finally some good progress to report on the house...
Northwest Design & Build - the guys who took over construction from our original builder (who went bankrupt in November) started in earnest after the first of the year and have been making good progress. We should have a roof on next week, with dry-in (doors, windows etc) the following week. We'll need continued good progress in order to stay on schedule.
Snaps are here. Will take some shots later of the view from 2nd floor and attic, which is actually better than I thought... should be able to see the Olympics from up there on a clear day.
It's really good to see such progress. Congratulations!
I want to see the view from the top floor looking West.
-- Alan
Posted by: Alan | January 27, 2008 at 12:56 PM
thanks Alan! Let's meet up some time soon and you can have a look :)
Posted by: misha | January 27, 2008 at 03:41 PM
Wow! It's so big! I agree with Alan - the views from upstairs must be terrific.
Once you get to lock up stage it all starts happening very quickly. I watched my sister's house being built a few years ago and it all came together in the last couple of months, after what seemed like years and years of building ;-)
I love the small square windows. And I love timber framed windows, although we wont be able to have them in our house - apparently the cockatoos like to sharpen their beaks on timber window frames. So we'll be going for something in steel, I think!
Posted by: Trish | January 27, 2008 at 07:26 PM
Hi Trish -- Thanks for comments. It's a tall house (nearly 35' / 10.6m) but overall area is not huge by (admittedly excessive) US standards -- approx. 3000 sq ft/ 278 sq meters. The 'footprint' of each floor is approx. 7.9m x 12m.
If we get a clear day (it's winter here, after all) I will get some snaps from up high :).
Posted by: misha | January 28, 2008 at 07:32 AM