Exterior Painting in the Courtyard

Now that the rails are in, the exterior painting can continue. Here are some shots from late August juxtapositioned with late September shots. Sometimes from the same general angle.

Looking south.

Looking northwest.

Looking west.

Looking east.

Looking north.

Cedar

Cedar touches. A start on the cedar handrails. Softening the metal railings beautifully. And our cedar roof deck railing system with planter boxes.

Townhouse

Work is almost done on the townhouses. Here is a little sample.

The L-shaped kitchen with room for an island.

The main level bathroom.

Stairway up to the second level.

Upstairs Bathroom.

Front bedroom in the 'tree house'.

Common House September

The Common House is close to being complete. Lots of different details and touches now. A random selection.

There are two main sources of great room electrical lighting. The uplighting is not so obvious. The drop-down table lighting (tables and chairs coming soon!) is shown here too. It can and will be raised up when the tables are put away.

The recycling area between the kitchen and the dishwash area. Exciting! Grin.

Cafe and beverage station. And lighting.

Living room. Specifically the carpet tiles.

The mailboxes at the Common House Entry!

The stairway down to the basement. Our construction team loves wood.

The community laundry room in the basement of the Common House. At the base of the stairs from the main floor. Lots of windows looking in. The washers and dryers lined up. The large space for indoor line drying not so obvious.

OOHHH! The elevator. We can't use it until we move in. But it is here and ready to go.

Landscaping

Pictures don't really do justice to all the work that has been done. By the landscaping sub and by community members at two planting parties so far. Another one is coming up this weekend. The grass seed is also in for our grassy area in the courtyard and, temporarily, at the parking strip on the east and west side, until we switch to garden beds. There is much more. This is just a sample.

Some Courtyard plantings to the north. Grasses encircling the seeded grassy area. Plants and soaker hoses in place in the swales/infiltration areas and edges. Runnel system also visible. Roof rain water drains into rock runnel catchment areas and drain into swales.

"Berry Hill" at the west entrance. Blueberries, raspberries, marionberries. Kiwis in the background. Is that a berry?

Killingsworth entrance below the retaining wall.

Dogwoods in the northern backyards.

Eastern Redbud on the west side.

Dwarf fruit trees on the east side. There are more on the southwest corner too.

Hard to see, but one of the ginkos on the east side. The west side has a six-foot parking strip for future garden beds. The east side has this eight-foot parking strip for our future garden beds.

Sept 14 Progress Shots

Common House kitchen. The counter tops are set and much of the equipment is now in place. A big focus for me. And for the community too.

Common House great room storage with counter tops.

The roof deck continues to emerge.

More steel rails going up. This time on the retaining walls on the west side.

The East side of the community. Much of this work was done in August and it is still a staging area for construction work, but a chance to see a few images. Particularly the outdoor storage area and garbage/recycling area at the loading/unloading zone (currently the construction garbage/recycling area since the fences got moved inward).