What's New with You?

Hello Friends,

Its been a while so lets just put the last year behind us and continue on with whats happening now!

We have a busy spring/summer coming up full of new homes. 
A couple of weeks ago we started a project just past Waupoos on County Road 8, we built a similar "model" of this house last Fall and co-incidentally these new clients came to us with the same inspiration pictures/ideas!  We were able to take them for a walk through and they were sold...with a few changes to make it all their own.

Here is the site as it appeared last week:

As you can see it's a slab on grade construction, the footings are poured and this week it is being framed up!

Here is a photo of the home we completed in the fall...I'm excited to see how this house will turn out compared to last Fall's project!

We are also in the end stage of another new build that we began in Fall 2017.  Here is some progress from that site:

We are eager to get this one completed in the next few weeks so we can start a few more!

February Fun

Things are miving along nicely at our current job sites.  The weather hasn't delayed us too terribly (at least not compared to previous years!!).
In Prinyers Cove we have some walls up and expect to have trusses installed by early next week....as long as the weather continues to co-operate.

Happy 2017!

We've are off to a busy start in 2017.  We have 2 projects well underway and are looking to start the third as soon as we get permits!

The two projects we have in progress couldn't be at more opposite ends of PEC!  A lot of people are surprised to find out that we only build in The County...and a lot of people forget, or don't realize, how large The County is!  The drive from our project in Carrying Place to our project in Prinyers Cove is 1 hour and 5 minutes.  That's according to Google....if Kyle is driving it will take less time ;)  I'm joking...Kyle is a very responsible driver!

The projects are very similar, in that, the customers have decided to do a lot of their own sourcing for finishes.  Conversely, they are very different in their building style, one is modern and one is a more traditional bungalow! Both customers have taken a very active role in the selection process, sometimes this can leave me (Christine) twiddling my thumbs a bit...but in this case it has left me freed up to work on our third upcoming project of the year...and I cannot wait to show you the plans and details! (but not yet ;P).

Here are some framing progress pics of our Carrying Place project:

Hello Strangers!

It has been far too long since our last post (thanks to John for pointing that out)!  We will try to be less tardy in the future!

We've got lots to show you since our last post...hopefully we will have photos updated on the website soon...but, for us, our current clients come first ... social media is a close second though.  Check out Instagram (@kleurdesign and @hickoryhomes) for snippets of current work.

The Modern Barn (or "that big red barn house" to locals!):
 It is the talk of Wellington, people love it or hate it...I love it, those red architectural panels are fantastic (and so is the lovely lady who lives there).
Here are some pictures of the custom interior details in the space.... this was a FUN house to design, source and build.  I just love it when clients are up for anything! We hope Karin enjoys living in it as much as we enjoyed building it.

Morgan Road:

We started a new home on Morgan road in June. This isn't one of our typical design/build projects, but we are enjoying it none the less!  These clients came to us with plans and finishes and we are just bringing their plans to life. At this point we are taking it to the interior finishes stage and the homeowners are finishing themselves.  

Stay tuned

August Updates

Finally a little progress in Wellington! We have a hole and we have selected exterior finishes....we have begun on all the interior details and I am SUPER excited to show you what we have come up with....but not yet (awww so mean!)

Our Morrison Point project is well under way and we have been working with the clients to hammer out all the interior details and finishes.

The Semi-Detached units in Picton have been very delayed ....not too happy about that, but some things are beyond our control.  We have walls and a roof....just waiting on trades to finish their part so we can get in there and get caught up!

July Update....a little late!

Well the rain went away here in PEC and we are into our busiest time of year! We have 6 projects on the go, here is a little update on a few of those and one very cool recently completed project.

We just completed a commercial project for Henderson Williams LLP and it is stunning (if we do say so ourselves).  They decided (after a little convincing) to stick with the exposed concrete, brick and duct work ....and just look at the final product:

We are moving right along at our Morrison Point project, this week we are getting windows and roofing....these pictures were taken last week. Next week's pictures will be dramatically different.

We have another hole in the ground in Welbanks Subdivision here in Picton.  We have been busy selling the few semi-detached units that we have left on this street!  Only 1 unit is still available, and it is the west side of this unit!  We are just finishing up the design/permit stage on the final 2 units, which should break ground later this summer.  These pictures were taken last week, we have walls now!!

Rain, Rain, Go away.....and don't bother coming back another day!

There are so many factors that go into building a house, especially right at the beginning stages when there are so many pieces of the puzzle which must come together to maintain good flow during the building process.  We sub-contract most of our framing and concrete work so we are at the mercy of our trades and their schedules for the first month or so, windows and roofing materials can take a little time to come in so we are sometimes delayed a bit waiting for windows, clients make changes to layout or finishes which can result in re-framing or re-ordering materials.... but in the case of our current builds, it has been the weather....the weather has not been on our side for the last month...and I don't think the tourist in Prince Edward County are liking all the rain either!

We were almost closed in at County Road 1 (our own house) when is started raining, and raining and raining.  That meant that the ground was too soggy to drive a full concrete truck on, which means that our basement didn't get poured, which means that the basement windows didn't get installed, which means that we cannot proceed with any of the rough ins for plumbing or electrical, which means....well you get the picture!  When it comes to building a house ONE thing effects EVERYTHING!  So our house looks pretty much the same as it did 3 weeks ago in the last post.....



We have been able to make a little progress on the house at Morrison Point.  We have a few days reprieve from the rain in the last couple weeks and our framers have been able to work intermittently. The drainage there is pretty good on this site, so we got our backfill done as well.

 

 

Hopefully we will have a little more progress to show in our next post!

June Updates

As promised, some updated information and pictures of current projects!

Morrison Point - New Build

We have a hole and foundation at this project in Morrison Point.  Its going to be a bit of a hike for all our suppliers but we think this location is lovely.  If you haven't ventured into the southern parts of Prince Edward County you should take a drive, you won't be disappointed!

Wellington - New Build

We have been working with a client and architect on this interesting and exciting custom home in Wellington.  The idea here is Modern Barn/Farmhouse. Love the concept for the exterior and I can't wait to get into the finish selections for this job!

Our House

We have a roof and windows at our house! We've fallen in love with the porch...soooo much better than we could have imagined.  For a 2300 sq ft house it looks HUGE....I'm blaming that one on the angled garage.
Roofing and mechanical work (ie. plumbing rough in, electrical rough in and HVAC) are all happening this week....if only it would stop raining long enough for things to dry up.  We can't pour our basement or do any grading until the ground dries out a bit!

Welbank Meadows - Foundation Complete!

We got our Villa foundation backfilled just in time for the first dusting of snow....right on schedule for our spring closing dates.  As you can see we use steel beams, which give us nice squeak-free floor on our main level and the added bonus of fewer bulkheads and metal posts in our basements!