Building of the Dream House: Slow but Steady!

On 8/12, we walked through the whole house with Mike and worked out the electrical plan. I think it took us a couple of hours, and felt great to be able to talk through everything. It's good to brainstorm and put collective ideas together. And then on 8/13, the electrician made quick progress and had already started placing the boxes and getting most of the can lights placed.

We also took some time this weekend to pick out the fixtures on-line, which was a lot of fun. Fortunately Joe and I have matching tastes, so it's pretty easy once we get moving! :-) The hard part is making sure we keep to the budget!

They also have the back patio pillars waiting/ready for concrete. And the inside fireplace has been framed. Mike did mention that there are some supply issues with the fireplace we wanted, but is coming up with a plan b. All-in-all, we have done pretty well on the supply side (other than lumber, of course) -- and we are hoping we won't run into too many supply issues as we move forward.

Today, they roofers started adding the metal roofing, which looks great! I love look of composition mixed with metal. I also enjoyed chatting about the progress with one of the workers - he said it's definitely more work to put up, but he too thinks it looks really good. As well, the electrician had made even more progress.

So while this stage feels slow (from the outside) we know there is actually a lot going on!