Long overdue porch report!

 I think I mentioned in passing this summer that we were having  a porch built onto our house.  It's something we've always wanted, and something we've been trying to do for the past two years.
However, contractors are in huge demand in this area.  There is so much building going on, that finding someone to do a smaller job seems about impossible

Early this summer, Bob talked to the builder who built his brothers house last year, and he agreed to the job.  Still - it's been a long process.  Between waiting for him, and then all the other people we needed (cement laying, roofers, window replacement...)  we reached December with most of it done, but still not complete.

Here's some pictures of different stages to show you what's been happening.

Here's our house last summer before anything happened.

Bob tore out all the landscaping and the old front steps.

In late August, the cement guys showed up.

One day they did the porch.

About a week later they came back and did the walk.

The finished cement work.
Then we waited some more.

In October the framers showed up and started framing in the new porch.

Progress being made!
After this roofers came and re-roofed the whole house.  We had a new front window installed and a new door put in.  Someone else came and redid the gutter system.  
Then the builder came back and put up new siding on the front, put cedar roofing on the porch and wrapped the beams with cedar.

This is what it's looking like now.  Its not done, but the rest has to wait until Spring.  The rest of the house will be painted to match the new siding on the front.  The pillars on the porch will have stonework applied on the bottom and the rest of the wood has to be finished.  The landscaping has to be redone and the yard is a mess with lots of ruts from big trucks running over it! The doors have to be painted. Last but not least - we need some rocking chairs on that porch!