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Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Week 7

Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Week 7
We are now at the stage where the house is starting to take shape. The framers have been here for a couple of weeks and they are making great progress.

Steve has been here overseeing, advising, but as with the concrete team, these guys have been working so long together they barely need to speak as it appears they already know what each other is thinking.

There are a number of features starting to show through in this house, the double front doors open to a hallway that leads to the living room and a wall of windows, so as soon as you step into the house you have that beautiful view.

 



Steve has added arches between the living room and eat in kitchen. The storage areas that could have been ignored are getting custom treatments, like windows, etc. The deck and four season room will see a lot of love!

This is where you get the most value with a custom home built by a builder like Steve Corker who can spot something in the plans that just won’t look right and he can change it. Or as a wall is going up or a window installed he can see the real benefit of adding something as Steve did with the bay window in the kitchen.

This is a big house with a lot of space, so for the clients who want options in their living space this house has them.
Windows were installed last week, next up the electrician will start pulling wire through the house and the plumbers will, run their pipes.

Building A Custom Home in Clayton in Portofino...A Diary, Day 1

Building A Custom Home in Clayton in Portofino...A Diary, Day 2 & 3 

Building A Custom Home in Clayton in Portofino...A Diary, Day 10

Building  Custom Home in Clayton in Portofino...A Diary, Week 3

 

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Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton... A Diary, Week Three

Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton... A Diary, Week Three

Whew these guys are moving fast, we have been blessed with good weather here in Clayton, North Carolina, and so as the saying goes "make hay while the sun shines!"  It has been dry and warm but we’re not out of the woods weather wise yet.

107 Sicily Dr. Clayton, NC 27527107 Sicily Dr. Clayton, NC 27527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At week three which was February 7 Th, the walls to the basement  are set and waterproofed and the dirt pushed back.

The next phase is to fill the garage floor with gravel, set the re-bar and pour the concrete.
In the floor of the walk out basement the various plumbing pipes are installed and the whole floor is criscrossed with re-bar. The re-bar in the previous post that was bent over is now attached to strengthen the entire structure. There is a lot of concrete going into this house and whoever the lucky owner is going to be, they can be sure they are getting a really sound home.

 

107 Sicily Dr. Clayton, NC 27527107 Sicily Dr. Clayton, NC 27527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the concrete is poured, the team of installers again working in unison begin to even out and place the re-bar in the center of the concrete, repeating the process as they move to each section, they begin smoothing out the sides first.

It is a multi stage process that requires many tools and can't be rushed, the end result proves it.

Steve Corker with Corker Enterprises has built this home in other communities around The Triangle, but he is here every day watching over every detail to ensure whoever buys this home will have a home they will treasure.

Here are links to the building process from day 1:

Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Day 1
Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Day 2 & 3
Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Day 6 & 7
Building a Custom Home in Portofino in Clayton...A Diary, Day 10

 

I would like to help you sell your house, or help you buy a house.

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