November 12, 2010: The Countdown Begins

The brick exterior finished up last week - we're loving all the details around the windows. The drywall should be going up as I type. (In related news, we asked the Construction Supervisor last week why "DANGER" is spray painted on our living room floor. Apparently no one had ever asked him that. It's because there's a rectangle cut out of the plywood there, that they'll remove to drop the drywall through for the basement. Fascinating.)

And against all construction-nightmare story odds, it appears that the house is going to be finished ON TIME, if not slightly before. Our final walk-through is December 17, and we just got our settlement date: December 21. I plan to draw Christmas trees on all the boxes, since that's as close as we'll get to holiday decorations this year.

We're heading up tonight to take a peek - can't wait to see what else has changed!