LAST POST HERE! BLOG MOVING! 2108 10th St- All Sold Out

Please update your bookmarks.  The new blog will be located at:

http://lock7development.com/blog/

In other exciting news, The Thompson Condominiums at 2108 10th St NW is fully completed and all sold out.  It only took 5 days!  The building looks incredible and we're not surprised how much interest we had in the units.  Personally, my favorite feature is all of the windows in the building, especially the floor-to-ceiling ones in front.  More pictures will follow on our new blog, but here is a sneak peek of what the finished product looks like:

The top three units have the dark floors with glossy white cabinets.  The backsplash tile was a new choice for us and a huge hit.

The building fits in well with the other modern buildings on this block.

The terrace unit has the darker cabinets with the light floors.

So much light in Unit 2!

2108 10th- The Thompson- Almost Done

The Thompson at 10th and V St NW is in the final stages of construction.  We are aiming to be 99% done within the next two weeks.  The appliances and cabinets have arrived, and the quartz subcontractor came today to measure.

It's amazing how much better everything looks with paint and lighting.

The bathrooms are all finished and ready for mirrors.

The welders worked today to finish the rear decks.

The cabinets are installed, but were covered up again to protect them from damage.

2108 10th St NW- Final Stages

At the Thompson Condominiums, we're finishing quickly and will be done at the very beginning of April.  Our hard hat tour last weekend was a huge success, and we already have a few interested buyers.  Through today- Tuesday- 6 groups have reserved spots for next Sunday's private tour, which is an excellent start to the week.

The decks are taking shape in the rear.

Inside, the floor crews are installing the new finished-in-place hardwood floors.

This building has tons of natural light.

The tiling is nearly done.  The glass door contractor is coming tomorrow to measure.

Our roof deck isn't done, but we have a great model from the owner next door.

Blog News!

We've launched a new website at lock7development.com, and our blog will be moving to that site.  For the next few weeks, posts will continue to appear both here on Blogger and on the new site.  However, at the end of the March, we'll switch full-time to the new address.  To continue receiving new posts, please update your bookmarks to:

http://lock7development.com/blog/

Thanks!

Dave

The Thompson- A few weeks left!

At The Thompson at 2108 10th St NW, our crews are hard at work finishing the trim and hanging all the doors.  We've also started on the tile work, and the roofer is finishing up small details on the roof.  Tomorrow, our painters will be priming all the walls.  We will be installing the cabinets and floors in about two weeks and aim to be on the market for the first week in April.

The back is all ready for the stairs and decks, which we're going to begin next week.

Camillo works to hang the doors on the first floor.

In the penthouse, the baseboards are finished and ready for hardwood floors.

In the penthouse, the steps are also all trimmed out.

 

Here, our tile subcontractor works to lay the tile in the loft bath.

The Homasote has all been delivered and will be installed next week.

2108 10th St NW- Hard Hat Tour This Sunday

Our Thompson Condominiums project at 2108 10th St NW is about 5 weeks from completion, and we're holding a hard hat tour this Sunday Feb. 26th at 1 PM.  Spots are limited, so please sign up in advance by emailing lindsay@reishmanrealestate.com to sign up.  On the tour, you'll get to see all 4 units, including the incredible roof deck on the penthouse.  Here is the status of the project as of this morning:

This picture does a good job of showing the soundproofing tracks that we use in the ceiling between units.

Our insulation is a green product called Eco-Batt that has no formaldehyde.

The roofers worked today to finish the small roof on the front balcony.

2108 10th St NW- Brick Nearly Done

The Thompson at 2108 10th is coming along nicely.  We're actually ahead of schedule and are on track to deliver in early April.  The biggest projects now are finishing the exterior brick and getting the inside ready to install sheetrock.

In the back, the brick suncontractor had six masons working to finish the rear wall.  They are about 3/4 finished.

Inside, the units are framed and ready for electric and HVAC rough-ins.  Henry, the electrician, stopped by quickly today to measure so he can order materials.

Upstairs, our carpenters worked to install the pitch on the front roof.  The roofer is starting tomorrow (let's hope the nice weather will continue).

In front, the brick is finished.

2108 10th St NW- Taking Shape

We are making incredible progress on all three of our current developments.  At The Thompson, the big push for last week and the one upcoming is to get the exterior work finished.  We are nearly done framing out the roof and finishing the brick work in the front and back.  Our roofer returns from a trip back to El Salvador on February 1st, and we'll have him get to work the next day on the front and rear metal details.

While the plumber is able to work before the building is completely water tight, both the electrician and HVAC contractors can not start until the building is 100% sealed up.  They should begin at the end of this week or the beginning of next.

In the front, the masons worked this week to install the front brick wall.  The brick is from the same factory as The Thompson Flats next door and looks nearly identical.

Here's the view from across the street.

In the rear, we worked this week to install the doors and windows so the masons could work.

New Website for Lock 7 Development!

We are extremely excited to announce the launch of a new website for our company at Lock7Development.com.  The new website has a ton of awesome info about all of our previous, current and future developments.  It also links seamlessly with all of our social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and this blog.

The homepage is clean and well-organized.

Another new feature is the ability to check availability, view floorplans and get building details without having to go to an external website.

We also were able to incorporate the Walk Score app into each project page.  On that note, our lowest Walk Score of any project is 86, which happens to be one block from Columbia Heights.  

Another useful feature is a well-organized portfolio, which is sorted into various categories (like kitchens, baths, etc.)

The Thompson- Windows

Over the last few days, we've begun to install the windows at The Thompson at 2108 10th St NW.  The front windows come in one piece and weigh several hundred pounds.  It took 4 guys and a system of ropes and pulleys to get them up and in place.  The new building finally is beginning to look like the twin building next door.  Very exciting!

The doors are scheduled to arrive on Friday of this week.

Pretty cool, right?

2108 10th St- Framing

Our goal was to get the roof framed up before the Christmas holiday.  Truth be told, I think we'll still fall a little short, but we've still made an incredible amount of progress here in only a few weeks.  Less than two months ago, there was an entirely different small house on this lot.  Now, there are three finished units, and we're well on our way to getting the fourth one completed.

In the front, you can finally start to get an idea of what the building will look like when finished.

This was the rear of the building on Thursday of last week.

Here's the same view from this morning.  You can see the carpenters made a lot of progress on framing the second floor rear windows and started the joists for the floor above.

The Thompson- Lots of Progress

The Thompson at 2108 10th St NW is really starting to take shape.  Over the last two weeks, we finished the foundation work, basement plumbing, and about 1/3 of the floor framing.  We're working now to get in the next level of floor framing and finish the new water service to the street.  We anticipate finishing this building in early April- just in time for the spring.

Last week, we filled in the basement with gravel and ran the new plumbing.

We ordered a pump truck to pump the concrete from the street down into the basement.

The concrete is wet and heavy when it is first poured.  After several hours of leveling it and smoothing it over, it forms a solid floor.

After the basement slab was poured, we framed the first floor.

This weekend, the masons returned to build the block walls up to the second level.

2108 10th St NW- Progress

Although we're working hard at 1449 Harvard St NW, 1120 Rhode Island Ave and 2108 10th St NW, the project on 10th St. is at the stage where things show the most progress every day.  We have the site fully excavated and the foundation work is underway.  Here is the progression of the site over the last week:

Here's the site on Friday before they poured any concrete.  The footers were all formed with rebar and ready to go.  We're been so fortunate to have two straight weeks of no rain.

Yesterday, our masons set the corners of the building for the surveyor to come and perform a wall check.  This is done to make sure the building falls within both lot lines.

This morning, our masonry contractor came to start laying the block on the South wall.  They made a ton of progress- this wall was several feet high by the end of the day.

Construction Progress- The Thompson at 2108 10th

We finally had a great week of clear weather here in DC and we were able to get a lot of foundation work done at 2108 10th St NW.  The first part of the project involved underpinning the foundation of the house next door.  Here's what this process looks like:

The underpinning is nearly complete.

Underpinning is the process of creating a new foundation below an existing one.  The house to the right has no basement, and our new building will have a full one.  We can't just dig straight down because doing so would remove the dirt that supports the foundation of the other house.  Instead, we pour a new concrete foundation down to the lowest point of our new building.  On the right, that building has a full basement so we can just dig the dirt all the way down.

Construction Progress- 2108 10th St NW

Today was a highly productive one at The Thompson Condominium, our project at 2108 10th St NW.  We started and mostly finished demolishing the existing house that was on the lot.  The interior was gutted a few months ago (you can see that here) but we had to wait several months to demolish the rest of the house.  The original plan was to only do part of the demo by hand, and then finish with the heavy machinery.  However, when we started, we realized that the space was just too tight between the buildings on either side to use a large excavation machine.  We ended up knocking the building down the old-fashioned way- with hammers and manpower.

The first task was to build a temporary fence with plywood.  This serves two purposes- to keep the dust and debris off of the sidewalk, and to keep unauthorized people from entering the site.  This was at 11 AM this morning and you can see they were moving along- the roof is already gone.

Instead of standing on the floor joists, which were resting in the brick, we set up scaffolding for safety.

The house literally came down brick by brick, knocking each one out from the top down.