Fall Updates

Its been great working weather here in Prince Edward County and our crews are getting lots done.
We are moving quite along with several projects!

Wellington:
If you have driven through Wellington the last few weeks you will see lots of action on the east end! The new Gas station/Tim Hortons is getting really close to completion and right across the road is our "Modern Barn" house, all framed up and ready to start looking like a Barn!
We are a little jealous of the view from the top deck!

 

 

 

Welbanks Meadows:

 

The unit we started in July is in the finishing stages and should be complete in the next couple weeks.  The push was on for this unit and our guys really came through with finishing! We are lucky to have a great crew who can come through in a pinch.

 

 

 

Wayne was the only one willing to be on camera!

 

 

The other side of this semi-detached unit is still available! Give us a call or email us for more information.

 



 

 

We also started the 2 units across the road (both are already sold!).  We have been working with these clients on interior finishes. Luckily, we are well on our way and should have no delays with these homes! These are our final 2 semi-detached units in the subdivision.

 

 

Morrison Point:

Our job in Morrison Point is also moving along nicely, we are all drywalled and ready for finishing.  The clients have opted to paint themselves, so we have stepped out for a week to allow them to complete that!

 

 

Our House:

We are moving in really shortly! Here are a few teasers....please excuse the excessive use of herringbone...I may have gone a touch overboard!

 

 





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!

May Madness

We hare busy finishing up all the outside items that didn't get completed for our winter builds and moving on to some new projects that will begin in the next few weeks.

Earlier this month we started our own house and we are getting pretty excited about it! Its fun to be our own clients....I never have to persuade/convince myself to do something a little different! And because it is our own house we can go into detail about the design and build process.

The process of designing the layout of this house began not only with assessing our own needs for the house but also assessing the resale potential for any layout...we are in the habit of building and selling our own homes as well as homes for our clients!
This house is a 2300 square foot family home on 2 levels, but we have designed it so that potential future buyers could have one story living....master and laundry hook up are all on the first floor.  We decided to go with angled ceilings in the upstairs bedrooms and a loft stair area to give it that "old house" character.  The exterior is a farmhouse style with a big front veranda (VERY excited about the front porch!!).

Here is was last week

Front Elevation

Dining Room

Living Room

Kitchen

Main Floor Hallway

Hickory Homes Blogger....M.I.A.

2 Months and no posts....Whoa! Sorry about that!  I think you will understand when you hear what's been going on around here lately.

We completed 2 Units in Welbanks Meadows subdivision. One closed April 23 and the other closed April 30th.....below is a sneak peek of those finished homes (website updates are in the works!).

We also completed our custom home in Waupoos...here is a preview of that home...we love the kitchen that William Design did for us there. As you can see the homeowners definitely did some upgrades in the kitchen!

We also sold our own personal house last week, which you can see in our gallery on the website....we are really excited to bring you updates on how that project is progressing. Also, because it is our own home we can give you some insight on the planning and building stages from a homeowners perspective.

We will be putting some holes in the ground for new custom builds in the next couple weeks and we will try and keep on top of the updates here ;)