Utility Bills?

Anyone mind sharing how much their utility bills have been like since they moved into their Ryan Home?  I am so curious because I am trying to draft up a budget and have only 2 examples to go by which one was super cheap and the other was kind of on the high side.

Driveway...check!

Hello all,

I don’t have much of an update except that we are going in the house on the 31^st and will have an opportunity to see the walls up with all of the trim and paint, cabinets, counters, tile, and appliances!  I did break down and buy a new digital camera so I will be snapping lots of pictures on Monday.  Until then you will have to settle for a picture of our freshly poured driveway!  (special thanks to our SM for sending us this picture)

The house is coming along and will look very nice with the black shutters and red door with the fresh green landscaping.  We are less than 30 days away baby, (and the crowd goes) HIP HIP....HIP HIP....

Pre Pre-Dry Wall

We are 2 days away from our pre-drywall inspection but in the meantime I thought I would bring you all up to speed on what has been happening since I last checked in.  Yesterday was the meeting with Guardian.  The meeting went well except there was no dedicated electric in the basement for the surround sound and TV hook up.  The problem has been addressed and should be worked out soon.  The meeting wrapped up in about 30 min which left me free to explore the house.  Let me just say that this was my first time setting foot in the house since it has been constructed.  At first I walked around mapping out where things would go and trying to figure out if the family room would be big enough without the 4 foot bump out.  After about 5 minutes of doing that it hit me...this house is HUGE...OMGosh...What?...at that moment I became overwhelmed for a minute but I know I am making the right choice because I am so tired of being modest and outgrowing a house and feeling like we are bursting at the seams.  After I coached myself a little I was good.  Sooooo on with the excitement!

I did snap a few pics so you all could see what was going on.  Keep in mind I am having to rely on my iphone so they aren’t the best but I think I am going to just go out and buy another digital camera because I am missing out on pictures just because I can’t find my existing camera (which may have been packed by accident).

Second Floor

Half Brick Front

 Finished Brick

 Family room (w/Plenty of Space)

 Framed Foyer

 Framed Morning Room (boarded window to be placed later)

Until next time have a good one eNeighbors and Happy Building!



It's been awhile...

Sorry I haven’t posted an update in awhile but I can't find the digital camera and it is hard to get these pics off my cell phone without texting them one by one.  Finally I have some down time so here we go... 

Things had pretty much slowed down but they have slowly but surely picked back up.  I have tons of pictures but here are only a few.  You will see that after that week long rain they pretty much got all of the water out of the basement and poured the concrete.  They finished up with the grading and I just so happened to be off when the lumber was due to arrive.  I was in the model talking about food with the SR (I'm such as fat ass) when she said "well look at what we have here" and there it was coming down the street, MY LUMBER!!!!!!  Sadly I have to add that it was delivered and sat for a few days, I drove to the lot on Tuesday and left with a long face and a major attitude that nothing appeared to have moved since last Friday.  We just so happened to be in the neighborhood yesterday so we drove by again and there it was the first floor all framed up in its glory!  Our PM called to give me the Friday rundown and here is what is instore:

This Sat through Monday - Roofing

Next Tuesday - Ducts

Next Wednesday - Plumbing and Brick

Time Line Goals

October 6 - Pre-drywell meeting

November 16 - Pre-settlement walk through

November 21 - Settlement

After the rain - Dry

Back of the house

 Concrete Poured

 Not sure what those holes are for?

 Driveway

 I was there when the lumber arrived!!!

 Morning room Framing

 Front of the house

Family room  

Aint it purdy

Still raining...

Needless to say there hasn't been any work done but today I walked through the mud to see what was going on with the footers that BD educated me about and look at what I saw! This can't be good.

Rain Rain Go Away...Stop with the Rain already it is messing up our date!

Today	Tomorrow	Thu	Fri	Sat
Rain/Thunder	T-storms	Scattered T-storms	Scattered T-storms	Isolated T-storms
High: 65° Low: 62°	High: 78° Low: 71°	High: 80° Low: 69°	High: 81° Low: 66°	High: 82° Low: 66°

Blah...all week though...O'well everything for a reason right?

It has begun...groundbreaking!!!

We broke ground!!!!!

The next few were takin a few days after

At long last we have started the process without a moment to spare.  I am hoping that we will be done by Thanksgiving so we can be out of our current house and our tenant can move in December 1.  But I will worry about that later...right now we are doing the happy dance!

(click the picture and dance with us lol)