Saturday, 22 August 2009, 8:47pm
When I came home from work on the first of June, our general contractor started building the pergola in the backyard. We were really impressed with how the front turned out and the same design was selected for use in the backyard. The posts go pretty deep into the ground and all the wood was sealed prior to being placed in the ground and set in place with concrete.
Pictures from the 1-June-2009:
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:54pm
By the 28 of May 2009, the fence was completely installed and the contractor came and “stained” or colored the fence. The color of the fence ties in really well the rest of the colors and especially the house. When I came home from work the front two pergolas were substantially finished and really made the front of the house look great. The new windows on the front of the house really looked better too.
Here are the pictures that I took on 28 May 2009:
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:45pm
Toward the end of May the house was starting to materialize. The fence was close to being completely installed and we had the dilemma of finalizing the color of the house. We spent a few hours driving around different neighborhoods looking for paint on homes that we liked. We went for a drive with our contractor to look at some of the homes they had done and ended up choosing the color clay-stone-grey. It turned out the be the perfect color. When I came home from work, they had started framing out the front pergolas.
Pictures from 26 May 2009:
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:32pm
These pictures were taken on 21 May 2009. The siding was making some good progress and more photographs of the installation of the pre-cast concrete fence.
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:27pm
These pictures were taken on 19 May 2009 and the project started another important phase of building the concrete fence. With the backyard all cleared out, the fence team came in and set the posts.
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:22pm
Here are a few more pictures from the remodel. The house is finally starting to come together in these pictures. The pictures were taken on 14 May 2009.
Farook Khan
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:13pm
One of the main goals of the remodel was to turn the backyard into an outdoor living area. Part of making it a better area we got rid of the fence and cleared out all the different layers of concrete, brick and wood that made up the backyard. Once they took the old wood fence down it was amazing to think of how much larger the property felt. Our contractor also went through and cleared out everything so we would basically have a clean slate to start construction.
All these pictures below were taken on 11 May 2009:
Farook Khan
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 9:54am
Another day went by and they were able to re-sheet most of the exterior of the house. Most of the backside of the house is newer and the sheeting of that went much smoother. You can see some of the early pictures of the backyard. It has come a long way since these pictures were taken. The old grass, brick and fence can all be seen in the backyard.
Farook Khan
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 9:48am
After a few more days the entryway was finally making some good progress. These pictures were taken on 6 May 2009. The new roof line looks really good and everything was framed out getting ready for all the other features to be added.
Farook Khan
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 9:39am
It has been a fun morning taking a look at all the pictures and progress that has been made on the project. These pictures show that the entry way is finally taking some shape. The exterior framing for the new siding was also added. The pictures pretty much speak for themselves.
Farook Khan