So we went over to the home sales office this afternoon to put the final signatures on all the options we selected for our new house and write a check to cover a portion of those options (required by the builder to protect them in case we back out, but not a big deal since it goes towards the price of the house). We were really excited to finally finish everything we needed to get our house going, so we asked Sarah when construction would begin.
“On Monday,” she replied. “They’ll start moving the dirt around to get the lot ready and then they’ll frame the foundation and start putting in plumbing.”
Monday! So exciting! We can’t wait!
Jose asked to borrow their skeleton key so that we could go look inside an already-completed house with our floor plan, just to be able to see it again. She handed it over and we drove through the neighborhood to our lot…where, as we closed in, I could see a backhoe, and boards, and sand, and construction guys!
They started our house TODAY! And look how much they did in one day!
The beginnings of our future house!
Plumbing
Jose standing next to where our master bedroom will be
Guys working on our house (yes I took their picture)
In the interest of appearing at least somewhat sane, I kept my squealing to a minimum while we walked around and took pictures. Then, when we went two houses down and into a finished version of our floor plan, I waited until Jose shut the front door — and then I jumped up and down like a little girl.
We’re gonna have a house!
Woot! This is so exciting.
I remember when I was growing up and we were having a house built. It was so much fun to watch the progress.
Sweet! I remember the excitement when they started our house. It seems to go up so fast!
You should bookmark and re-read this entry for the many moments when you curse f***ing worthless house…
I know there are going to be hiccups, but I think we picked a good builder and I really don’t anticipate any problems big enough to warrant cursing. And it’s certainly not worthless.