Funding The Dream

This is our journey from start to finish in our attempt to demolish, fund and build our dream home. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to bookmark this page and return for regular updates! If you're a first time visitor, click on a link from the left side, beginning from the bottom or from archived posts or choose by month from the 'archived posts' section. Enjoy our journey!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Christmas Rush Is On....

Despite being locked out every time I come home from work, the wife managed to sweet talk her way into the place to get a few snaps! Here's the latest....


Picture of he Laundry cabinets.


Kitchen 1!


Kitchen 2!


Kitchen 3!


Shot looking from the Theater Room down the hall...notice the trim work and the Cornice (aka Crown Molding) have been completed!


Vanity in the downstairs bathroom!


Double vanity in the ensuite!


Vanity in the upstairs bathroom!


And yes...WE HAVE STAIRS!!!

Sunday, December 9, 2007

We Got TOTALLY PLASTERED!!!

Not only did the plaster guys show up, but they plastered (hung the drywall for the Tony & Pat's of the world), in one day! Walls and ceilings were done for both upstairs and downstairs in one day! The group of guys were on site from about 6:00 AM until about 7:00 PM and then came back the following day to patch up most of the screws and nails. Additionally, we had the fascia and gutter installed to the garage and the return of the render crew (on Saturday!), to render the band around the top of the house. Check out the new pic's!!!


Plastered kitchen!


Plastered Theater Room!


Plastered Family Room and Laundry (just to the left)!


Plastered Hallway looking toward the front door!


Plastered Spare Bedroom/Playroom for the kids!


Looking down the plastered hall toward the Alfresco. The study and playroom are on the left, with the eventual staircase where the ladder is!


Plastered Bedroom 1!


Plastered Bedroom 2 - The 'new addition' will be here!


Plastered Bedroom 3!


Plastered upstairs area, looking down the hall toward the bathroom & the entry from the stairs!


Plastered upstairs Bathroom!


Plastered Master Bedroom!


Plastered Ensuite to Master Bedroom!


Plastered retreat in the Master Bedroom!


Plastered TV/General Sitting Area upstairs!


This is a shot of the rendered band job done on a Saturday!


Fascia & Gutter to garage, with a bit of rendered band to the front!


Shot of the Architectural Cladding and the fascia/gutter to backside of the garage.


Another shot of the cladding & the rendered band around the top.


Plastered ceiling to the Alfresco dining area with a new location for the Coax Cable and power point. This will allow us to install a bracket and mount a flat screen outside for sports, shows or movies in the beautiful summer evenings!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Back on Track...

Shortly after our site visit and disappointment in the lack of progress during the early part of last week, things began to pick up again on Thursday and even more action happened on Friday and would you believe me if I told you even a bit more today (Sunday)?!! Thursday the roof tile guys were there and essentially prepped the Theater Room and Alfresco to be tiled by stacking tiles on the frame. Friday saw the carpenters back to plane and straighten the frame in preparation for the plaster to be installed and another tradesman on site to install the architectural cladding above the Theater Room where there is no brick work. Today, the tiler was back this morning and he essentially laid the tiles on those back two rooms, leaving only the garage to be cleaned. I spent a few hours at the house this weekend, cleaning up saw dust that had collected on all the horizontal braces of the frame from the rough in work the and the carpenters recent work to straighten the frame. Coming along again and we are hopeful there will be plenty more action this week. Will post some updated photos later this week!