John and I made the biggest withdrawal that our bank account has ever seen and decided to build a house! We have been living in Rigby for almost 2 years now and have come to really enjoy the area so that's where we are builing! We found a 1 acre lot and staked our claim in the Briarwood Subdivision.
We found a house plan through Fall Creek Homes, made some of our own adjustments on the plans and in October, they started breaking ground! :) It's a 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms upstairs. There is a basement that can have a family room and 2-3 more rooms but we won't be finishing the basement for a couple of years, at least.
It's been a long, long process but it's also been really fun picking out paint colors, tile, granite, siding colors, cabinets, ect. Not that everything has worked out to our liking-we've had some issues on a few things-but the house is finally starting to come together and we are crossing our fingers, hoping that we are in our brand new home the beginning of April!
Here are a few pictures from October to March....
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| Day One: OH! I was so excited to see this! They started digging our floor plan! |
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| A few weeks later, the cement was poured for the foundation. |
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| And then the framing started to begin about a month later! This was also an exciting day! |
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| Hole's finished! |
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| The framing went up really fast! It seemed like the builders were coming by everyday! |
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| Prepping for the siding |
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| Back of the house |
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| Framing Stage: This is the Front Room |
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| Garage |
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| 1 of 2 bathrooms upstairs |
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| Sheetrock! Finally!! I didn't think it would ever reach this stage! |
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| Putting on the siding! |
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| Sheetrock Stage: The Kitchen |
A few weeks later, the sheetrock was done, and the painting began along with the installation of the things to get excited over-like the cabinets and tile!!!
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| AHH! MY CABINETS!!! I LOVE THEM!!!! |
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| Siding almost complete! The part that is left bare is for rock |
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| Bathroom cabinets! |
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| As of March 14th, this is the stage we are at! They are finally finishing up with the rock! |
After 5 long months, I am SO ready to be in my house! They are digging our well and septic tank now and just doing little odd jobs that seem to be taking them forever to finish!! The granite countertops have been put in, the back splash in the kitchen is done, carpet has been laid, the lights and water work so I'm thinking...the necessities are finished, can I move in now? I'm starting to grow impatient twiddling my thumbs day after day, waiting for when we can call the house ours-officially!!
