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Trying an easier way to attach the pics. Photobucket is a pain. Window height fixed. Electrical meter box waiting for power. Been calling and waiting for DTE for nearly 2 months with an open trench. Someone finally came out on Monday, hoping for an actual install within the next 7 days...

Additional pics: Doghouse dormers framed in:

Since I will have a lounge area on the first floor we will most likely use it as storage. End plans are TBD. Yes Yes. Builder also used a vapor barrier between the sill plate and the cement blocks, and the sill plates are bolted to the foundation every 3-4'. I've read that many have...

They screwed up the window height on the right side, they made it the same height as the window on the opposite side that is on the landing to the stairs for the loft. In the process of fixing that.

Roof going on:

They stood the first ones up by hand. They finally went to get the crane to stand up the last couple trusses.

4 walls up!

First wall built. We had some weather issues so it stayed there for a while.

Moving along now. Lumber delivered.

My **** retentive engineer father-in-law was on me about it so I did some research. Turns out he was right, watering slows the curing process and strengthens the concrete. I did a google search for "water curing concrete" and found multiple sources for this.

Garage floor is poured. I was amazed that 3 guys and a dump cart did this in just a few hours. Two of the guys smoothed it as it cured - it was pure artistry (or maybe I just havent seen it before). They put down a vapor barrier and used steel reinforcement mesh. 4" thick except for the lift...

Gone for a couple of days over the weekend. They filled the trench and applied and compacted 4" of crushed concrete base. The grooves are for the vehicle lift pads which will get 8" of concrete instead of 4" as everywhere else. Not quite done excavating those areas. We had a lot of rain...

Yep, water/sewer 48" down.

I dont know what the history is. I have seen at least a couple, one on a newer home and one on an older one. My guess is its one of those that may or may not be enforced and/or one that you can get a variance for. Thanks for the well wishes!

Things are moving (slowly) along. We have plumbing completed and approved by the township. I ran 2 conduits as well. I will use one for Cat6 (1") and will leave the other (1.5") for future use. I also laid in some burial grade quad shield coax in a landscaping tube for the cable feed. We...

Start of construction, digging the footers: Construction continues, unfortunately they put a trailer right in front of my camera! Not too interesting to watch anyway:

Here is the after. It was a shock to the system to lose the 2 trees for sure, but we were either going to move or make this project happen.

We are well underway. Before construction started I put up a camera on the back of the house to record all of the action. It worked out really well as they started when I was out of town on vacation. It started with the plans being approved by the Township, or so we thought. As soon as we...

Thank you for the great replies! Once I figure out the actual costs I will figure out what I am going to do. I have plumbing in there so I do plan on keeping it heated for the winters. The trench is still open so I can use it to run the power back to the house if necessary. I have an...

I really need the room on the right to park my camper. I took some detailed measurements for the camper length, slides/etc and came up with this angle as the minimum acceptable angle while still being able to park with the slides open. Would have been a super tight squeeze to get the camper...