Next Week: Drywall!

The last couple of weeks have been full of activity and progress.  Our PM sounded a bit surprised and happy to tell us that things are actually ahead of schedule, with one exception:  bricks.  The city in which the house is being built requires the entire exterior to be complete prior to drywall.  That includes the brick.  Because the brick subcontractors are way behind and unable to work on the house before next week or the week thereafter, our PM was concerned that their delay would bring the construction process to a screeching hault.  However, he was crafty and got approval from the city to go ahead and wrap the front of the house with the material that goes between the wall and the brick and so long as that passed inspection, we could move forward without waiting on the actual brick.  Apparently everything went well during the inspection because they are starting drywall sometime next week.  We stopped by the house today and everything looks amazing.  Electric is done, guardian did their stuff, and the guys were wrapping up insulation today.  Looking forward now to Monday's pre-drywall walkthrough and to see how things progress next week.

Also noteworthy is how cool it is to see the neighborhood progress.  There was one house that started two weeks before ours and another that started about two weeks after.  The neighborhing house, a Yorkshire Elevation F, started framing this week and it looks like they might have a roof on Monday.  And there is one more lot that looks like ground was broken on this week (also a Yorkshire).  Pretty cool.

Front of house with wrap awaiting brick installation.

I took this to show the space between our house and the neighbors' house - love the lot size.

Originally we all thought a beige siding would look best, but ended up choosing this dark gray and have been nervous ever since.  But now that it's on, it has really grown on us.

Looking out toward the future dog yard and side of house with study bay window.  The 2nd egress window will also be right there below the family room windows.

People Yard

A glimpse of what the siding looks like with the brick

Direct set staircase.

Neighboring house and the one that's 2 weeks ahead of us in the distance.