Framing...from start to finish in 3 days

So, framing started!! This is truly an exciting time. We have seen our house go from just a plot of land, to a basement, to an actual house. Because it is our house, we think it is gorgeous!! I can't believe the framing can be done so quickly, and we still have two month until the house is completely finished and we close on our new mortgage.

We signed the paperwork the last week in January 2014, and our house started getting framed Easter weekend, April 18th. Monday, April 21st, the entire house had been framed. Doors, Windows, and everything installed. It just amazes me how quick this part happened. It is surreal to see our future home standing there.

Although, I can honestly say the contractors probably think that my husband and I are stalking them. Up until this point, we were doing occasional drive-bys maybe twice a week. Since last week when we were told framing would start, we both drive up separately twice a day! Once on our lunch breaks each, and then we go up after work to check things out. 

I attend grad school so was not able to go up last night. I am super excited to go check things out tonight since they have had another full day of working on things. Our next step is our pre-drywall appointment. This is where we can take pictures to know where posts are, know where electrical wires are, and get a base idea of what the inside of our house will look like for future home improvements.

Ok, here are more pictures. Sorry to those annoyed by a million pics. I found the pictures to be the most helpful when I was researching the Ryan Homes Florence Model so thought I would keep up with the pics.

Some progress...but still just waiting

So, it's been a couple weeks, but we are still waiting. Our project manager is great and will give us a call on a weekly basis letting us know what is happening in very general terms so we have no idea what is happening exactly when. This week, the walls to our basement were poured, as well as the floors. Other than that, nothing from NVR, nothing from our realtor selling our house, and nothing from our sales reps at Ryan homes. It is really just a waiting game. We would have no idea that anything was going on if we weren't driving by there every day. Here are some pics of the recent progress.  Ignore the order, the phone didn't upload them in the right order.  Any way, the may start framing tomorrow, so the excitement begins!

A hole in the ground....

So, we now have a hole in the ground. It has been kind of slow lately. We met with the project manager, and he said the would start on the lot. They did. We have a hole in the ground!!!

The contractors poured the footers and it has been that way for a week. No walls have been set up for pouring the basement walls. We just have to be patient.  Across the street someone is also building a Florence. Their house is going up much quicker than ours. At least it is fun to watch theirs go up too when we go to ours and nothing is happening. For example, today was freezing cold and rainy. I didn't expect anyone to be working. I decided to drive to our lot anyway just to see if anything had been done when it wasn't freezing cold and rainy. Well....the two other house that are being built both had workers out there working away (not that I really want people to be out in the cold and rain). Our lot, nothing. 

Ok, rant over. My patience has returned. Our house will happen when it happens :)

Here is a pic of our hole in the ground. Just wish it was always this sunny! A new neighbor of ours took this pic when she was up toward our house walking her dog, and sent this to us. Its looking like a great community already.