House Construction Archive

Original Plans

The Builder

The Pictures

Landscaping Pictures

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Extras

Picture #1 - Basement construction begins.
Picture #2 - The 1st bench is in.
Picture #3 - The Grill.

March 19, 2000 (The Final Pictures)

Picture #1 - The House with landscaping.
Picture #2 - The House.
Picture #3 - From the side.
Picture #4 - The Neighborhood
Picture #5 - From the back.
Picture #6 - The back.
Picture #7 - The left side.
Picture #8 - The family room.
Picture #9 - The family room.
Picture #10 - The family room, another view.
Picture #11 - The kitchen - refrigerator.
Picture #12 - The desk.
Picture #13 - The nook.
Picture #14 - The kitchen.
Picture #15 - The kitchen.
Picture #16 - The living room.
Picture #17 - The living room.
Picture #18 - The dining room.
Picture #19 - The study.
Picture #20 - Stuart.
Picture #21 - The study
Picture #22 - The stairs.
Picture #23 - The powder bath.
Picture #24 - The entry area.
Picture #25 - The basement work area.
Picture #26 - The bathroom rough-in almost removed.
Picture #27 - The freezer.
Picture #28 - Litter box row.
Picture #29 - The guest bedroom.
Picture #30 - The guest bedroom.
Picture #31 - Wanda's Office.
Picture #32 - The hall bathroom.
Picture #33 - Jim's Office.
Picture #34 - The utilitiy room.
Picture #35 - The master bedroom.
Picture #36 - The master bedroom.

January 8, 2000:

Picture #1 - The family room, carpet installed, waiting final shelves and stain.
Picture #2 - The kitchen, appliances installed, hood fan won't last a day.
Picture #3 - The desk is finished.
Picture #4 - The master bath sinks finished, mirrors installed.
Picture #5 - The master closet complete.
Picture #6 - The master bath shower complete. Note the soap dish has been changed.
Picture #7 - The hall bath complete with mirrors. Yes the hole is fixed, the medicine cabinet is waiting install.
Picture #8 - The entry hall light installed.

January 2, 2000:

Picture #1 - The kitchen, counter tops completed, sink installed.
Picture #2 - Another view of the kitchen.
Picture #3 - The desk in the nook complete.
Picture #4 - The family room.
Picture #5 - The dining room with fixture.
Picture #6 - The bookcase in the study.
Picture #7 - The stairs.
Picture #8 - The hall bath with counter tops complete and fixtures installed.
Picture #9 - The tub tile complete.
Picture #10 - The hall bath light fixture, the hole is still not fixed.
Picture #11 - The utility room floor installed.
Picture #12 - The master bath counter top and sinks.
Picture #13 - The master bath shower and tub.
Picture #14 - The master bath.
Picture #15 - The wood floor stained in the entry.
Picture #16 - The wood floor in the kitchen.

December 26, 1999:

Picture #1 - The kitchen with cabinets installed.
Picture #2 - The center island prepared for tile.
Picture #3 - The cabinet and counter top installed in the hall bathroom.
Picture #4 - The tile installed around the tub in the hall bathroom.
Picture #5 - The completed counter top waiting for the hole to be fixed.
Picture #6 - The tile installed in the master bathroom.
Picture #7 - The master bath cabinet installed waiting for tile.

December 19, 1999:

Picture #1 - The Family Room, fireplace is complete.
Picture #2 - The garage door, the only door still hanging right now.
Picture #3 - The pantry with shelves installed.
Picture #4 - The dinning room bay window.
Picture #5 - Closet door in one of the upstairs bedrooms.
Picture #6 - The master closet with shelves installed.
Picture #7 - The hall bath, getting ready to install the medicine cabinet. And we even pointed out the problem with the pipe.
Picture #8 - The stairs complete.

December 11, 1999:

Picture #1 - The family room with brick complete.
Picture #2 - The wood floor in the kitchen.
Picture #3 - The wood floor in the kitchen and entry.
Picture #4 - The wood floor in the garage entrance and kitchen.
Picture #5 - The wood floor in the main entrance with a view of the study.
Picture #6 - A view of the upstairs.
Picture #7 - The next 4 are pictures of the front of the house with shutters installed.
Picture #8 - I took 4 of these because of the position of the sun.
Picture #9 - The lighting was not that great.
Picture #10 - Ditto.

November 20, 1999:

Picture #1 - The family room.
Picture #2 - The living room.
Picture #3 - The kitchen.
Picture #4 - The main entrance and the study.
Picture #5 - The master bathroom, note: lots of green board here.
Picture #6 - The upstairs hallway.
Picture #7 - Wanda's office.
Picture #8 - The utility room.
Picture #9 - The master bedroom.
Picture #10 - The spare bedroom.
Picture #11 - The main entrance as seen from upstairs.
Picture #12 - The main stairs.

November 14, 1999:

Picture #1 - The front of the house, note the copper roofs have been installed, painting is complete.
Picture #2 - A further back view of the house.
Picture #3 - The garage, insulation installed.
Picture #4 - The front of the house. The front steps are formed.
Picture #5 - The insulation in the family room.
Picture #6 - The fireplace is installed, I know, it's a little blurry.
Picture #7 - The garage wall insulation.
Picture #8 - The living room insulation.
Picture #9 - The back wall of the kitchen.
Picture #10 - The garage wall in the study.

October 5, 1999:

Picture #1 - The Roof work continues. The brick is complete, note the windows.
Picture #2 - Another view.
Picture #3 - The bathtub and plumbing installed, note they did put the correct color in.
Picture #4 - The laundry room plumbing installed.
Picture #5 - Master bath plumbing installed.
Picture #6 - Close up view of the front.
Picture #7 - Close up view of the garage.

October 4, 1999:

Picture #1 - The work on the roof has begun.
Picture #2 - The houses next door are starting to take shape.
Picture #3 - Another view.

Exterior brick, Interior Plumbing

Picture #1 - The house with brick complete.
Picture #2 - 2nd picture with brick complete.
Picture #3 - A close up of the front.
Picture #4 - The garage.
Picture #5 - The view from the garage looking inside.
Picture #6 - The view of the family room from the kitchen.
Picture #7 - The view of the dining room.
Picture #8 - The view go upstairs towards the master bedroom.
Picture #9 - The master bathroom with tub and shower frames installed.
Picture #10 - The view of the entry area and the guest bedroom.
Picture #11 - The view of office #2 from the guest bedroom.
Picture #12 - The view of office #1.
Picture #13 - The view of the entry area.
Picture #14 - A close-up view in the family room.
Picture #15 - A view of the back of the house from Sicily Street.

The frame

Picture #1 - The back filled foundation awaiting the next step.
Picture #2 - The completed basement floor.
Picture #3 - The completed basement floor and crawl space.
Picture #4 - The start of the frame, 1st floor sub floor is installed.
Picture #5 - A close up of the 1st floor sub floor installation.
Picture #6 - A view of the 1st floor sub floor, the wall layout has begun.
Picture #7 - The 1st floor framing has begun.
Picture #8 - 1st Floor - The dining room bay window.
Picture #9 - 1st Floor - A view from the kitchen into the family room.
Picture #10 - 1st Floor - The study.
Picture # 11- 1st Floor - The view from the bay window in the study.
Picture #12 - 1st Floor - A view from the family room into the kitchen.
Picture #13 - 1st Floor is almost complete.
Picture #14 - 2nd Floor is started.
Picture #15 - 2nd Floor work continues.
Picture #16 - 2nd Floor is complete, roof sections are ready in front.
Picture #17 - The Roof is on.
Picture #18 - The outside framing and roof is complete.
Picture #19 - The garage floor is in.
Picture #20 - The left side, note the slab for the side garage door is complete.
Picture #21 - The front entrance, no stairs yet.
Picture #22 - The view upstairs.
Picture #23 - The view upstairs, office #1 and master bedroom.
Picture #24 - The dinning room, the windows are not cut out in the bay window yet.
Picture #25 - The family room and kitchen, the windows await installation.
Picture #26 - The back of the house.
Picture #27 - The right side as seen from the back, see the school?
Picture #28 - The backyard.

foundation Construction

Picture #1 - The foundation Formed.
Picture #2 - foundation forms, side view.
Picture #3 - The formed foundation, close up.
Picture #4 - The foundation after the forms were removed.
Picture #5 - The foundation, side view.
Picture #6 - The steel floor installed.
Picture #7 - The crawl space & basement.
Picture #8 - The foundation, back view.
Picture #9 - The steel floor, close up.
Picture #10 - The completed foundation, prior to back fill.

The Neighborhood

Picture #1 - The James model and sales office at the entrance.
Picture #2 - The view from the end of the street 5/6/99.
Picture #3 - The view from the end of the street 6/16/99.
Picture #4 - The view from the end of the street 7/7/99.
Picture #5 - The view from the end of the street 7/22/99.
Picture #6 - The view from the end of the street 8/3/99.
Picture #7 - The view from the end of the street 8/8/99.
Picture #8 - The view from the end of the street 8/22/99.
Picture #9 - The view from the end of the street 10/3/99.
Picture #10 - The houses behind ours.
Picture #11 - The houses next door.
Picture #12 - The view of the block.
Picture #13 - The houses on the street behind ours.
Picture #14 - The first house that was completed.
Picture #15 - A new picture of the model.

The DIG Begins....

Picture #1 - The lot prior to stake. Note the address sign.
Picture #2 - The lot is staked. I know, it's a little dark.
Picture #3 - The dig begins....We were lucky enough to be out there as it began.
Picture #4 - The dig is complete, the window wells are delivered.
Picture #5 - The foundation steel is installed, waiting for forms.

The lot

Picture #1 - The view from the front of the lot.
Picture #2 - The right side of the lot (Could not fit it all in).
Picture #3 - A center view of the lot.
Picture #4 - The left side of the lot (Could not fit it all in).

Last Updated on October 18, 2006