The weather has delayed us a bit, but things are still progressing at the site. The foundation walls were poured this week. It is pretty exciting to see the outline of the house. In addition to finalizing the exterior selections (metal and siding colors), we are also finalizing our plumbing selections. During the next few weeks, the foundation will be finished and then the prep will begin for the pouring of the concrete slab.
Things are progressing slowly at the site, but things are progressing! Foundation prep continues as the foundation walls were formed this week. Regarding selections, we are working on finalizing metal and siding colors. Like many other areas in the house, we are deciding between black, white or gray.
It’s ground breaking week! After months of working through plans, budgets, contracts and permits, construction has begun on our new house! The house is a second baby for us as ground breaking day was October 17, nine months after acquiring the lot. We live three blocks from the site, so it’s been exciting to pop by every day to check out the progress. Foundation prep has been in full swing. This week they are digging the footings and next week they will be pouring the footings. We have finalized and ordered our doors (black) and our windows (black trim on the exterior and white trim on the interior). More final selections coming soon!
My husband, Corey, and I bought our first city house four years ago. Our house, originally built in the late nineteenth century, had been renovated by others. As designers we always wanted to design and build our own home. We love our city and we love our neighborhood, so we knew we didn’t want to move far. A few months ago we started looking for an empty lot and after searching for some time, we purchased a lot one block away from our house. We started designing a new home, sold our current home and moved into an apartment two blocks away. We will be breaking ground this fall!