Tuesday, November 13, 2012

A Strong Foundation

Stew had a pre-construction meeting this morning at our property and the foundation has been poured... super exciting! As the site agent warned us, the foundation footprint and the yard look super small at this point, and she said we'll probably feel like that for a while until everything starts to come together. But the framing will be up in only about five more weeks and at that point it will really start to seem like home, I think.


Right now it's hard for me to visualize the floor plan because the model home is a mirror image of how our house will be, and it's hard for me to imagine the floor plan backward. But once the walls go up we'll really be able to start daydreaming about our finished home.

Ever since King County Metro made huge changes to the bus routes back in September, commuting between Ballard and downtown Seattle has become even more of a nightmare for me. The other night I left work at 8:30pm and it took me three different buses, a 20 minute walk, and 1.5 hours to get home (have I mentioned we live 5 miles from my office?)

Needless to say, I am over living in the city!

I just can't wait to move into our lovely little home in suburbia, where my commute will consist of a quick 30 minute ride on an express bus full of other Eastside commuters. This house can't go up quickly enough!

9 comments :

  1. How exciting to be able to see the process literally from the ground up!

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  2. What an exciting time!! I look forward to seeing the finished product! Great blog by the way :)

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  3. I rode that so called express bus from ballard to downtown this weekend and it was INSANE! I totally feel your pain...it took me forever to just get downtown...anyways, that is so exciting about your house!!

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  5. yay for the foundation being laid, one step closer to your home being built and not having to live in the city anymore! that is craziness it took you 1.5 hours to get home which is 5 miles away

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  6. how exciting!! so happy for you! xo

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  7. YAY! So glad the foundation is in, that's awesome. And yes, being a commuter does suck! I can't believe 1.5 hours for 5 mile commute - UGH.

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  8. Wow so exciting! It's really coming along! (I hear that once the foundation is in the rest goes up pretty quickly!)

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  9. so exciting! that's some crazy traffic in seattle!! i can't wait to see it! i'm the most impatient person in the world, it would drive me nuts! but worth the wait!!

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