Covering up the second storey

The trusses (see previous) are now hidden:

Sadly the roof progress dramatically limits the climbing opportunities.

Inside the main staircase to the second storey is in, though the smaller staircases down from the raised entrance/formal dining room area are still missing:

Upstairs you can see the top of the stairs and the master bedroom and entrance to the upstairs deck:

The deck is actually rather larger than we'd pictured from the floorplan. Nice surprise!

The view of the other sides master bedrooms covered deck:

Looking out off the covered deck with the bad view (the tree on the right interferes slightly; on the other side there is no such blockage):

Hopefully where the secret passage between the units will be:

In the backyard the grass definitely greener on the other side of the fence.

You can see where the downstairs deck will go though it is not yet present:

The place is finally far enough along that Pavan is excited about it!!

Expensive monkeybars

The roof trusses are going up rapidly, allowing the final shape of the structure to show up.

In the back the rear windows and the skeleton of the covered deck can be seen. The deck looked small to us on the plans; the real thing looks quite big!

The stairs are not in yet so to avoid disturbing the workers on the eastern side Rod scaled the wall and went in the upstairs window that will ultimately be above the stairs. The house is basically a really expensive set of monkeybars at this point. It's actually quite fun; once they start closing things in the climbing opportunities will diminish dramatically :(

Climbing up allowed the first glimpse of the master bedroom deck and what the upstairs view will be like.

Roof soon!

L2 Frame

Second story begins!

New Framistan

There is dirt and a frame on the concrete (see pics) now! You can actually walk through the rooms, experience the shift in level from dining room to kitchen/nook/great room, see the view through where the windows will really be, and so on.

At the back you can see where the great room and tv room/in-law suite windows will be for each side. A covered deck will also sit back here, plus a small backyard.

It was pretty awesome to finally get to walk through and really feel like we were in the rooms!

Rock Pit

One must have a rock pit. We're on a hill so without it something horrific could happen. Like say ... water slowly running down the hill.

Here to lay some pipe

Drainage pipes and concrete sealing going well; almost ready to bury it all and hope to never see most of it again!

Now the all the frames for concrete are gone we can start to see what the building will be like. The garage (one for each side):

From front to back along the near wall, the dining room, kitchen, breakfast nook, and great room. The last three basically form one big room:

And in reverse; on the right great room, breakfast nook, kitchen, dining room:

A covered deck will extend off the back (near part of picture above).

In the middle we have a TV room and den, or perhaps a future mother-in-law suite, for each side:

Soon it will get filled in and apparently the frame will go up quite rapidly, allowing us to walk through and really see what it will be like for the first time within a few weeks!

Concrete'd'd

The filling of the hole continues!