Construction, cats and sundry family matters.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Boys of Mystery Hill

Not to be confused with our cats (affectionately known as the boys), these boys are the incredible human boys building our new home. The team includes Sebastien's cousin-in-law, Michel, who commutes from Gatineau. Without his support, Seb might not have been brave enough to do this without a general contractor. Our team expanded last summer when we hired Richard and his right hand man, John, to help with the ICF foundation and bedroom wing. Richard and John were so good, that Seb asked them to stay for the duration. Richard is a general contractor who Seb says knows everything about everything and is very precise (ie. anal) to boot which means we know we're going to have a house that will outlast us both. Richard's team expanded to include Mike and then Riley and all of them have been truly critical to our success because they have tons of experience building custom homes and we're really lucky to have them on our project.

This is Michel cutting siding for the back of the house.



This is Mike (lower level of scaffolding) and Riley (higher up) putting siding on great room.



This is a pic of Michel and John posing for me. Sadly, Richard wasn't around when I took these pictures so I'll have to get to him another time. Anyways, these guys rock and we'd recommend them for anything but not until they're done at Mystery Hill!

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