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FinalProduct.jpg (44309 bytes) 7/02/01:  Final Product.  We are in the house baby.
House5_26_01Front.jpg (34693 bytes) 5-26-01:  Photo taken from the cul-de-sac
House5_26_01Close.jpg (59005 bytes) 5-26-01:  The lot is almost ready for sod now.
House4_24_01kitcen.jpg (77731 bytes) 4-24-01:  Kitchen cabinets are going in now.
House3_24_01BonnieInside.jpg (36303 bytes) 3-24-01:  Bonnie is inspecting the sheetrock in the living room.
House3_24_01DarrenPorch.jpg (60246 bytes) 3-24-01:  The exterior is about 80% covered.  The front porch is getting sided now.
House3_17_01Front.jpg (63487 bytes) 3-17-01:  The stone is going up this week.  The bricks in the front (on the ground) were delivered by mistake about 3 weeks ago.
House2_05_01Front.jpg (45714 bytes) 2-11-01  Shingles are on the roof.
1-20-01 An elevated view of the back yard, from the patio. BackYardLeft.jpg (62393 bytes)  BackYardCenter.jpg (75342 bytes)  BackYardRight.jpg (62597 bytes)
1-20-01:  Our neighbors, as viewed from the front porch Neighbor2.jpg (52917 bytes)  Neighbor1.jpg (74885 bytes)  6/00 photo of another house =>Neighbor5.jpg (73616 bytes)
House1_3_19LivingRoom.jpg (56583 bytes) 1-21-01:  Shot of the fireplace and patio doors.  We made a lot of changes to the original house design:  opened up the living room and added french doors.
House1_13_01Front.jpg (64220 bytes) 1-13-01:  Almost dry inside now.  Windows and doors starting to go in.  Next comes mechanical hardware:  like air conditioning ductwork and air vents.
House1_3_01Front.jpg (51473 bytes) 1-03-01:  The framing is proceeding very quickly.  This is a shot from the front and left of the house.  You can see the builders inside.
House1_3_01Garage.jpg (66969 bytes) 1-03-01:  Same day... a shot from the front looking in towards the garage window.  Next thing they will work on is sealing it all off so it will keep dry while they work.
House12_28_00.jpg (70597 bytes)   12-28-00:  They started framing!!  We found a few more mistakes:  1 missing window, and a door where there should be none.  No big deal though...  The builder will be back on Tuesday and is on vacation this week.
House12_23_00.jpg (66622 bytes)    12-24-00:  Here is the final slab.  They are still cleaning things up a bit.  It looks like they have made 2 more errors.  1)  They left a tire bump in the garage - it was supposed to be deleted.  2)  Limestone to ground is supposed to be no more than 24 inches, but they have many, many places where it will be 30 to 36 inches.  
House12_21_00.jpg (82338 bytes)     12-20-00  This is a picture of the trenches they are digging.  These trenches will be under the slab after it is poured.  The trenches are poured 8 foot walls of solid cement that go below the ground level.  On top there are steel braided ropes running in a grid pattern -- these will be inside the slab.  
House12_14_00.jpg (85870 bytes)   12-14-00:  They are truly slow, not much happening.  They have already messed up on the foundation, by making the slap 2 to 3  feet higher off the ground then originally planned.  
House12_20_00.jpg (72102 bytes) This picture shows the patio, which has a form around it, so that our back porch/patio will be 4 inches lower.  
house11_23_00.jpg (307082 bytes)   11-23-00:  We have had a lot of rain and the builder has not gotten very far with the house.  As you can see they are still working on the slab and foundation.

10-31-00:  Here is the builder,  putting in forms for the foundation.  The house is going to be about 6 ft up on the back side of our lot.