After being so excited to see our basement last weekend, you have no idea what it was like to motor up the driveway and see a house there this weekend! Well, okay, not an entire house, but walls, the main floor, window and door openings, sheathing and building wrap - Wow!
Carol bolted out of her seat before the car had even stopped moving and raced to the "steps" to go and look inside. The steps were actually just a 2x10 with a few scrap pieces of lumber nailed to it.
Nonetheless, it let us get into our "house". We had walls, doorways, window openings and hallways. We could really get a sense of the space now and it is going to be wonderful! It's funny how the apparent space seems to expand and contract as the house moves through the stages of construction. Carol had noticed the same phenomenon when building her cottage in Ontario
. We were impressed by the size of the windows in the bedroom and the laundry room. The basement is awesome, too. There will be no posts down there other than the framing for the utility room and stairs. It gives us a large, open room the full length of the house, over 40 feet. big windows at the front allow tons of light into the big, open space - just like we had envisioned. The floor has been prepped ready for concrete and the plumbing drain rough ins are all done. Outside, most of the forms for the piers that will support the deck are in place. We suspect that they will pour the floor and piers on Monday.I have to say that I was very excited today. It looks awesome!
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