Thursday, July 19, 2007

Almost There

We have been sorting out some details on the house before we actually sign the contract and start construction. It looks like we are getting to the end of this part of the process. All of the lighting and plumbing fixtures have been selected. Floors, cabinets and railings are finalized. Now we are just waiting for the bank to sign off on an appraisal so that they will give us the loan. The we will be in business.

One minor glitch with the windows. The house was originally designed for Pella Architect Series windows. We decided to save some money by switching to the ProLine series when they came out with a black framed version. Unfortunately we just found out that not all of the sizes that were originally specified are available in the ProLine series. A few adjustments are being made to the elevations. Hopefully it will be very minor.

Here is a cool video of another Hive Modular home being set. If all goes well we will be setting ours in just a couple of months.

2 comments:

shra said...

Hi, googling Hive Modular and found you blog - I looked up the Pella Proline series and from what I see they don't list black as a color choice. I'm really interested in finding black framed windows, so this was discouraging, is this a recent change or did I just miss something on the website?
http://www.pella.com/products/windows_patiodoors/Detail.asp?path=/products/windows/casement/proline

Tandemracer said...

The Proline windows in black are a recent change. The sizes are a bit limited but we saved money by switching from the Architect series. Your Pella distributor should have the info even if it is not listed on the web yet.