There's a concrete floor!

During week 4 they passed all of the plumbing groundwork inspections this week; prepped and passed the concrete slab inspection as well. Most of the week was cold and damp or rainy so they said they were going to pour the concrete slab the following week. When we drove by on the Monday of Memorial Day, the concrete slab was already poured. Not sure if they took advantage of the nice weather over the weekend but we were pleasantly surprised. It also relieved my fear of having cicada shells stuck in the concrete. All (or at least it looks like a good amount) of the wood frames were also delivered and waiting to be put together. I guess this is the point where you start to see a lot of progress each week. And it looks like all the people in the unit behind us have moved in. Each unit either had a door open or a grill out or people over. If they're out the next time we go, maybe we'll stop and introduce ourselves.

Piles and piles of framing

 

All the piles had spray painted info on the side. We're not sure if each section is dedicated to each unit or if each unit gets one frame from A, one frame from B, one frame from C, etc.

Our unit

 

What will be the front door, hallway, powder room, stairs and utility closet area. Then the wide part in the back will be the family room.

 

Where our driveway will be. Not sure why it's pour differently than the rest of the house. Maybe they just didn't get to it yet.

 

Plumbing pipes that come through the concrete foundation

 

Opposite end of the unit looks like it has the big green electric (or maybe AC) units

 

Looks like we only have the red wires by our unit, not the big green box too. 

 

More wood

This part looks more like support beams and then rows of flat plywood.

 

Week 2 and 3

During Week 2 they poured the foundations walls and piers. When we visited the site, it looks like they took away the forms from Week 1 after the concrete hardened.

Looking from the street.

Where the garage would be against the end wall.

Looking to the left of the garage, where the front door will be and our neighbors' units.

I guess that's some type of insulation that goes on the foundation.

Week 3 they completed the plumbing ground works and will be getting inspection on Monday. After they pass inspection they will backfill the ground works and prep to pour the concrete slab by the end of the week. Hopefully the weather cooperates. And the cicadas hold out. Otherwise we'll have cicada shells in our concrete foundation!

And it begins...

Week 1 of construction:

This week they dug and poured the footings to the building. Next week they will be forming the walls and having them inspected. They will be looking to pour the walls by the end of the week.

View from the street

The units behind us look like they're almost done. We are getting the same decks that they have on the back too.

I guess they pour the concrete in the forms and once it dries, the forms are removed.

The next section of apartments they're building

So excited to see some construction!

Options

Some of our options include:

• End unit
• Finished basement with recessed lighting and powder room on the first floor
• Gunstock hardwood floors on the first floor entryway, powder room, stairs, kitchen and dining room
• Carpets on all remaining floors except the upstairs bathrooms
• Second story deck off the kitchen with sliding glass door
• Kitchen island, gas stove and recessed kitchen lights
• 42" kitchen cabinets with molding
• Santa Cecilia granite counters
• Double sink in owners bathroom
• Multiple ceiling fan rough-ins
• Security System
• Additional cable/TV outlets

Model cabinets, very similar to what ours will look like although it's espresso color.

Tahoe Square Cherry Bordeaux cabinets, with gunstock floor (left sample above the cabinets and also the top sample), Santa Cecila granite.

Laminate flooring in the laundry room and probably very similar color in the hall bathroom.

Beige carpet throughout all the floors. The basement is a slightly darker beige with upgraded padding.

Upgraded Fairfield Maple Spice cabinets in both full bathrooms with nickle hardware. Owner's bathroom will have upgraded floor tiles (bottom right) and shower tiles with the glass accent tiles.

Model Pictures

Here are some pictures from the decorated model. Our house is going to be set up in the same direction as well.

View of the foyer. Door to the left is the coat closet and door to the right is the powder room. We're also getting hardwood floors but a lighter brown color.

View from the foyer to the finished basement. We're getting the sliding doors that leads out to a concrete patio. We also elected to extend the closet on the left an additional 12" so we have more "hidden storage".

Better view of the finished basement.

View of the living room from the kitchen. Stairwells are to the right.

View of the kitchen from the living room. We'll be getting a sliding door on the left that leads out to the second story deck. 

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Laundry closet on the 3rd floor with the bedrooms.

Hall full bathroom. We're getting the standard white tiles and laminate floor.

Owner's walk-in closet

Owner's bedroom

Owner's bathroom. We're getting the standard tub/shower though.

Site of our future townhouse

View of the river that's somewhat adjacent to our townhouse. Hopefully, we'll still be able to see it even after they build the units that are parallel.

Recap of the past few months

We started looking for a house in January. After looking at some resells that were in our price range we decided to revisit the new build townhouses. We decided to go with the Mozart model. 

Our townhouse has 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a 1 car garage. The community itself has a bunch of amenities like basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, a clubhouse with two pools. It seems like a very well kept community with a lot of people our age.

This is the floor plan that they're currently offering. Floor Plan

We have been approved for a conventional loan and hopefully the interest rates stay low until we sign!

Just signed the papers and going to put the SOLD sticker on the community map.

Surprise celebratory dessert the nearby restaurant we went to after signing the papers gave us.

We came back the next weekend to put the Under Contract sign on our spot!