Thursday Jan 27th, Wall Board is done

Wow, what a difference. Another major step done.

The garage looks so different all enclosed. Now lets see.. cupboard on the left wall and either side of the window.. just dreaming.
Standing in the kitchen. This will be a nice place to watch the world go by. Already have invites to the knitting group and the pottery group and.....

Living room and dining room. We will be able to see beautiful sunrises from here and look out over the hill country.

The master bath looking at the shower. Lots of room..

The back patio and windows to the bedroom.

The pile of wall board scraps. Next week we hope to see the stucco and stone, and maybe the driveway and sidewalk done. Hope the weather cooperates... later...

First Inspection

Arrived at 3 pm on Monday for the first inspection with the project boss. Explained to us about all the different wires and hoses. There are even special lines for termite control. He was also able to answer many of our questions and we are quite pleased at the quality of the work. The wall board is to be started tomorrow and he gave Bob permission to insulate the walls in the garage.

The house looks more complete with the windows and doors in.
Here is the garage with the stack of wall board waiting to be put on.

So our dear friend Bud came with all of his equipment. The sun is shining and off came the jackets to start the insulating. They had about 2 hours of daylight left to do it.

Bud did most of the stapling and Bob measured, cut and put in the bats of insulation.

Even the little areas over the garage door got filled. The job was finished in the 2 hours even with the cleanup and putting away of all the equipment etc. Then off we went to the city market for dinner. A job well done..

524 Has Doors and Windows

I have to start out with a little detour. We went to the White Wing Golf Club for lunch. This is the preferred mode of transportation, so I think I need to pick one out.

I think this one will do. Where do you buy tickets for the lotto!!


First view of 524, all ready for the stucco and rock trim.

They sure run a lot of wires, water pipes and furnace ducts in the attic space. I would hate to be the furnace repair man.

The front door and the windows are in.

Looking at the plumbing in the kitchen area.

This is on the patio lookiing at the sliding glass door.

It looks nice with the windows in the kitchen and the garage.

One Week's Worth

524 has been closed in. It has it's pretty blue wrapper on. The black in the front is where the rock will be going. Looking more and more like the house we picked. No shingles yet.

The white area in the front is covered in chicken wire for the stucco to go on. The rest of the blue will be covered like that also. The curved windows in the front are the kitchen area. We will have our small table there so we can watch the world go by out front.
The attic area above the living area is a network of ducts from the furnace (which is up there too) and from the air conditioner.

The shower in the master bath.. it has water in the base which is frozen!! I guess we aren't hooked up to the sewer yet, so they didn't drain it. it will be fun to have all that space.

The air return in the main hallway.

Our patio and the windows of the master bedroom. There are 2 sliding glass doors out onto the patio.

A view from the back corner out to the front. The neighbors are close.. hope they aren't noisy..

The garage with the white insulation board and chicken wiring.

The Next Step

We had visited Salt Creek Lane 3 days ago and found the preliminary framing done. I forgot our camera, so didn't get pictures of it. So we came up today and wow, the framing is done and the roof boards are on.

This is looking at the front entryway.
This is the stone to be used for trim around the front.

Looking into the garage.

Again in the garage which shows the spot for the hot water tank and the service panel.

Looking up into the rafters. Looks like a lot of wood. Some of it is stamped "Made in Canada".

Looking back into the house from the master bedroom.

The south wall with the service panel and the connection for natural gas. This is making it feel like it is really happening. See that wonderful sunshine. It was 72 degrees today. We had lunch with Bud Moore & Mary Sallet. Mary made a quiche with smoked salmon, mushrooms and kale. Oh so good. The salad of cucumbers, sweet onion and tomatoes was excellent also. They have been giving us such great information about Sun City. I think they are great mentors to this new life style. We have such wonderful friends. I can't wait to see what next week brings. Later.....

Bobby's Birthday

Bobby is now 8 after much celebrating. His first party was at school before the Christmas break since his birthday is during that break. Then after New Year's the family had a party. His big present was a new bike. His quote was " The good thing is a brand new bike that is all mine and not a hand me down".

Daddy and Bobby adjusting the new bike and putting everything together.
He also has a new bell that he can ring as he rides. The new bike helmet was from Grandma and Pop.

Getting ready to head down the hill. He rides well.

We had dinner at Chili's (his choice) and then back to the house where he opened cards and enjoyed a cupcake (minus the frosting) and some ice cream.

He enjoys a funny card from Pop.

Talk about smoke!!!

Here is one without the smoke. Happy 8th Birthday Bobby..

Happy New Year and Progress

As we enter this new year and look forward to new happenings, we of course are anticipating our new home. We will try not to bore you with our repetitious pictures and try to keep it interesting.

This is the prep work for pouring the slab. All the utility lines and sewer etc will be in cement.

Another shot of the grid that they lay on the fill dumped into the framework.

The boards are off the slab and the lumber is dumped in front of 524 Salt Creek Lane.

Here is the slab with the utilities sticking up.

At the back are two piles of prefab. The first one is the walls and the second one is the trusses for the roof.

A little closer shot of the trusses.

There are red lines on the cement where the walls will be put. Notice the dump truck in the background putting fill in for the house next door. The utilities here are for the master bath.

Just a tease.. this is what it will look like when the framing is done. This is the entry way and kitchen windows. This is the house next door.. 522. Hopefully we will see the same at 524 this week. Stay tuned for more....