!

Our garage door!

Drywall down the stairs
Tom's Office - under the stairs? (still up for debate...)
The workers are finishing on the tape & putty - and the walls look great!
Lots of finishing touches going on all over.

Drywall!

Wow! In one day they completely drywalled the whole upstairs!

Lots of clean, straight cuts & tons of screws - very well done.

Next up? The paint!

Insulation & Drywall

The siding is up and the roof is about 1/2 way complete.

The insulation is in and the drywall looks like it's about ready to be put up.

Movin' right along!

Doors & Shingles!

The doors have been put up, the roof is going on, and the Electrician is hard a work finishing up all the electrical stuff. The siding is coming along nicely too. Can't wait to see how the paint we picked looks on the house.

Siding & Outlets!

The Electrician is here! He's been working hard installing all the outlets & hooking everything up. We are also starting to have the siding put up. Lookin' good!

Moving forward...

Today they had the sidewalks dug out & compacted. More plumbing & duct work has been done. Our water heater arrived today (but still in its box.) It sure is fun to see things take shape & come together!

A Garage & Furnace!

We now have a garage! The Furnace has been installed too and they are putting in all the duct work & vents. Lots of progress in 2 days - amazing!

Windows, Decks, & Plumbing!

"Public" Bath

Master Bath

Wow! We now have windows, our front deck is started and the plummer is here! They placed our bath/showers & started putting in the plumbing pipes. They also have the drain for the garage set & ready. The windows look great!

Tyvek & Garage Forms

Our front porch is taking shape, the Tyvek is being put up, and our garage slab looks ready to be poured very soon!