It's time for an awesome update!!   The house has finally begun!!   We've been working at it for about 4 weeks now and we are so excited about the progress. 

 

As the carpenters began to add the 2nd story......we realized that it is going to be really tall standing out there in what once was a field!!

 

 

 

 

Now, as we're looking at it.....I begin to wonder how in the world the carpenters are going to be able to get the trusses up there...

 

Lo and behold.....the next Monday.....this crane shows up and makes short work (45 min.) of getting the trusses lifted up and secured.

 This saved a lot of man hours and was well worth it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's still looking a little gangly at this point, but in my next post I'll show you how much better it looks with the porches on it.  They kind of ground it and anchor it visually.

 

At this point, we still don't have the construction loan and I'm getting a little nervous....talk about building on faith!

 

When we began this process and finally found a builder, he asked if we wanted to have it bid or build it for time and materials.   We chose time and materials.  We pay the labor every week and for materials as they come due.  Fortunatly, the lumber bill isn't due til the 10th of every month and I've got a little hedge time here :)

 

I'll keep you posted as we progress!!