Siding going up

Pre Drywall Meeting

December 16, 2014 8am
We showed up at house site to meet with our project manager John, but instead we were surprised by a NEW project manager Greg.
He introduced himself and explained he would be taking over for John on our house as the project manager. He is new with Ryan Homes but has 20 years custom build experience.
John arrived shortly after introductions and let us know he would still be around as well to help Greg ease into the Ryan Homes way...
So Greg took the lead on our meeting and walked us thru every room of the house explaining and answering questions as we went. He was very professional and thorough and we appreciated it.
His timeline is to begin siding (which was delivered and is sitting outside the house)...on Wednesday December 17th. He said it would take 2-3 days to complete the siding.
Wednesday morning when I drive by before work he was sitting outside our house in his truck waiting for City inspector to meet him for an inspection so he can move forward to begin drywall.
He did say his estimated date for our closing looks to be January 21, 2015.
He will firm that up with us Friday in an email.

Inside Work coming along...

A lot going on inside now! Plumbing, rough electrical, hvac work...all the preliminary work. We had our meeting last week with our Guardian rep to select where the speakers in the basement will be wired, as well as smoke detectors, etc...it was our first official visit inside the construction phase of our home:)
Our basement floor has been poured.
Our garage floor will be poured sometime this week.
Then the insulation will be installed. At that point we should be getting a call from John our Project Manager to have our pre-drywall meeting at the house.

Under Cover

Feel much better now that things are under cover:)

Wrapped like a Chipotle burrito!

Wow, what a difference a day makes! The temperature was above 40 today and we had a lot of sun, Snow is melting and the builders are making the most of it...this is the progress they made on Saturday and we went by around 3pm...so they must have been up early and working!

Front door is open! Come on in!

Back of house

Walls without floors...

The framing has started and I can see where rooms/windows are going, very neat!

November 21, 2014 Lunchtime

November 21, 2014 7:30am

WINTER has arrived:(

November 17, 2014 we had our first significant snow storm, brought 5 inches to us. Followed by an artic blast of frigid air, wind chills in the negative.
Since our concrete for garage and basement did not get poured before this wintery blast, we are on Plan B...

From: "Evans, John" <jevans@nvrinc.com>
Date: November 18, 2014 at 8:41:12 AM EST
To: Robert H Hill II <treborrh1171@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: questions

We are going to do the framing first then pour the concrete in the basement and the garage.  It makes it a little better with the recent weather events.  Also the windows and doors will not be affected by the elements. They are designed to withstand these conditions.
Thanks
John