Our First Home


We've finally done it.  Just over a year after we have been married, we've put a deposit on a new house.  It is our first house, and we are plenty excited to get out and away from apartment living.  Watch this page grow with updates and pictures of our house as it becomes our home!  Hint: For extra information for most of these images, place the mouse cursor over the picture.

Our house will look just a bit different...Pictured here is an example similar to how our house will look when it is complete.  The floor plan we have chosen is a "Camden" plan, elevation 6, 3BR/2BA 1430 sq. ft. & 2 car garage home. It will be built by Windsor-Aughtry Company, a local builder to the Greenville, SC area.  Our house will be built in the Pheasant Ridge subdivision.  See the neighborhood from our house by clicking here.

The picture above resembles a basic similarity to our house.  The double windows on the right will be three instead, and that portion of the house will have a brick front.  Our house will have a crawlspace (instead of built on slab).  The outside colors will be "Cameo" for the siding (a sort of off-white) and green shutters and front door.

When it is finished, our house will comfortably shelter both of us, our two cats, and all the junk we have to squeeze into our current apartment!

October 21st 1999
    The lot has been staked off and soon the foundation will be started.  We're trying to be patient, but that apartment sure is getting small!

October 28th 1999
    It's started!  They brought a backhoe in to dig the foundation, and the footings have been poured.  Bricks have been brought in to build the crawlspace which should be started soon.  Click here to see pictures!

November 4th 1999
    The crawlspace looks about complete - most of the bricks have been laid and we're starting to see the outline of the house.  See the pictures!

November 15th 1999
    We've got a floor now!  The crawlspace is now covered and they've started on the walls.  Check it out here.

November 16th 1999
    It's amazing how fast things can move.  Most of our walls are up now!  Take a look at the pictures!

November 22nd 1999
    We've almost got a roof!  Just before the weekend the trusses arrived, and now most of them have been framed with the rest of the house.  Take a look!

November 23rd 1999
    Now it looks like a house.  Well almost...  the roof is about done and the tar paper is on too.  Click here to see the pictures!

November 29th 1999
    Windows and more windows... see the inside too by clicking here.

December 2nd 1999
    One more window and a garage floor, check it out!

December 3rd 1999
    Miscellaneous stuff.  HVAC going in soon... take a look.

December 6th 1999
    HVAC installed.

December 8th 1999
    All the windows are up.

December 23rd 1999
    Rough plumbing installed.

January 08th, 2000
    Electrical done, speaker wiring installed.

January 22nd, 2000
    Siding has been put up.

January 28th, 2000
    Drywall installed.

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