We met with our architect last night. We’ll be starting grading of the lot on Monday. Apparently they’ll need to excavate ten truckloads of dirt from the lot. Wow! We had no idea that our lot was that sloped.
One of the first things we need to decide is what we’d like the exterior to look like. Since so many of our windows will be custom ordered, we need to decide what we’d like them to look like soon. But that depends on what we do the exterior in, so we’re back to trying to figure out what finish materials to use for the exterior of the house. We’re looking into some type of metal paired with a stucco, hardi-panel, cement board, or perhaps cedar slats. Any suggestions?
March 26, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Up here, all the rage is vinyl because of the durability and it requires very little maintenance. I wouldn’t recommend cedar if you have woodpeckers around that part of the country. My parents have a cedar sided cabin in northern Arkansas and are always patching woodpecker holes.