Queen Creek Home Construction Pictures
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Each week I went out and standing right across the street took a picture of my new house as it was being built so I could in effect watch it "rise out of the desert".  I took a picture each week regardless of whether or not it appeared that anything changed.  This is a photographic record of the progress, starting with a field of dirt..

In the first picture below you see a field of dirt, in the second picture they buried some pipes and in the third picture they smoothed out the dirt

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During week four they construct the forms for the slab, week 5 they poured the slab and weeks 6 and 7 apparently they let the slab sit there.

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Now, the difference between the first and second pictures below - you need to realize the walls for all Sorento models are assembled at a factory and they are all pretty much the same.  The walls arrive on a truck and they assemble it like a huge tinker toy.  During my week eight visit I felt funny walking around in the house because they barely had the walls propped up so they wouldn't fall on me.  I was very careful not to touch anything.  In the last picture they had installed windows and they had all the air ducts and water lines installed in the ceiling and walls.

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When I arrived for my week 10 visit, the ceiling tiles were on the roof.  They place them up there as soon as possible because they weigh a ton and the house needs to settle under the immense weight before they get to drywall and stucco.  Also during week 10 all the electrical lines were run.  When I arrived for my week 11 visit, all the external walls had been installed.  They put some sheeting over the studs, then cover that with a layer of styrofoam (insulation in the desert?) and then coat that with a sort of chicken wire that will later accept the stucco.  In the last picture taken on April 29th, the house number had been installed on the front of the house (now it seems official!) and the lines for cable, phone, and high speed Ethernet had been run to all rooms.

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The first picture in the series below was taken the day of the frame walkthrough.  They had moved some things around and changed some things that were not according to blueprint.  In the second picture below, the drywall had been installed so all rooms now have walls and ceilings.  In the third picture, all interior walls were prepped for painting and exterior walls had stucco applied.

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In the first picture below, all woodwork inside had been installed, all doorframes and doors were installed, all shelves were installed in closets and the pantry, and the garage door and opener had been installed.  I didn't know I was getting a garage door with windows!  In the second picture below the outside and inside was painted, the roof tiles and kitchen cabinets were installed, and bathroom vanities were also installed.  In the last picture below the central air compressor, door knobs, and electrical outlets and switches were installed along with light fixtures inside and outside

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