May 14, 2011 - Part 2 of 3 "Siding and retaining wall"

The siding is about 75% done overall; as you can see they have finished the bonus room and garage and most of this side of the house.

They have a little more to do on this side and the back of the main house, but they'll probably finish up in the next few days.

The retaining wall is turning out to be much bigger than we expected, especially considering they originally told us we wouldn't have one! But we like the way it looks, and all the other houses on the block have them so it makes the street look more uniform.

We're still a little confused about how the earth along this side of the house will be held back, since they are stopping the wall just past the front of the house. There is only about two feet between the house and the driveway and there will be quite a slope. We can't wait to see how this gets resolved!

There isn't a retaining wall running up the other side of the house since there is ten feet between the house and our neighbor's driveway and a gentle slope is possible there.