This is where our construction managers and assistants will post photos showing the progress on each of our homes currently in reconstruction.
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We have made a lot of progress on Kim and Mark’s house over the past three weeks. A crew from Stockton California insulated the whole place in two days, then did a good deal of the sheet rock for the remainder of the week. They had Kim and her daughter over for dinner on Friday night and it was fun to hear all of Kim’s knowledge on the history of New Orleans. The next group was from Oregon, and by the end of the week they’d finished all of the sheetrock. This week, as a group from Florida finished siding and painting the outside of the place, AHL wall professional drywall finishers came in and mudded the place in two days.
kim visiting with the oregon crew
nancy and linda from oregon screwing sheetrock
greg, cody and nancy from oregon hanging rock in the bathroom
group from stockton california after a long days work
John and Marilyn painiting the walls
Here are the piers that "Grandpa" Spike and Paul from Kentucky, along with myself built to keep the house from caving in!
The boys put their heads together with Wesley to build a front porch
Miss Caulking Queen, Jo Ellen from New York 
Ron supervising Tom with the circular saw
Master Bath
It works! It works!
My best friend Don reading cardboard
Marilyn touch-up painting the lovely guest bathroom
Look at that beautiful plumbing work. Someone really cool must have done that.
Here's "Grouting Gretchen" from Maryland
Gleason nailing support to the rafters in the hot hot attic
Kitchen before the tile floor or counter tops were in
Guest Bathroom- nice tile
Beeeautiful Bamboooooooo
Only two major projects left to complete on the house built from love (from all you angels who made it possible). Countertops likely to be finished this week and the BIG closet shelving begins today. It looks optimistic for finishing next week! Yeah!
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Phil, Linda and Al
Lounging on the beautiful new back porch
The new fireplace. Note Linda's DIY tiling job!
Brand new stairs and decorative railings
Entryway into the basement
Soffit & fascia - finally!
Linda and Al in front of their beautiful purple castle
By special request! Sorry to you 7707 Downman Road people to have not been very diligent about getting these pictures up. Here are some exterior shots to tide y’all over. Linda’s been working like crazy at night and using the day to catch up on rest. As soon as I can get in the house to take some shots of all the beautiful work inside, they’ll be up here. But for now, here are some to tide y’all over of the outside now that it’s been beautifully purple-d.
After!
New driveway and landscaping!
We’re on week 3 of a new house on Reynes St. It’s a miracle project. I got to talking to this woman outside of Kermit Ruffins show at Vaughn’s bar in the Ninth Ward who told me she moved into town two days earlier from Fort Worth and needed her house rebuilt. I told her to call us and a month or so later, we were finishing gutting it. It’s a God thing, I suppose. Since then, we’ve put on a new roof, fixed some floor joists, laid sub-floor, and re-framed all the spots with termite damage. Thanks to the groups from Raleigh, NC (and their friends from Wisconsin and Nebraska), Chambersburg, PA, and Bridgeport, IL for their great work!
Front porch
Wesley and Jacob from Raleigh glad they're not on the roof
Full dumpster = progress!
View from the brand new roof
Jeff, Brad and Kevin from Raleigh thinking it over
Kim's office, looking from the front room
Soon-to-be kitchen/dining room
Another view of the front porch (check out that brand new roof)
Brand new bathroom
Chad, my trusty NCCC, in the master bedroom
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