Home Construction Progress

The exterior work is nearing completion.  The metal roof is on, as well as the gutters.  The roof needs some finishing touches, and we are still digging trenches for the drainage pipes.  Most of the cedar plywood siding with battens has been put up, as well as window trim.  Jeff and I did most of the staining of those things.  The cypress siding and corrugated metal wainscoting and accent pieces on the south and east sides of the house will be put up soon.

In landscaping developments, some additional clearing and grading around the house was done. We needed to do more clearing on the south side of the house in order to allow the low winter sun to shine through our south facing windows and warm the house in the cold months.  We cleared the area all the way down to where a seasonal stream runs through the middle of our property.  The area was seeded with tall fescue grass, which we watered with a bunch of sprinklers until the rains finally came.

A ten foot area was terraced along the south side of the house, a driving path was created to the west entrance to the house, and rocks and fill dirt were added to fill in the areas behind the concrete walls and direct water away from the house.  I have placed mulch, lots of rocks and some plants along the steep slope of the terrace.

The interior finishing has just begun, with the process of polishing the concrete floors getting underway today.  The framing of the walls will happen next.  We are also working on decisions regarding insulation and HVAC systems.