Stucco-ed on You

It turns out that when you leave a home that's under construction alone for a week, it looks completely different when you return. Homebuilding in Las Vegas is done in a very regimented way, and believe it or not, our home is set to be completed ahead of schedule! Not surprising when you see how far along they are. So without further ado....


Definitely the biggest change since we saw the place last is the addition of stucco. Now it actually looks like a real house! This delightful shade of pantheon gray will soon be covered over by the color combination in the previous post; the end is near indeed.


Aside from the walls (which you will see presently), the main change to the interior space is the addition of tile to the shower areas. The picture is of the second bathroom, but the master bath has been given the same treatment. There was a guy in the master tub doing the tiling while we were there, otherwise we would have gotten a picture of that too.


When we were inside the home last, the drywall had been "finished" but the walls were still smooth. It's hard to see in the picture, but they have now been kissed with what I am told is referred to in the business as "burp texture." It's the same kind of texturing that we have right now in our apartment; it's lovely.

Oh yeah. They make you wear a hard hat while you walk around the site. The one I'm wearing says "Safety First!" The Madame got a much more fashionable, hand-lettered chapeau which, in addition to the go-fast flames and Lennar corporate logo, featured the simple motto "I Care." I had expected to see "Es tiempo de matar al jefe blanco," but let's not split hairs here.