The House is Fully Enlosed

Great news for family and friends that have been following the progress of the house! As of this weekend, the builders completed the enclosure and siding of the house.

View from the front. Note the windows facings and completion of the siding.

View from the neighbor's house a the end of the cul-de-sac.

More on the New House

Two weeks ago we dropped by the house to take care of some paper work. In the intervening week we came back and to our surprise they had the windows, siding, and doors in. Needless to say we were shocked. It really looks like we will be closing early.

Construction crew putting the siding on the front of the house.

View from across the street.

You can see that the siding is more than half installed on the front and the right side of the house. You can almost see the frame of the front door, which we later found out was installed with locks.

Here's a view of the house from our future neighbors. By the look of the siding and the window installation, they should be done with closing the exterior of the house in the next week.

Camping: McArthur-Burney Falls

Our House: What a difference two weeks makes

In two weeks they raised the second floor walls and enclosed the roof.

View from the backyard. Top floor view of Master Bath and Bedrooms

Interior framing of Family Room Fire Place and Media Niche

Rhonda and Andy in front of initial framing for kitchen center island

Interior stairwell framework leading to second floor.

View from Master bath interior. Forground bathtub framing.

Here we are in standing in the front door of our unfinished house for the very first time!

View from our neighbors' acrross the street.

The House: More Photos from the Model

Main Halway from the Front Door

View of the dining room looking out towards the Living Room.

This is the breakfast nook as seen from the Kitchen

Family Room from Breakfast Nook

View of Second floor landing from stairs.

Art in his "future office"

So, it looks like we bought a house

We've been looking at houses off and on for about a year and a half. In that time we came to the conclusion that the Peninsula was just out of reach and that living in the Central Valley was our best bet at having a large enough home and giving us the chance to stay in California.

Back in February we saw a few homes in Tracy we really liked, including a couple of new homes going up in the hosing developments. We had essentially decided to settle in Tracy, but we waited.

Until one day a couple weeks back we decided we had enough and bit the bullet.

We put in an offer for a new home that is under construction in Tracy. (The pictures of the model above shows what the house will look like) We fell in love with the New England styling and the layout of the house. It was the top choice in our price range.

This is the approach to the garage on the model home. In the distance you can see the backyard, which is seperated by a fence. When our home is finished, we will have to worry about landscaping.

This is the interior view of the living room, which is on your left as you enter the front of the house.

As you walk down the hallway from the living room, you enventually enter the kitchen in your right. Just beyond the kitchen is the family room, which overlooks the backyard

Here's the view from the upstairs hallway looking into 4th bedroom/loft conversion.

This is the master bedroom suite.

Unfortunately our house is not nearly as ready as the model, but since it is still being framed we have the opportunity to customize it.

This is the neighborhood our house is in (under construction of course). We will be the third house down and on a cul-de-sac.

Here is the front entrance of the house. The living room will be on the left and the dining room on the right. They are just beginning to frame the second floor here.

This is the side view of the lot and the house. In the background you can see the detached garage under construction.

From the garage facing the street you can see where the breakfast nook will be and just beyond side door access to the house.