Went by again, progress continues. There’s not much framing left, although I’m curious about the hole in the right side of the roof.
This shows mainly how the front will look, including the double porch.
These are our neighboring houses, both more and less complete.
This shows some of the interior structure in the attic and roof.
Well, I got my wish, the house wasn’t finished framing when I got back. They finished the second floor but there are still a few noticeable things left to do. The next set of pictures might be the last set of the framing process; after that, it will be things like siding, windows, etc.
This is the front view. All of the houses on our street have been at least partially framed now, and it’s amazing how much more impressive the street looks without the empty lots.
This is the view from the back.
And lastly, a peek inside including our stairs.
Well, I got my wish and the roof wasn’t on the house when I got home, so I got some pictures of the house in progress. If the pictures aren’t as good, it’s because I took them with my camera phone instead of my big, fat Nikon D50, but I shrink down those pics for the web anyway.
And from the back:
More pictures as the house progresses!
I went by and took some more pictures of the house today before I go on vacation. They’re still on the first floor but they finished the back and framed the garage. When we get back next week, hopefully it won’t be totally finished so I can get more pictures of the work in progress.
More construction in front.
The garage and my thumb. D’oh!
My wife and I bought a house in January. More specifically, we bought the rights to buy a house that will someday be built. We’ve looked at our lonely foundation in the four months since then:
We’ve watched our neighbors houses get framed in a week or so, while (somewhat) patiently waiting our turn. But something exciting happened on Sunday – they dropped off the lumber in front of our house:
Once the lumber lands, the game is on and you have to be persistent to see it in action. I went back yesterday and the first floor was already framed:
I’ll go by one more time today, but I’m going out of town tomorrow and will be back on Sunday. When I post the next set of pictures, the entire house will probably be framed. But we still have to wait three months until closing. Alas. I’m looking forward to the demise of apartment life.
One of the many blogs I read is written by Eric Sink, principal in the developer tool company SourceGear. He’s a very entertaining writer and his experience as software developer, entrepreneur, Illinoisan, and small-town non-coastal developer, make for a variety of entertaining topics. One of the things that makes SourceGear stand out is the innovative advertising they have done. They did an ad campaign in 2003 for their source control product, Vault, that looked like it was promoting a movie, complete with posters and a video trailer. So I was definitely excited when Eric announced a new, comic-book themed ad campaign, complete with Evil Mastermind t-shirts!Unfortunately, he was giving them out at the SDWest trade show, which I wasn’t going to. Bummer! But Eric and his desire for product promotion wouldn’t die that easily, and he said he’d give away free t-shirts in exchange for publicity and SEO optimization. The deal is: you get a shirt, you post a picture of you wearing it on your blog or flickr, and link back to him. Your attire is a little finer, his product is a little better known, and everyone’s happy. Capiche?
As an adolescent comic book veteran, current developer, and (possible) future customer, I’m happy to say that I cashed in on Eric’s offer. I got my shirt, got out my camera and tripod, and tried to recreate the effect of the t-shirt. To do it perfectly would have taken at least three lights (pink spotlight behind right hand, red backlight behind torso, and a white light in the top front right to create the reflections (not to mention a robot costume (and another photographer instead of a timer (wow, this is a lot of nested parenthesis – looks like Lisp!))) Is this enough? Oh wait, need one more – should have written this in eMacs), but I think mine is acceptable. At least it’s worth the price I paid for it. So without further ado, behold, the Evil Mastermind!!!
