Side by Side by Side by Side

3rd Week of September

As was recorded in my last blog, the siding is being installed on the house.  They started Monday.  I took the following pictures Thursday evening.  It looks like they will come really close to finishing by the end-of-day on Friday - just one week!  The guys doing the trim work are barely staying ahead of the siding crew.

Rear of the house - siding is complete

The house looks like it's almost done, from the outside anyway.  The basement door assembly is leaning up against the far side of the house.  Something about that door was not right when it was first delivered; had to be corrected and re-shipped.  The Builder is also digging the foundation of the basement patio slab and retaining walls, which we really need because of the grade change on the garage side of house.  And there are a few little "poke-thru's" on the walls, for things like exterior light fixtures, vents, hose faucets, etc.

Garage side of house - siding on the main part of the house

They have come around the corner and completed the siding on the garage side of the house.  But they have not yet done the siding on the garage "door" wall.  There is to be a stone "watertable" on the lower part of the walls of the Garage.

Front side of Garage

There are multiple things going on at once now.  The Builder has moved pallets and dumpsters out of the way of the electric service path, which will be installed underground to cross the driveway and run behind the garage to the side of the house.  Everything is ready for the electric service; just waiting for Virginia Dominion Power to schedule the service connection date.

Siding wrapping around the Garage

The Builder is also digging the trenches for the entry stoop/stairs foundation.

They weather has really played into the Builder's hand this week - no rain and temperatures in the 60's - 70's. It's exciting to see so much happen in just a week.  We still haven't seen the stone show up, which will cover the main facade of the house.  I will keep my fingers crossed that we will see that work happening next week.