3 down . . . . Eight 2 Go!

The house really began to take shape this last week.  During the 3rd week, the roof was completed and the windows and sliding glass door were installed.  I must admit that the grids in the front windows really add a nice touch to the look of the house.  The roof over the front porch was also put on, which gives the house a more complete look, even if there is no porch yet!  The last thing done this week was wrapping the house entirely in Tyvek.  If memory serves, Tyvek  is a type of waterproof paper that acts as a barrier against moisture.  

This week promises to be pretty busy given the amount of work to be done.  This week the heating, gas and electric lines are supposed to be completely done as well as painting the trim and the beginning of installing the siding.  We are all very excited to see how the siding color (Quiet Willow-a really nice shade of green)will look in real daylight; it's kind of hard to get a true feel for the colors when you are looking at a 2' X 3' section in the showroom. 

Here is an interesting story about how we came to pick the color of siding.  We had originally selected Scottish Thistle (also a shade of green), but the community has rules about the number of same color houses on a street, so we had to pick a different color.  It seems that the house next to ours had already picked 'our' color and since they were further ahead of us, we had to change colors.  Apparently because the other house is actually on the cross street is how we were able to select the same color as them.  This gaffe was discovered when Vicki & I went to the showroom for our final selection appointment.  We did not like any of the other colors (they were mostly brown tones) that were on the included price list, so we asked about upgrading to the 'Mid-Premium' pricing.  We were told that the upgrade was $800 extra, but we could have it for only $400 since our original color choice was initially on the list of approved colors.   We figured this was fair, so we started looking for areas we could make changes since we were already at the maximum we could afford to spend.  Imagine our surprise when we were told that the upgrade would actually cost us nothing!