The Doors

Yup, the doors showed up.  Here's the front door.

And here's the bathroom door, installed even, which will be really cool once the walls are.

The exterior wood ceilings are being installed.  The cedar is pretty cool.  Here's the front...

And here's the underside of the balcony.

Here's what the ocean side of the house looks like these days.  It's starting to look more like the renderings...

First Coat

The house is entirely covered with its first coat of paint.

For anyone who thinks the color is maybe a little too far on the pumpkin end of the spectrum, we think so too.  Luckily, that's only the first coat, and it needs two, so there's room for change.  Here are a couple of options, but we're thinking maybe somewhere between these.

Meanwhile, a lot has been going on inside.  The electrical work is mostly finished, and the insulation folks coated the inside with a layer of foam.  The house will be really tightly sealed.  It's interesting how much quieter it is with that layer in.

The Key to Happiness

Well, not exactly, but the key to the house anyhow.  All the doors are in!

Including the garage door.  But only semi-including the front door, it's temporary until the real one shows up.  So we (and all the random sight-seerers) can't just wander in through whatever opening is available anymore, we have to use the key.

And we have a roof!  (as of 10/9)  So, besides being ready for the next storm, the internal finish work can begin.

Meanwhile, painting is underway.  Here's what the front of the house looks like today.

After the Storm

Wow, that was an unexpected storm for this time of year (winds hit 75-80 mph).   Once it ratcheted down from monsoonal to normal (mid-week), the siding resumed progress.  Unfortunately, the folks manufacturing the roof had a snafu, causing it to be delayed by three weeks, so it's now scheduled to be installed sometime this coming week weather permitting.  That's delayed other work that needs to wait until the house can be kept dry.  In any case, now that the weather is better (way better, it was a really beautiful weekend), I could take pictures without risking bodily harm.  So, here's how the house looks now:

Here are the windows I mentioned last week.  Also, the balcony has been waterproofed.  It now has a fiberglass coating, done by a guy who used to make surfboards but has transitioned to balconies (and does a really nice job).  But that's not what Mary is thinking about...



Here's what Mary's thinking about.

Windows!

While we waited for windows,

we had a great trip to Wisconsin to visit family.

When we returned home,

 the windows had arrived!  And, the siding was being installed!

Unfortunately, a very unusual storm rolled in this weekend (like record-breaking unusual) so it was really hard to take pictures (I got soaked taking this one), but here's the obligatory picture from the front as of today.  But that's not all that's been going on.

We have water.

 We have  gas.  Er, the house has gas.  Installed.

And now that the windows are in, we have electricity!   Well, wiring anyhow.

So, it's making good progress.  Next up is the roof.  Stay tuned...

Please Stand By

The plan was to temporarily cover the window openings with plastic, so the electrical work, dry walling, and so on could continue while we waited for the windows to arrive.  Unfortunately it gets really windy on the coast, and particularly lately, so that plan turned out to be too risky.  So, we're waiting 4-5 weeks until the windows show up. The delay has an upside, since it'll allow us to catch up on all the detailed choosing we're supposed to have finished by now (we're slow).

But not everything is on hold.  Check out this upwardly mobile Wisconsin rhubarb in our front yard that we thought was deceased after the lot was excavated.

Not Quite a Full Deck

The framers mostly finished on Thursday.  A lot of the work has been inside, only a little has changed on the front.

More changed on the back, where they finished framing the deck and balcony.  Now all we need is the actual decking.

The furnace guy has been busy, which is exciting but maybe not as photogenic.  Wow, that looks complicated!