This series of pages describes some of the thoughts/events that surround the construction of our workshop/lab/house in Shenandoah, Virginia including a series of images that show (chronologically in most cases) the progress of various stages of the construction. I hope you all enjoy!
Last update April 20th, 2009 adding text and pictures to Part 3 and adding the conclusion.
View from the air with GIS boundaries This will give you some idea of the boundaries of the property.
An overhead image showing the driveway, house, etc. taken the winter of 2006/2007
the Plat showing the approximate layout of the driveway, house, etc.
Part 1: Ground break to (mostly) dried in, March - August 2006.
Part 2: Interior walls, rough-in inspection and insulation, Sept 2006 - Dec 2007.
Part 3: Drywall, cabinets and sundry finsh work. Jan 2008 - Spring 2009
Concluding thoughts.
On July 4th, 2009 we had a party and took some pictures.
Begining mid July 2010 we started to build wooden patios along the length of the house.
The address is 463 Quicksburg Road, Quicksburg, VA 22847, otherwise known as lots 2 and 3 of Pinehills Subdivision.
Directions from DC area:
- Take Interstate 66 West to Interstate 81 South.
- Exit at Mount Jackson (mile marker 273).
- Turn right at the end of the ramp (you are about 7 miles away).
- Turn left at the next stop sign (about a mile).
- Proceed through the next stop sign (cross over Orkney Grade, Route 263).
- Go approximately 5 miles to the next stop sign, which is Forestville.
- Turn left onto Quicksburg Road (you are about a half-mile away at this point).
- Drive down the hill, cross the creek, pass a barn on your left and look for the driveway on the left as the road turns to the left. The driveway is across from Apple Tree Lane. If you start to pass an apple orchard on your left (or reach Pinewoods road to the left) you went too far.
- The driveway is about 1/3 of a mile long and the house can't be seen from the road during the summer, so just keep on keepin on.
For other routes, give us a call.
NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT!!!
For some reason (as of 12/15/2006) MapQuest, Yahoo Maps and probably all others that depend on GPS maps (though Google seems to have us in the right spot, at least as of June 2009) have the location of our house completely wrong. The maps show us just off of I81 on Quicksburg road, which is several miles from our correct location (about a half mile East of Forestville, which is where Rt 42 meets with Quicksburg road). PLEASE keep this in mind if you decide to visit!!!!
Here is a link to the Shenandoah GIS web site: http://www.shenandoahgis.org/
MSN map link.