http://www.gccds.org/buildings/lendell/lendell.html Yay first new house built!

It has been a week or two since I last walked around the inside of Lendell’s house, and a lot has changed. It looks like an actual house now! Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia has been doing great work, and it looks like they’re doing subcontractor trim-outs, bringing in furniture, and getting ready to finish up. Everything seems to be working out well. I particularly like the kitchen clerestory window space (above).

Lendell’s house (my first design) is going up almost faster than I can follow. By now they’ve framed and sheathed almost everything and are preparing to start roofing. Thanks go to Hope Force, especially their construction supervisor Brent, and a group of young Pennsylvania framers (At risk of misidentifying them, I think they’re either Amish or Mennonite) who work together seamlessly and have nearly superhuman construction abilities. The house is looking good; I think the high ceilings and unusual kitchen windows should take a fairly ordinary plan and transform it into something special. Better photos to come when I get …