January 23rd
The siding is going on the back and is nearly finished. Think it looks great !

The doghouse to the basement from the outside is complete with a matching hip roof. We need another egress from inside to the basement, so we are using another spiral staircase from the laundry room side of the atrium down. 

originally we had intended for stairs to go up to atrium and down to basement from the side but layout changed a bit. 

We had the wood milled locally so that the battens would be the right thickness to match the metal sides of the containers and need a few more long boards to complete the back and the road side between the containers. Once that is done, it is just the finishing inside and our carpenter is done. Setting the stairs, additional rafters in the atrium ceiling, window trim. We have the cement floor guy on deck once the plumbing is complete. Had problems with the first plumber and he is no longer welcome on site so now having to hire someone to come in where he left off. Not always ideal to have someone pick up someone elses job.  Think we have found someone. The issue for most plumbers was the drilling thru the steel that made them nervous. While it does ruin many a drill bit, it really is no big deal. Out of all the contractors, plumbing has been the biggest challenge when it came to working with containers.