Yep, that's a second floor! This is a drive-by photo from a friend of mine. (Thanks, Liyah!) It was very exciting to see the new developments. We are able to see the scale of the house now that the 2nd story exterior walls are nearly complete.
The shape of the back of the house is also taking form. We've cantilevered out about 3-4' in order to gain a bit more floor space upstairs and so that we'd have a covered area for the BBQ.
We really wanted to avoid another "modern box house" so our architect came up with a few creative concepts and they are starting to take shape in the photo above:
(1) We decided to split our roof line and make it about 2' higher on one side. This also allows us to show off our funky, angular soffits. Love 'em or hate 'em, we promise that they will be unique. I really don't think we've seen another house in the neighborhood with this type of soffit. Our contractor tells me that they will take a long time to construct - but (hopefully) well worth the extra effort!
(2) The depth of the back of the house will be slightly greater on one side than the other, meaning that it will push further into the yard on one side (on the 2nd story).
(3) Also (slightly hard to see - and explain), the "belly band" raises up about a foot in the middle of the house.
The front entry of the home will look very different as well, but they won't start on the new entry until the roof is underway. Roofing package gets delivered next week!
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