That's a Real Nice Surprise!

I'm doing a bonus blog today because I'm just too excited to wait for the week's progress before sharing today's pictures!  When we stopped by on Friday, we asked the framers if they thought they'd be able to work on Saturday because the 5-8" of snow that was forecast was turning into less snow each time we checked the weather.  Rain was in the forecast instead, but they were even backing off on that a bit too.  The framers didn't think they'd get to work, so we didn't get our hopes up that they would.

Some friends of ours, Matt & Michelle, are interested in building a house, so today they went to a couple model homes, including the one of our beloved Somerset.  We joined them for the house tours and then after they saw the Somerset, we showed them Home Base.  We were greeted with a "real nice surprise" (Christmas Vacation, anyone?) because when we drove into the driveway, we saw that the framers DID work yesterday!  We now have second story walls!  We don't have stairs yet, but Steve was brave enough to go up the ladder and get some pictures for me.  As soon as they get the bedrooms framed in, I'll do another video of that floor too.  In the meantime, enjoy the pictures below.

On a small downside, we did figure out that the small bump-out for the fridge (so that we can get a fridge bigger than counter-depth) wasn't framed out.  We were hopeful that they just gave us a bonus and extended the whole wall 6 inches, but when we were at the model and measured today, we confirmed we didn't get that bonus or the bump-out.  Steve emailed our team at Bob Ward to see if maybe it's added later or if it is something that needs to be fixed.  Hopefully this is an easy fix!

Front of house

Side of house

Back of house

Other side of house

He is braver than I am!

The next pictures will make more sense once everything is framed in, but this is inside our bedroom, looking into our bathroom.  The rectangular window is a transom window in our shower.

Looking towards the front of the house - two bedrooms in the front

Looking towards the front of the house - the single window is the hall bathroom, the double window is another bedroom.

Looking at the back corner of our room

Looking out the side window of our room - this will eventually be our garden.

Wide shot of the whole floor

Wide shot from the other corner.