Over the last week or so the house is starting to look like a house. They took off the siding and added contractor wrap. For some reason, the consistency outside makes the house now look like a house. Exterior siding will go on soon. We really wanted to do some brick on the outside originally, but the budget just wouldn’t allow for it so we are doing concrete siding all around. I’m just excited it won’t be wood we have to stain every 5 years.
On the inside, we did a walkthrough to catch any last minute changes to HVAC, electrical, and plumbing. We noticed a few things that needed to be corrected such as moving vents, missing smoke detector wiring, a bit more demo, etc. Nothing huge, fortunately. Mike also took pictures of all the rooms and walls before they Sheetrock so we know where all the wiring, vents, and plumbing are if we ever need to know in the future. After those fixes, insulation went in. Then, the next day we got a giant sheetrock delivery. They had to take out a basement window to get some of it downstairs. Darwin was SO excited about the crane!
We are missing one exterior sliding door, but once that arrives (hopefully this week!), the house will be dried in and the furnace can get turned on.
The only real problem we’ve had lately is the rain. The house doesn’t have gutters so the roof is basically emptying into the house through the basement door. We’ve had some very heavy rain so it’s been quite a bit of water, but the contractor took some scrap gutters off the house and we should be a little better off moving forward.
After sheetrock, there will be finish work, paint, and flooring. We are still hoping to be in by Christmas, but I’m trying not to get my heart set on it in case it doesn’t happen. The thought of us all waking up on Christmas morning in the new house makes me giddy.
On the landscaping front, it’s clear we’ve missed our opportunity to do it before winter. We’ll have to put the funds in escrow, deal with the muddy yard this winter, then put the sprinklers and sod in come spring. Not ideal, but it’s not the worst thing that could happen.
I think that is all the updates. Pics below.
TL;DR House is ready for siding, Sheetrock, and looks much more like a house!