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Our house at White Cedars, a development by Tim Schaeffer
We moved into our new house on Friday, May 20th 2005. Located in
the Cedar Brook area of Winslow Township, New Jersey, it was twelve
months in waiting and five months in the making but ultimately worth
the wait.
We have 10.5 acres, the vast majority of which is protected wooded
wetland. Various maps indicate we might have a small stream flowing
in the woods, but we've not been able to get back there yet to
see if it's any more than a damp puddle!
A future new neighbor of ours stopped by to say they had found this
collection of pictures online and that it gave them some hope that
their own house would be completed soon! If any other current or
future White Cedars residents discover this site, please feel free
to drop me an email at chrisy@flirble.org to say hi!
We're on the maps at last! As of early June, 2005, about a third of the
roads that form the White Cedars development have appeared on NavTech-driven
maps (such as MapQuest). This means DeSilvio Drive is mappable at last,
hooray!
There was an article in a local newspaper, the Courier-Post, about White Cedars. Read it here.
?> End Result |
primg("20050611", "IMG_2926.jpg", "20050611: The front", "The finished front of the house.", 1);
?> Settlement day |
primg("20050520", "IMG_2753.jpg", "20050520: Moving in...", "We moved in! Yay! It was a very wet Friday, but that didn't ".
"stop us...", 1);
?> The last week |
primg("20050518", "IMG_2722.jpg", "20050518: Stairs are stained, grass is down at the front", "Stairs are even polished! ".
"Sod is down, some shrubs planted to make it look nice.", 1);
primg("20050517", "IMG_2684.jpg", "20050517: Almost there...", "", 1);
primg("20050516", "IMG_2670.jpg", "20050516: Landscapers arrive, gutter goes up", "The lawn is being prepared for sod. ".
"The gutters are being installed.", 1);
?> One week to go... |
primg("20050513", "IMG_2649.jpg", "20050513: Sidewalk and plumbing", "Sidewalk has been laid, plumbers are back and ".
"doing their thing. The stairs at the rear are finished, Cat5 is all terminated.", 1);
primg("20050512", "IMG_2647.jpg", "20050512: Driveway and carpets", "Driveway has been laid, stairs at the back of the ".
"house are being worked on, carpet is being laid.", 1);
?> Cabinets and dirt and electrics |
primg("20050511", "IMG_2613.jpg", "20050511: Cat5 guy is back", "The guy doing my data cabling is back, should finish ".
"tomorrow. Landings for the back doors are being constructed (they even have proper footings). We have ".
"a real front door lock and also have our street number and garage doors.", 1);
primg("20050510", "IMG_2553.jpg", "20050510: Electrical done!", "Electrics are 99.9% complete, some wood trim work ".
"going on today. Heating/cooling seems comissioned, bar the hookup to the Gas supply. The stain on the ".
"hand rails looks nice. I imagine they do the stairs themselves pretty much as a the last thing.", 1);
primg("20050506", "IMG_2529.jpg", "20050506: Electrical stuff", "Electricians are back wiring in outlets and switches. ".
"Garage floor gets concreted, as does the front door step.", 1);
primg("20050505", "IMG_2519.jpg", "20050505: Kitchen cabinets and back yard dirt", "Cabinets going in. We chose the ".
"cheapest with a view to replacing later, but as it turns out they don't look as terrible as we might have ".
"expected. Topsoil has been spread out at the back. Plus, Gas meter is in and the garage and front door ".
"step are framed and ready for concrete.", 1);
?> Paint and Tile and Handrails and wooden flooring |
primg("20050504", "IMG_2502.jpg", "20050504: Doors have locks", "Hardwood flooring is complete and the bathroom tile is ".
"done (very nice!). Fireplace has a slate surround.", 1);
primg("20050503", "IMG_2454.jpg", "20050503: Wooden floor", "The hardwood floor looks ace! Guest bathroom is ".
"grouted, master bathroom coming along nicely.", 1);
primg("20050502", "IMG_2428.jpg", "20050502: Handrails and tile", "Garage pier fixed, handrails mostly fitted, ".
"bathroom floor tiling done.", 1);
primg("20050429", "IMG_2194.jpg", "20050429: Painting begins", "Spray-painting the interior. The whole house ".
"will be painted white. Plus, the support pier in the Garage has been concreted.", 1);
?> Doors and things |
primg("20050428", "IMG_1921.jpg", "20050428: Garage pier almost fixed", "Pier ready to be filled with concrete, ".
"carpenters seem almost done, attic has been filled with loose insulation.", 1);
primg("20050427", "IMG_1840.jpg", "20050427: More doors", "Doors, wooden trim, window sills, baseboards and ".
"such. The outside door to the basement goes in, as does the attic access ladder.", 1);
primg("20050426", "IMG_1777.jpg", "20050426: Doors and trim and stuff", "Doors are being mounted, window sills ".
"fitted. The rafter and soffit trim is done. Last section of floor completed in basement.", 1);
primg("20050425", "IMG_1771.jpg", "20050425: Small things", "A collection of random things, including the ".
"electric meter and the ground rod.", 1);
?> Drywall |
primg("20050422", "IMG_1755.jpg", "20050422: Drywall complete", "Drywall seems to be done and they have delivered ".
"the doors for inside the house.", 1);
primg("20050414", "IMG_1599.jpg", "20050414: Drywall goes up", "Installation of the drywall.", 1);
primg("20050413", "IMG_1538.jpg", "20050413: Drywall delivery", "They have delivered a ton of drywall - to the rooms ".
"it's for too! Passed the insulation inspection today also.", 1);
?> Siding |
primg("20050412", "IMG_1480.jpg", "20050412: Insulation inspection fails", "Siding complete, failed the insulation ".
"inspection, the garage frame gets temporary supports and will be re-cast with rebar later.", 1);
primg("20050411", "IMG_1460.jpg", "20050411: Siding almost done", "Siding is almost complete, boiler is delivered ".
"to basement.", 1);
primg("20050410", "IMG_1422.jpg", "20050410: Siding", "Siding is half way there, which is very cool since we didn't ".
"expect them to start this on a Sunday! Plus, the Tyvek that went into hiding seems to have reappeared and ".
"is being used on the walls. Look closely at ".
"IMG_1447, ".
"the bottom of the support pier is broken!", 1);
?> Exterior wall insulation |
primg("20050409", "IMG_1420.jpg", "20050409: Insulation complete", "Outside walls are all insulated now, plus they ".
"got around to putting in my basement-to-attic PVC tube (for future cabling projects!) Also, the Tyvek ".
"that was delivered yesterday seems to have vanished. Need to investigate this.", 1);
primg("20050408", "IMG_1382.jpg", "20050408: Insulation starts", "They start insulating the exterior walls and ".
"the roof of the sunroom/family room. Siding delivery, basement is flooded from heavy rain.", 1);
?> Basement floor |
primg("20050407", "IMG_1189.jpg", "20050407: Frame inspection passed!", "Had an official walk through, brick work ".
"complete, nook door is in, loft access relocated.", 1);
primg("20050406", "IMG_1162.jpg", "20050406: Framing inspection tomorrow", "Side windows go in at last, basement stairs ".
"arrive, framing inspection tomorrow plus an official walkthrough before they put up drywall.", 1);
primg("20050405", "IMG_1112.jpg", "20050405: Basement floor", "The floor of the basement has been laid at last, the ".
"window in the master bathroom has been centred (yay!) and other small things. Work mostly on hold while ".
"everyone waits for the concrete in the basement to set.", 1);
?> Bricks! |
primg("20050404", "IMG_1083.jpg", "20050404: Bricks", "Last leg of the brickwork starts, electricians say they're ".
"almost done and word is that the basement floor will be concreted tomorrow. They're digging a drain for ".
"the basement outside entrance, too.", 1);
primg("20050403", "IMG_1072.jpg", "20050403: Rain", "Some carpentry over the weekend, but it's otherwise just ".
"very wet.", 1);
primg("20050401", "IMG_1063.jpg", "20050401: The sun is shining...", "There's a lot o' electric cables going in!", 1);
primg("20050331", "IMG_1025.jpg", "20050331: Water is on!", "Plumbing has been tested, one flank of brickwork ".
"is complete and the Electrics have started.", 1);
primg("20050330", "IMG_0937.jpg", "20050330: Brickwork", "Bricks get laid! Tubs arrive!", 1);
primg("20050329", "IMG_0911.jpg", "20050329: Brick delivery", "And the stairs get installed.", 1);
?> Work progresses |
primg("20050325", "IMG_0406.jpg", "20050325: Doors!", "More windows, some doors, some vents.", 1);
primg("20050324", "IMG_0372.jpg", "20050324: Windows!", "Windows are going in, plus most of the heating work is ".
"done.", 1);
primg("20050321", "IMG_0299.jpg", "20050321: Foyer window arch, cleanup", "They've removed the temporary supports, ".
"made the window opening arch and a bunch of other bits.", 1);
primg("20050318", "IMG_0240.jpg", "20050318: Basement, roof vents", "Getting ready for the basement floor, ".
"two vents through the roof.", 1);
?> Roof is done, two months to go! |
primg("20050317", "IMG_0152.jpg", "20050317: Roof is done", "Roofing is finished.", 1);
primg("20050316", "IMG_0131.jpg", "20050316: Roofing shingle!", "Roofing, water and sewer and a windows and doors ".
"delivery.", 1);
primg("20050314", "IMG_0893.jpg", "20050314: Markup, trench, hole-in-roof", "Markup for the exterior finish, ".
"trench for water and sewer, ".
"flashing on the ".
"window sills plus a random hole appears in our almost-a-roof!", 1);
?> Sheeting |
primg("20050313", "IMG_0873.jpg", "20050313: Sheeting finished", "And a peek inside.", 1);
primg("20050312", "IMG_0844.jpg", "20050312: Sheeting begins in ernest", "It begins to look like a house.", 1);
primg("20050309", "IMG_0803.jpg", "20050309: Bedroom window arch", "Apparently the house is ready to be sheeted! ".
"Hope they start soon...", 1);
primg("20050307", "IMG_0799.jpg", "20050307: Roofy bits, wooden panels", "Some wooden panels make it onto the front ".
"of the house on this unusually warm and sunny day!", 1);
?> The roof! |
primg("20050304", "IMG_0741.jpg", "20050304: Foyer, Sunroom roofing", "The family room gets its rear wall!", 1);
primg("20050303", "IMG_0704.jpg", "20050303: The bedroom closet roof", "And other small roof things.", 1);
primg("20050302", "IMG_0665.jpg", "20050302: More roof work, upstairs", "Various work going on with the roof ".
"plus a sneak peek of the upstairs!", 1);
primg("20050228", "IMG_0627.jpg", "20050228: The roof!", "The roof is started just ahead of a major snowstorm.", 1);
?> More snow... |
primg("20050225", "IMG_0609.jpg", "20050225: Window arches, panelling", "They were meant to have started ".
"the trusses by now, but can't because of the snow. And there's another storm coming!", 1);
primg("20050224", "IMG_0597.jpg", "20050224: More bloody snow...", "*sigh*", 1);
?> The 2nd floor |
primg("20050223", "IMG_0588.jpg", "20050223: Upstairs framing", "The upstairs now has some framework.", 1);
primg("20050222", "IMG_0570.jpg", "20050222: Upstairs flooring", "The upstairs has its floor. Progress slows a ".
"little due to snow.", 1);
primg("20050218", "IMG_0552.jpg", "20050218: The 2nd floor supports", "", 1);
?> Carpentry has begun... |
primg("20050217", "IMG_0501.jpg", "20050217: Walls walls walls...", "We have some walls.", 1);
primg("20050216", "IMG_0486.jpg", "20050216: First Floor", "The floor has been laid for the first (ground) ".
"floor.", 1);
primg("20050212", "IMG_0461.jpg", "20050212: Virtual floor", "Enough of the ground floor has gone in for ".
"them to position the support columns, ready to fill the concrete for the basement floor.", 1);
primg("20050211", "IMG_0432.jpg", "20050211: Carpentry!", "They have begun wood working on the house.", 1);
?> Bring on the concrete. |
primg("20050210", "IMG_0423.jpg", "20050210: Some concrete", "There's some concrete in the hole that was ".
"in the garage. Note the grade of the slope at the side of the house.", 1);
primg("20050208", "IMG_0401.jpg", "20050208: Dirt movement", "The land has been roughly graded and the ".
"crevice that surrounded the walls filled and compressed.", 1);
primg("20050205", "IMG_0381.jpg", "20050205: The Basement walls and windows", "The Basement now has ".
"walls and windows. In particular, the rear entrance to the basement is quite clear now.", 1);
primg("20050129", "IMG_0358.jpg", "20050129: Basement wall frames.", "They've finally framed the walls. ".
"We've had some severe snow in Southern Jersey of late, about two feet in Winslow, which slowed ".
"everything down. Soon, they'll insert some iron reinforcment bars and then fill ".
"these metal frames with concrete.", 1);
?> We have construction action! |
primg("20050115", "IMG_0213.jpg", "20050115: Getting ready to frame the basement walls", "They're stockpiling ".
"these metal panels which they will use to frame the basement walls.", 1);
primg("20050113", "IMG_0193.jpg", "20050113: Concrete footings", "These footings are the foundation of the house.", 1);
primg("20050112", "IMG_0166.jpg", "2005012: Work has begun!", "Wednesday January 12th, 2005, the contractors ".
"finally broke ground!", 1);
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Illustrations
Concept pictures
primg("Concept", "foyer_stairs.jpg", "Conceptual images", "Generated by house planning software, the rendering is pretty painful, but ".
"these images give you an idea of the house layout and design.", 1);
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House plan
Aerial/Satellite imagery and site plan overlays
primg("SitePlans", "cedarbrook6.jpg", "IR Aerial photography", "White Cedars site plan is overlaid in yellow with our lot marked in cyan.");
primg("SitePlans", "cedarbrook6-topo.jpg", "Topo map with aerial photography", "Site plan is overlaid in yellow with our lot in cyan.");
primg("SitePlans", "cedarbrook5.jpg", "B/W Aerial photopgrapy", "Site plan overlaid in yellow, lot in cyan");
primg("SitePlans", "cedarbrook7.jpg", "KeyHole imagery", "White Cedars color site plan with lot marked in white.");
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Other information
The developers site: http://www.timschaeffer.com/community/whitecedars.htm
Google: Our street isn't on Google's map yet.
Mapquest: Map of locality (star is near bottom right corner of development site)
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