Our New Home

Hey sorry it’s been so long! Busy busy busy with the new job and other things going in our life.

We did the final walk-through of the new home yesterday, and we close early next week.

We hope to be moved in by the end of next week, fingers crossed!!

Here’s some pictures of the inside/outside!

That’s all for pictures and updates for now. We start moving in early next week just as soon as we close and get the keys!

FINALLY – we’re gonna actually MOVE INTO the house we BUILT.

Just took like… what… .almost 4-5 years to get to this point?

Thanks for riding along with us.

Cheers!

Just as soon as I posted that last one, I got ahold of the newest pictures from the new home.

Here they are – mainly just shots of the cabinets, the kitchen, the new driveway.

We found a small air hockey setup that some one was selling used, so we picked this up for the upstairs loft!

But hey – reality is starting to set in. House is coming soon! Time to schedule time off from work. Time to paint. Time to unpack three big storage units into a moving truck. Time to hire help!!! It won’t be long….

Stay tuned.

Our house is almost finished! We have a closing date in late March.

It has walls, cabinets in it…. and it will probably have all the doors and locks in place by this weekend.

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I started a new job in January and I have been very busy in general.

Here are some photos:

And honestly…these photos are already a week old. The house is really progressing along.

My wife has already shown me that tile is completely down in the house on all floors, carpet is likely going in next.

Cabinets are in and already all over the place. The DRIVEWAY has been poured and already set, so it’s all really going to be looking finished soon!

It’s probably going to be locked from further entry sometime later this weekend or maybe next week. We’re going to miss getting to check out all the nice things going on inside!!!!

*IF I HAVE TIME* I will try to post again with some of the newest pictures. Sorry it took this long to update.

Thanks and stay tuned!

Open frame inspection took place today. Some red marks did come up, so we’re going to have to get the builder to answer to some of them.

Once we’re “good” to consider the framing process cleared and behind us, drywall, painting and the other accessories can start going up and in.

Otherwise, the house is really coming along now. I expect we’ll be talking about setting up a closing date within the next 30-45 days. Obviously, we’re super stoked about that.

Stay tuned.

There is a lot of progress to show from the past month of construction.

Let’s get started…

As you drive into the community, its a great thing to see our house finally stacking up against the rest. Here’s a closer zoom…

Driving around, here’s the front of the home.

I took a lot of VIDEOS inside the property. Here’s a YouTube video below..

(Warning, its long and runs for like 20 minutes…)

In case you didn’t have time to watch (or just didn’t want to) — I didn’t take many other pics on this particular trip. Inside the house, the photos of random wood and trusses just really don’t do us any good. But rest assured, the house is really coming along strong and quick-like at this point.

Meanwhile.. We have an open-frame inspection next week. Electricity wiring and A/C duct work are already in, but the drywall can really start going up once we have and pass through the inspection.

Stick around. 2021’s gonna be fun.

We’ve already been back, and seen there’s a second story frame and floor built, and most of the bottom story walls are “up” and in place.

It’s really not going to be much longer before this house should have a roof, white walls and paint on the thing!

Here’s a very CLOSE example of what our house SHOULD look like come March 2021, when its finished….

Sorry I wasn’t able to capture any other (real) pictures. But Darcy did. I’ll see if I can get some and place here.

We visited second week into December and managed to catch a lot more signs of progress!

Given its the 17th as I post these, they’re already more than a week old.

Anxious to get over there and see the latest progress, but here’s the latest we have.

Stay tuned.

Here’s a video Darcy snapped today of them assembling the trusses.

As of my last drive-by, I could see blocks loaded onto the slab, which was a good sign!

Then, Darcy went by the house this past week and saw a lot more getting done!

They’ve laid the bricks on the foundation, you can start to see what the walls, entrance, garage and window slots are going to look like on the first level. Finally – Progress!

And this was only just as of this past Tuesday. Possibly more work being done this week. It’s been cold (at least for Florida) but not much in the way of rain or other weather deterrents. So we hope to see more progress underway!

“Look, some dirt moved!!”

It’s our second attempt at building a house.

So naturally, we’re more anxious this time, to see some activity and see it getting finished, but finished correctly… (OCD is in full swing)

The SOLD signs are all over the place next to us, everything is spoken for, etc. Lots are clearing and bricks are stacking up.

As for our lot, it just started moving about two weeks ago, and all we really have to show for it right now are the wood and stakes for the eventual build. We’re still on track for a March 2020-ish™ closing at this point, keep your fingers crossed for us please.

Here’s some pictures.