Building a house. Certainly on the top of my (imaginary) list of 'things I love to hate and hate to love'.
It was fun and stressful and painful and miraculous, all at the same time... kind of like childbirth, I guess - except the baby lives in you and you live in the house? Whatevs.
Anyway, getting on with this post..
I won't bore you with the billions of details that were involved in the building process, but I will share a brief summary of how the house went from this:
to this:
in approximately 3 months.
[by far, the longest 3 months of my liiiiife]
I will preface by saying that we "purchased" the house back in October 2012 - signed some paperwork to hold the land, put down a down payment, etc.
We stared at a SOLD sign and an un-dug site for almost 6 months before they actually broke ground. Frustrating, to say the least, but once they did break ground, the progress was fast-ass (that's a little faster than 'fast'!)
Here's a series of photos to give you an idea of how quickly it went:
This is after they levelled the land:
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| April 2, 2013 |
FINALLY READY to start diggin'. Let me tell ya -- I never imagined that seeing a bulldozer would ever excite me, as much as it did on this day. A bulldozer made my day - who woulda' thunk..
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| April 4, 2013 |
We've got a hole! (a flooded hole, but a hole none-the-less!)
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| April 9, 2013 |
Foundation poured
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| April 21, 2013 |
Roxy, super-excited!
Brian, fake-excited
and Xander, "that's-a-big-rock-over-there-excited"
Joists. That is all.
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| April 30, 2013 |
First floor framed, what-whaaat!
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| May 1, 2013 |
Creeper shot of the second floor (didn't want to get too close with all those people working)
I can see my bedroom!
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| May 7, 2013 |
RAISE THE ROOOOF!
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| May 11, 2013 |
An interior shot from the back of the house
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| May 11, 2013 |
The shingles are on, the windows are in, and the porch is...railed?
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| May 17, 2013 |
The builder gave us an option to build a deck. It was built and ready for BBQ'ing before the rest of the house was even finished!
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| May 31, 2013 |
Special delivery! DRYWALL
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| June 5, 2013 |
Jumping for joy cuz he's just so darned excited for drywall!
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| June 5, 2013 |
Marking my territory (with a Sharpie, not pee.)
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| June 8, 2013 |
Drywall is up and its really starting to look like a "house"
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| June 15, 2013 |
Siding is started on the exterior
First coat of paint goes up
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| June 18,2013 |
Siding is all done now. Good, cuz the house felt naked without it.
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| June 18, 2013 |
An (unpainted) front door is attached and for the next month, the rest of the work is all done on the interior of the house.
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| June 23, 2013 |
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The house gets a driveway and some landscaping about a week before "move-in"day, and it's as close to being ready as it'll ever be:
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| July 24, 2013 |
So that's the build. Nothing to it! (not)
I have to say that it was an extremely rewarding experience, and now that I'm here enjoying it, it was well worth the wait.
Stay tuned for more house progress posts..
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