Pecan Plantation Progress.........

The picture doesn't do it justice, but here is an updated picture of the new home in Granbury. I am really proud to be a part of this one.

1316 Washington Framing Complete!

1316 Washington Avenue is all framed up and ready for paint and sheet rock. This home will really take shape next week as we get the exterior painted. 

622 Hemphill Progress

Our third mixed use building is framed, and masonry work has begun. I hope to be sheetrocking by the end of next week. The detailing, which is yet to come, is what will make this building special. I will post updates as we make more progress.

1316 Washington Pours and Framing Begins

I have been blessed to get busy, but fallen way behind on posting.  Our new home on Washington Avenue has poured and framing is almost complete (these pictures are a couple days old). We should be running mechanical, electrical, and plumbing in the next week. 

Tree Fail

We are starting our latest bungalow style home at 1316 Washington Avenue in Fairmount. Our slab is set and we are pouring this Wednesday. The home will be a great addition to the neighborhood.

Onto My Fail:

There were two small beautiful trees on this lot, and I wasn't about to have them simply dozed. Complex and careful arrangements were made to transplant the trees. After much coordination between multiple subcontractors, we went about getting the job done. The trees did not cooperate. The soil was so hard that hand digging was impossible for the size root balls we wanted, so a tractor was needed. Then, the once hard soil crumbled away from the root balls we excavated, and the roots were exposed. We slowly started losing the trees. Three more days of efforts by 3-4 men, one mini excavator, one skid steer loader, and one frustrated me. We wrapped the root balls in wire and poly. We set a day to transport them, and the rain delayed us two days. Then the invoices started rolling in. A hundred here, a hundred there, and a rental invoice for $200. And there the trees sat dying two feet away from their original home.

Day 5: My landscaper, two labors and I looked down on the trees this morning. I reluctantly admitted defeat upon my landscaper's estimation of a 20% chance they would survive. I told him I didn't want to sink another dime into this. I tried, so help me I tried.

As he walked away from me, I looked down at the sad little trees. I was sulking. Johnny (my landscaper) paused from his truck door, turned and yelled, "If you like those trees, I can get them the same size for about 90 bucks."

622 Hemphill Framed

I am more than impressed with the progress of my framers on 622 Hemphill. This was just a slab Wednesday at 1:00. This picture was taken at 5:00 today. My frame crew is fantastic. We should see sheathing and decking this next week, and brick in the two weeks.

9208 Ravenswood Progress

Our Pecan Plantation home has made some quick progress over the last couple weeks. We are framed, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are complete. We are ready for the security system and then onto foam insulation. I can't wait to post pictures of the interior when we are a little further along.