Saturday, August 21, 2021

Building Our Dream Home: March-April 2021

Back in  2017 we bought the property highlighted white in hopes that one day we would build our dream home.  We bought almost 8 acres that sits next to the property that Mark & Maggie and John & Joann bought.  All together we have around 40 acres. In the middle of the picture you can see where Mark & Maggie started building what will eventually be John & Joann's house.  Mark & Maggie will build at the bottom left corner at the end of that gravel drive.


March 10th we broke ground!  We bought our house plans for our 11th wedding anniversary back in August 2020 and starting getting all our contacts together, bids and started lining things up.  




Running around where a house will soon be!


March 11th - Footers dug and poured


March 24th - block started going up






March 30th - block complete and ready for gravel


April 3rd - gravel in and ready for plumbing and electric rough in before it was time to pour the concrete slab


Having fun playing in the bucket of the skid steer



April 6th - plumbing rough in ....


... and we have an electric pole!


April 9th - still working on the plumbing rough in ...




April 15th - brick around the block is completed


Cherokee brick in Shadowstone


April 17th - concrete slab is poured



April 18th - checking out the slab.  Ready to start framing!


Boys standing in where their bedrooms will be.


April 19th - framing is started.  This was the end of day one! 







Hanging out in their bedrooms!


April 20th - back windows framed in


Fireplace


Front and back porches poured



April 22nd - first dinner at the house - McDonald's!



playing on the equipment


Outside walls starting to go up and getting wrapped





Back view



April 25th - roof going up




April 26th - started framing the bonus room above the garage


Standing in the front door


April 27th


April 28th - framing the front porch



April 29th - framing the vaulted ceiling of the great room ...


....and back porch


April 30th - shingles delivered and ready to be put on!




Stay tuned for what happens in May!

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