We just had our weekly Wednesday meeting. Since my last update, the crew has been working on the deck. They had previously applied multiple coats of fire proofing paint. But we decided that the fire proofing paint was too light in color and would show through the deck planks. So we added a layer of black paint. Once that was done, the crew started putting in place the framing that would be used to hold the vertical lattice that will be added to hide the ground under the deck.

Here is a video of the work.

And here is a picture of the deck from the bottom. You can see the new black color and the added framing (which is not painted).

And here is what it looks like for the porch.

Inside the house, we worked with the architect to position where we will be adding sconces. The lights other than the sconces are ceiling mounted and we had already reviewed those positions a few months ago.

Here is one of the sconces in its paper form. This is the one in corner of the guest bedroom.

And here is what it will look like in real life.

Here is the sconce that will go over my bed for reading.

We also positioned the sconces in the master bathroom and outside, over the deck.

Meanwhile, the electricians are working in the house. They are currently positioning all the switch, electrical and Ethernet boxes based on our walk through last week. Once that is done, they will start laying the shielded wiring. I expect that this work will take the rest of the year.

We had hoped to start siding the house in September, but there has been delay after delay. The missing piece needed to start up the installation is currently scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, November 18th, so maybe next Wednesday we will see siding installation start up again.

The latest estimate for a move in date is end of April 2026, but there could be further delays. Cross your fingers for me.

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