August 26th...shingles, upstairs ceiling, water meter

Well, we are only going out to the house a couple of times a week now that football season has started, so my updates will be once or twice a week. Our builder has started a second home (which we knew could happen going in to this) and has taken one of his guys to that house to work on it with him. That leaves two guys at our house to work. So, work has slowed down a little. The guys doing the roof don't seem to be making our house a priority, probably because they have other jobs they can knock out in a day. I'm sure people living in their homes get priority over us...but it still stinks to have to wait for it to be done. I'm mean, really, we got tar paper on the house August 1st and we only have the back part of the house shingled. Really? Come on. Maybe I shouldn't be frustrated, but that seems a bit long, doesn't it? Anyway, I don't mean to gripe because the house looks great. It's just that I really hoped to be in the house by Christmas, and the way things are going, I don't think we'll make it.
Anyway, here's some pics of the progress made this week:

The ceiling joists are up in the stairway.
Here's the final wall that went up upstairs. Now the ceiling joists can be put up and the additional roof bracing can be put in.
Here's the shingles that were done....now the back side of the house is covered. I guess the crew isn't working on it every day. I'm hoping to get the shingles finished this week.
Our water meter was put in and the area surrounding it was leveled.

August 22nd...Vaulted ceilings and shingles

This week we had some rain, but we now have vaulted ceilings in the living room, entry, and master bath. We also have some shingles on the roof. We really like the color we picked out (charcoal architectural). I hope they go well with the brick, rock and wood. I think I've almost decided on which rock I want, but I'm not ready to say "That's it!" just yet.

Here's a couple of pictures of the shingles on the roof:This is the ceiling in the living room:Entry:Bath:

August 14...Blandex and shingle delivery

This picture was supposed to show the stacks of shingles on the roof, but the picture was a little too far away to show. Anyway, the white things on top of the garage are the packs of shingles...ready to go for the guys to shingle on ....?The rest of the house (except for the bumpouts in the master bath) has blandex on it. This picture is of the back of the house showing the side that didn't have blandex yesterday. Woo hoo!!!! It looks great. More cedar soffit went up and some random corners and other things were finished so that the shingles can go up.

August 12...Blandex started and windows came in

Our windows were delivered today and they look great. Here's what they look like...I don't know if you can tell in this picture or not, but they are a cream/tan color. We also have some blandex up on the sides of the house. It is amazing what a difference that stuff makes!
Under the covered deck: Side view from the back: Side view from the front:
Since I'm doing this post a day late, I'll tell you that we also have the cedar soffit started around the edge of the roof (sorry no pics) and I think that the shingles will be here tomorrow. We may have a complete roof before we know it!

August 7th...Roof

Here's a picture of the house when you drive up the driveway. I really like it!!!!Lots of new stuff! The rest of the roof is built and decked. Here's a picture of my vanity in the bathroom.Here's a picture of the deck. Ty's room and deck in background... Yeah for more help! Mr. Price recruited some more help so here's a big thanks to them!

August 4th...Brick decisions

No pictures of work today, but the guys worked on finishing the trusses on the back deck and Ty's room. They also worked on bracing a bunch of stuff.

We met with the brick guy today to decide on a brick and we found a couple that we like. But, we decided to e-mail him some pictures of bricks on homes that we found on the net so that he could look for something like the bricks in the pics. We want a really rustic look...like the brick has been around for ages. We also like dark mortar. We went and looked at a house that has a brick on it that we picked today and really liked it, but want to look at some darker samples to make sure that's what we want. We were supposed to pick out some shingles but didn't because we wanted to pick out the brick and rock first. Oh yeah, I need to pick out the rock I want, but I need to get the brick first so that I'll know what will look good. So....brick first, rock/shingles next, and I also want there to be a bit of wood but we'll leave that until later. Who knew that picking this stuff out would be that difficult? Oh well, at least its fun. I'm going to post the pictures of brick that we liked. Let me know which one(s) you like! (They are in no particular order...)

#1: (Ignore the stucco...just look at the brick)#2#3#4#5 (We will have cream/tan windows, not white, so keep that in mind)#6 (This color of window...)#7 (This is our wooden beam shape we are using)#8

August 1st...Tar Paper

We have the rafters on the back porch and Ty's bedroom. I think the only ones left are the bump outs on the garage and master bath. We also have some tar paper down on the roof. Pretty cool stuff!

Back porch:Back panoramic pic:

Front/Side View:

Front panoramic pic: