Septic/final grade/seed

Drip tubing for the aerobic

The field

Dropping the tank into place.

County inspection.

The final grade is done and the seed is down.

We should have a little grass up within a few weeks.

Septic/cabinets/drive

Our driveway is finally complete and the light boxes have been installed.

The septic install began yesterday.

Master Sinks along with Scott's custom cabs.

Master cabs again.

Barn Door (slider) for the pantry.

Pantry layout.

I assure you we are still here.

We are currently working towards completing the built-ins and beginning our septic system. I will be posting pictures later this week.

Update

The exterior is done.

Textured and primed.

Sheetrock/Driveway

The steel for the first portion of the drive will start tomorrow.

The underpinning was completed today. You'll also notice that we've brought up the grade a bit.

A rear sidewalk to the back entrance.

Forms for the drive.

The grade and underpinning again.

Scott's lighting columns are a throw back to our uncle's house in our home town. These will be finished with white plexi on the interior and low voltage lighting to accent the drive.
We plan on wiring in the carports as well as some low voltage behind the slates of the boat storage.

The tall column will be at the entrance of the drive (along with another opposite) and the short ones will be staggered up the drive.

The sheetrock is up with an inspection tomorrow before tape/float/texture.

More pics of the progress to come.

Insulation

The insulation and mid-level sound deadening are all done. The house is considerably cooler throughout the day. I can only imagine the difference HVAC will make.

Carports, Communications, Stain/Paint Fun

Scott and I have an affinity for slat style walls/fences.

The "butterfly roof" will allow for rain collection in the center of the carports. We'll have a cistern in between the two for collection.

We're going to install some low voltage lighting to accent the slats. We'll stay with this style for a few columns (low voltage lighting again) on each side of the entrance of the drive as well.

The same stain on the deck.

An example of the "hog wire" as it's affectionately know will finish out the deck. We also plan on installing some pipe railing on the the top of the hand rail.

We're planning on an accent color for the contrast from the lap siding (left) to the hardy sheets. Here's one of the colors we are previewing (left) currently.

Communications and speaker wiring is in.

Our communications box below the stairs.


Plumbing top out, mechanical, and framing inspections are happening Monday morning. Spray foam and sheet rock to follow shortly and then the fun begins.

Austin City Limited

We are currently working towards a few inspections. After these few we can move forward to the spray foam and sheet rock.
We've started staining the deck with a semi-transparent stain. The exterior paint is currently on hold while we finish up with a few details for the inspections.
Our friend Devin Schavey (info available upon request) just wired the house for TV/Wifi/speakers.

I'll post some pictures as soon as we come up for air.

Roofing

The awning Scott fashioned above the deck entrance and window along with the drain (white) will help cut up the front of the house.

The flashing against the main color (olive-ish) and accent (white).

The flashing and standing seam peeking out.

The standing seam is all down on the upper level right in time for a possible afternoon shower and more of the same tomorrow. The flashing and fascia really work well together along with our accent color (in my humble opinion).