The main stair arrived and was installed last week. It was done by Europa Stairs. The matching railings will soon be put in along the upstairs hall.





The cork floors are also in place...leaving a few minor things to be finished out on the second floor.




The Caeserstone counters have also been put in at the island in the kitchen.





At the study, the closet doors by the Sliding Door Company have been installed. They are complemented by open shelving above.

This step actually occured after the roof went on. Hopefully the rest of the steel will be up this week. Some floor plan changes occured on the first floor this weekend; framing of which should start once all the steel is up.

There it is. The corner steel is in place and the block courses have begun. It would be a great Christmas present if the shell of the house could get done by Friday. We will see how it progresses.

I was happy to see that the concrete foundations for all the steel columns at the front of the house and carport have finally been poured. Now we will see if the steel will go up this week. You can see the steel plates and how they are embedded into the concrete.

Some views from the front and the back. The front of the house is not done taking shape yet due to the missing steel beams. We are anxiously waiting for the concrete foundations to be poured so that the rest of the steel can be placed allowing the front corner of the house to be blocked out. The back of the house is complete so the actual scale and form is now apparent. Hopefully the project starts to advance as it has been rather slow this month.

After a site meeting with the contractor yesterday, I felt much better that things are starting to progress. The project has been rather slow for the past couple of weeks but now it is starting to go forward. A few structural details were discussed and as you can see we continued a block wall within the master wing to support the second floor. Trenching has begun again for the foundations necessary for the steel to be erected. Without the steel in place the block cannot be completed. Hopefully we will start to see signs of formwork by the end of the week. I am very excited to start to see the steel go up.

The walls continue to rise. Here is a view from the back of the house area. Still keeps raining making the project about a month behind...

The last few weeks have been a bit slow due to the rain...but the walls keep going up. The mass of the building is starting to take shape as the walls to the second floor start to go up.