What a Difference a Week Makes

We've got to hand it to Stanley Martin's work crew. They don't waste any time. In just one week our house went from one story (see our last entry - May 17th) to a full fledged beautiful house!!! We stopped by this weekend and took a little tour, along with our friend Amy, who was very gracious and patient with us as we went on and on about the progress that was being made. She is so supportive! We still cannot get over the fact that we have an actual house with rooms and stairs and everything. The anticipation is surely building for the day we get to actually move in. We also got a chance to meet our next door neighbors. We liked them a lot. They were extremely nice and we look forward to getting to know them better.

Here are some shots from the inside and around the house:

Looking in through the front door

Our Family Room

The Garage

View from our bedroom window

The back of the house.

We have walls!

In spite of all the rain we have had this spring, progress continues on our new home. They started framing this weekend! The crew was working hard on Saturday putting up the first floor. We were so excited to see some wood up as we drove around the corner. We spent quite some time just walking around the structure marveling that it was really happening. We are getting a little worried that our neighbors might think we are a bit crazy as we spend so much time just looking at things like empty lots (prior to construction), giant holes (when they dug the foundation), and now half built sturctures! Although, we're sure they understand (or at least hope they do!) and most likely did the same types of things themselves. If not - oh well, we are first timers and super excited!!! Stay tuned for more updates...

Here's our family room (the fireplace is on the right)

Here's the kitchen

and our garage

A solid foundation...

Our giant hole has now been filled with something...a foundation. We were a little surprised (pleasantly) this weekend to see the progress made on the house. We knew they had poured the foundation walls, however I guess we didn't fully grasp what that meant until we saw it ourselves. Its starting to actually take shape as a house! How exciting! We've had a decent bit of rain lately which may push back our schedule a bit, but currently they are scheduled to start putting up the frame next week. We will keep you all posted. (Assuming anyone is still interested or even reading our blog at this point :) )

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Our future garage! No more hunting for a parking spot - could it really be true!

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