Last week’s post got a lot of comments! Glad everyone’s enjoying the updates. One commenter in particular (posting as “checkingitout”) seemed concerned that our house was not going to be energy efficient, despite all the things we had noticed during construction that were done specifically for energy efficiency.
All electrical and plumbing work wrapped up this week. For the first time since construction began, the outside of the house did not change this week — everything’s been happening inside. I had a pre-drywall wak-through with Sean on Thursday and learned a couple things about energy-efficient construction.
This week we saw the exterior trim finished up, the furnace and HVAC ducts installed, shingles put on the roof, and some of the wiring and plumbing getting started. Lots of stuff is starting to happen all at once.
Things are looking good! Framing’s almost done; Sean says it will finish on Monday. We’ve got the whole structure in place now, and can really get a sense of the space inside. And, now that the windows are set, we’re officially past the point that the first house got to. Six weeks versus four months.
Lots of change — the house is starting to look like a house, and we’ve got an all-new design here on the blog.
Framing has been in full swing this week, and we stopped by this weekend to see how things are going.
Nothing terribly exciting this week, but at least there was some progress. After two and a half weeks of bitterly cold temperatures, it finally rose above 20 degrees this week which allowed Bedrock to get the basement slab poured. Framing is going to start first thing on Monday!
Happy New Year! We took an opportunity on this clear but crisp day to go check out the progress on the house, and much to our surprise the slabs for the basement floor and garage had been poured.
Earlier this week, ground was broken and footers poured for our new home. As I noted in the introduction to our new builder last week, things have moved quickly. We continue to be impressed with the Bedrock Builders team, and we love the look of our new neighborhood and lot.
Within the next week or so — if everything goes to plan and mother nature cooperates — ground will be broken on our second attempt at building our first home. Yes, that fast! After a terrible experience with the first builder we chose, we’ve designed a new home with local custom builder Bedrock Builders in a matter of just a couple weeks, and it’s going to be fantastic.
After much consideration, and with advice from our attorney and Realtor, we have decided to terminate our relationship with Hansen and Horn and walk away from the house.