{Days 17-20}

Framing has been going up so quickly and it is amazing to see our home materialize right before our eyes! Full framing was done and we noticed they put our toilet in the wrong spot and forgot our garage exterior door... other than that everything looked great. Salisbury fixed both mistakes within about a day or so...

{Days 14-16}

The bottom level of our house is almost completely framed- man they are fast! 

front view: 

(side note--the build site is treacherous terrain for Saige and Easton- they are both filthy every time we leave... I see lots of dirt in my future...)

front entryway staircase:

den/office:

entryway hall:

kitchen/ living room:

 living room/ dining room:

 front entry:

 back view:

{Days 8-13}

this last week as been draaaaaaaging. We (ok, I) have been just a little impatient for the framing to start since the foundation looked good and dry...  Well, when Derek went after work today this is what he saw:

front side view-mostly garage

 dream pantry: aka "the bunker"

 dining room:

 front room:

 I feel like singing- I am so happy and excited!!!

{Days 5-7}

Well the foundation as been poured and we are so excited! It is so fun to see all the things we've been dreaming about take shape! Can't believe how fast time is flying now!!!

side view:

 front view:

{Days 3-4}

It was a rainy weekend, but it looks like they are ready to pour the foundation on Monday!!!

                              

{Day 2} some of the options we chose...

{Day 1}

We got an email yesterday that our permit had finally been posted and they were going to be starting! It took longer than the 4-6 weeks they told us, but that was mostly because we did a lot of structural changes that had never been done in the model we chose so the process took a little longer to get done... its go time now though and we are MORE than ready. 

*A few last minute changes were made last week because when I went to sign some paperwork I saw some new flooring that I loved and so we decided to go for laminate floors instead of engineered hardwood. Less work + easier maintenance + kids + less $$ = happy homeowners!  We also decided to use some of the money we were saving to update all the plumbing fixtures after pricing them out around town. 

We all placed bets on when the house will be totally done and the winner gets $50!
 Here are the dates we picked:

Derek: June 5th

Char: May 24th
Easton May 21st

They've poured the fittings:

So it begins...

Dear Salisbury: 45 days my eye.

Ok- just kidding, but that promise is slightly exaggerated. The house might be built that fast (we'll see) but since we began this home building process it seems like time is going soooooooo sloooow. It has now been 6 weeks since we signed paperwork and we are waiting for our permit from the city. 

We want to document the process for ourselves and maybe some future Salisbury buyers/neighbors/friends will be able to use this blog as a resource for their house! Salisbury has been great to work with so far... 

We chose our lot in February and at that point we went to the design center to pick out our options. That part was a little overwhelming and wow do the options add up fast! Although there is certainly a generic look when you build a home like this, I felt like there were enough choices to reflect my own personal taste and we din't think the cost of upgrades was that much more than we would spend down the road to make changes...so as these things go we spent a little more that we originally anticipated, but I think we will be thankful in the long run. Our new motto is "Wrap it up in the mortgage!" 

I am glad I knew what I wanted when we went to pick out options since the process could become very long and tiresome if you didn't. There were a few things I wanted (such as a custom paint color I liked, different tile on the backsplash etc...) that they were willing to do and we are not a afraid to ask for something just because it isn't a given option doesn't mean it isn't possible... but knowing what you want and making a list before you go in helps a lot. Sometimes it costs extra, but if it's comparable materials they can do it for the same price.

Our lot is about 1/3 of an acre and faces Pine Valley Mountain in Little Valley (St. George)... At this point there was not road so these pictures are from the back facing forward:

About a week ago we went for a drive and it looks like they are getting ready to do something... the preparations for the foundation are underway and we were told that as soon as they get the permit its go time! yay!!!

 We were excited when the road in front of our house went in because it gave us a better idea of how our neighborhood looked and exactly how big our lot was!