We officially have the beginnings of a home! We have a foundation poured. :)
We got an email the week of January 27th stating they were going to pick up the permit and break ground by the end of that week. We never heard from our PM after that and with the sun setting by the time my husband was off work and me having to work the weekend we never got to see the site. Fast forward to February 4th & we emailed our PM and got word they were pouring the footers that day & expected walls by the end of the week, but of course I was at work. I work from 7am - 7pm so when I get off work, there's not a chance of light to see the site. We were flying out the next morning at 6am to Florida & didn't return until yesterday afternoon & then I immediately had to head into work from 7pm - 7 am this morning. However, my husband and I are going to try to get out to the site tomorrow evening if we can. So fingers crossed because we really want to see our site! :)
My parents went out this past weekend for us to check out the site and sent me a few pictures. It's extremely exciting to see something we have waited almost a year for. It still doesn't feel completely real because we haven't seen the site for ourselves, but I know they are moving along. The town-homes also have full face siding at this time which is so cool to see! The colors look great. There is a red, blue, 2 tan, and I believe a yellow?
I'm not going to lie, I am completely apprehensive about how close the homes really are together. We went into selecting this house knowing it was in a way, (without being attached) a row home (is there another word for this?). But I also look forward to how great our row of homes will look from the front because it is such a non-traditional style. :) My other question to my parents was if they were able to adequately visualize how much of a backyard we would have. I am hoping it's slightly bigger than I'm imagining. :)
But that's it! They are moving along and I CANNOT believe we have made it to this point. Thanks for hanging in there with me, guys. We're about to see what this home is going to turn into! We will finally have Our Hemingway! :) I'm so excited for the walls to go up and our selections to personalize the home. The time will come for that as well.
As a side note: they've accomplished the foundation on four other sites in our row - one of which is the model home.
Congratulations! This is where everything gets really exciting and comes together fast! Good luck with your build!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I can't believe how long you had to wait for the construction to start. Hopefully you won't have any more delays!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! We were also worried about how close our house would be to our neighbors. From the pictures the amount of space between looks to be enought to be okay. If you can stand in between and touch both that's when it's too closet. You actual have little side yard :) Glad to see they have broken ground on your street, that means our street is next up. It's sounding like the delays will end now.
ReplyDeleteWell the good news is that me by myself cannot reach out and touch the neighbors, but if you and I held out our hands we may be able to. ;) The moment of truth will come when both our home and the neighbors frames are up. We actually drove by some other developments last night with layouts and homes like ours and I think we had more space then some of them, so I'm going with optimism! You are up next and I'm super excited for you. Hang in there. We will get in there sometime THIS year at least! ;) (bad joke haha!)
DeleteYay!! Progress!! I am in love with all your choices and might possibly be just as excited as you are to see it all come together. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy! The days are ticking now! Cannot wait to see the final progress.
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