Pulling up to the starting line

GC Todd called today and has our permits in hand. Woo-hoo! It was late in the day, so we'll probably start Monday.

Appraisal came through today ... much better than the computerized valuation. So that is a total relief.

Our front porch is morphing somewhat. The original drawings had the lower sill of the center window lined up with the sills of the bedroom windows, but in reality, it's about eight inches (or three bricks) lower than the others. That flattens out the gable of the front porch.

So we're reworking it somewhat. I even got into the act and digitally edited the preliminary design to see if we can keep the gable design, which we really fell in love with at the start. Hopefully it will all work out. We have a GREAT architect and a GREAT general contractor, so I think we're in the best hands.

Here are some photos of the house before the real work began!