Stoned!

Stone was installed within the last two days.  PM wasn't able to meet me at the house, so it was the first time that I got to just be in the house.  Drywall has been hung.  Some tape and mud has been done.  PM allowed two weeks for drywall, so he plans to have it primed and first coat of paint by next Friday.  Here are some pics:

From across the circle

From "the spot"

Stone Mountain Clay siding, Bucks County Ledgestone
and brown shutters

Laundry room with my favorite window

Bonus room (I'm not sure what he is doing,
but I didn't send him to the corner!)

Fireplace (can't wait to see it get stoned)

View of kitchen from family room

Morning Room

Finished basement area with more
finished under the morning room.
No, it isn't snowing in the basement.
That's just all the dust floating in the air!

 I absolutely love the stone.  I'm so glad we decided to go with it after initially thinking we'd be happy with just siding.  I'm sure we would have been, but the stone is just beautiful!

Siding and Shutters

The siding is complete except for a small portion over the morning room.  Shutters were also installed today.  This was a pleasant surprise as they had to be reordered and our PM wasn't sure if they would come in in time.

Stone Mountain Clay siding with brown shutters

Second Time's a Charm!

The siding is going up today, and this time it is the right color!  I'm so glad we switched to Stone Mountain Clay.  Love it!

Can't wait to see it with the stone!

Siding Update

Per our PM, the shutters that were sent out were the wrong color as well, so those have already been re-ordered. The siding has been re-ordered and will possibly be in to the distributor in the next couple of days. Once it is in, then the siders will come out and remove the remaining Beige that is on the house and install the Stone Mountain Clay. The only thing that it may delay is the stone install on the front of the house. Otherwise, everything will move forward.

Our pre-drywall meeting is tomorrow.  I haven't been to the house in almost two weeks, so I'm anxious to go.  I was hoping to see the house fully sided at the meeting, but that will have to wait.  Any advice regarding our meeting, i.e., what to look for and what to ask?

Here is the latest picture from "the spot:"

Roller Coaster of a Day

I got an email from our PM this morning saying that our siding was going to be done today.  DH planned to go out to see it during lunch.  His day was only going to allow him a quick visit, but it's a good thing he went.

As many RH bloggers are aware, the Autumn Beige siding has a peach tint to it that does not appear in the siding sample.  Others were blindsided by this.  We initially chose Autumn Beige, but we decided to see homes with this siding already on because we were afraid of it looking pink.  Once we saw two other Veronas with Autumn Beige, we knew it was not the right color for us.  We went back and did a change order to Stone Mountain Clay.  This was confirmed at our pre-construction meeting.

I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this.  This is what DH saw when he visited the house today:

Yep, that's Autumn Beige!  I called our PM immediately and he said he would check and call me back.  He confirmed that it was Autumn Beige and that although the other items from that change order made it through, the colors were never updated.  That reminds me that I guess I need to check to see that the shutter and front door colors are updated also.  He said they will tear down the Autumn Beige and put up the Stone Mountain Clay.

So much for being excited about seeing the siding.  At least they are going to make the correction without any argument.

In other news, you can see in the pictures that the garage door and service door have been installed.  Also, the garage floor, basement floor and stoop have been poured.  Just another bump in the road :)