Drywall Is Up!!!

Jo and I went by the house today, and all of the drywalling is now up. They haven't filled in any of the seams yet. The bullnose corner pieces were also all installed as well. I didn't get a chance to snap any pics cause there were workers in the house, and we weren't really supposed to be in there.

Anytime we pay for upgrades, I'm always slightly worried that they'll forget to do it. This is what happened when they neglected to build our kitchen correctly the first time.

Not a great pic, but here's a shot from outside. Notice there are a bunch of vertical 2x4's behind the metal column. The gap between those 2x4's is the doorway as per the original floorplan (see floorplan below).


This is a pic after I pointed out the issue to them and it was fixed. Notice that the doorway is gone, and there is now a half-wall in place.

Fridge Problem

It looks like our inexperience with homes is biting us in the butt. Here is the layout of our home.

First Floor: We changed the layout of our kitchen to make it flow a little better, but I don't have a scan of the modifications yet.



Second Floor: No changes to the standard layout except that we have a double door for the walk-in closet.



Here's the problem. If you look at the floor plan of the first floor, you'll notice that the fridge is right beside the wall (36" deep). Most standard fridges are 31-31.5" deep. If you have a left-hinged fridge door, there is a good chance that the door will end up hitting the corner of the wall. Since we have our hearts set on a French door fridge, this will likely be a problem. We're planning on getting a 25 cubic foot fridge as well, so it'll be the almost 36" in width as well and moving the fridge away from this wall won't be possible.

Here's my ghetto mockup of the situation on the left. Our only solution may be to tear the wall down and shorten it (on the right below).

A Few Pics

Since I just created this blog, I'll post up a few pics of how the house has progressed over the past half year or so.

September 14, 2006: Footings had been recently poured.


November 2, 2006: Framing is just beginning. When I was there, the tradesmen had just started.



November 21, 2006: Framing of the both floors has now been completed. These guys work so fast.


December 6, 2006: The roof has been completed, and windows have been installed.


December 21, 2006: In the process of bricking the house.





December 29, 2006: Bricking continued. Almost finished.



January 4, 2007: Bricking completed and now onto the inside.

Framewalk

Jo and I were able to do a framewalk on our house on Friday. It was very cool to be able to see how the house has progressed. Madison Homes seems to take great pride in their workmanship and service. We are very pleased with them so far. The electrical and plumbing is pretty much done, so the next step is insulation.

Here are a few pics:

Not sure if this is going to problem with cold drafts. This area is approximately where the stove is going to go.

View from the front door. On the immediate left is the living/dining room. Behind that "wall" is the kitchen. Straight ahead is the family room.


View from the back of the house looking into the kitchen.


Looking into our master bedroom. That's the washroom at the back.