Now In Color!

The new home is now in color! Noel and I stopped by for our weekly visit, hoping that at least the stucco was completed on the exterior. We were very surprised to see that not only was the stucco complete, but they had also painted the exterior!




And the interior was painted too!





We're very excited about the colors, too. They, coincidentally, happen to be the same colors on the house on lot 94 (the one we originally purchased). So that worked out really well!

Our next trip to the house, mom and dad Myerson will be with us! Stay tuned for those images, too!

We're Walking, We're Walking, We're Walking...

This week's update to the blog is a very special one. For the first time in our blog history, we feature the new technology of moving pictures (with synchronized sound!) to show you our new home.

First, here's the weekly photo update, taken from the fixed spot:

As you can tell, there hasn't been too many changes in the exterior of the home. They should be adding the stucco fairly soon. It takes about a week for the stucco to dry before they can paint it. Once painted, there will be very little progress to the exterior... just the occasional aesthetic feature.

Speaking of 'feature' presentations... we will bring you the movies soon. But for now, more still photos:

Here's a view from where the TV will be. You are looking through the nook into the Kitchen. The patio is to your left, the laundry, 1/2 bath, dining and living rooms are to your right.

Here's two views of the loft. It is huge! The first photo is taken from the top of the stairs.

This second one is taken from the loft, looking towards the double-door entry to the Master Suite.


And now... the moment you've been waiting for... Movies!!! These were taken on our digital camera, so please forgive some of the audio and lightening gaffes. The films are hosted by Noel. And if you watch closely, you can see how quickly I'm balding!

First Film (upstairs)
The Sequel (downstairs)

Enjoy!

We Frame, We Saw, We Concrete

Friday, August 3rd (this past Friday) was our fram walk for the new home. All went well! There were no real surprises and no big requests. Very well done.

Here's how the house looked on Friday...


They should be hanging the drywall up through the house this week. Once that is done they will start to place the stucco on the exterior, and internal hardware gets setup. These exterior shots will start to become much less dramatic, too. But we'll be sure to keep posting more and more photos!

Looks like we'll be closing on the house in early to mid October.

The only sorta neat thing we learned was that we are not the only new home owners in this community to have their family move in as well. Of course, you all know that Noel's parents will be moving into lot 92, near the front of the community. Our house is lot 154, towards the back. We found out that lot 155 (our next door neighbors) was purchased by a family, where the wife's sister owns at lot 91 (Vito and Anna's next door neighbors). Funny how things work out that way.

We have not yet met either of these families, we learned this from Mike, the project manager on our home.