Gen Z House

It took a little longer than 3 weeks as originally planned, but the vinyl siding finally arrived. Our contractor doesn’t text, so we don’t have any way of getting updates on the progress. We have to wait until we make the 2.5 hour drive down from Lexington and see what we find when we get there.

For several (since October) months, the house has been slowly torn apart. Every time we think something is going to be fixed we end of finding more issues that need to be fixed first. I can’t explain how good it feels to actually see the house being rebuilt.

So, I went with white 8″ lap siding. Next to the previous blue siding, the gray looked very light and washed out. Luckily for us, we didn’t need to replace the gray vinyl shakes. However, I was not expecting this harsh transition. I’m still crossing my fingers that once everything is cleaned up and pressure washed that it will look better, but I’m very skeptical.

Fast forward another week and more progress was being made. Maybe with some black or gray shutters installed the shakes will blend in a little better. Either way, for now I’m just happy that we aren’t looking at chipboard.

What do you think about the gray shakes? Should I paint them white? Replace them with the white lap siding?