Paint--holy cow!

I seriously cannot believe my house is REALLY close to being finished! It is amazing that two weeks ago we were in a shell of a house and how it is super super close to being livable. The walls are painted/primed. Not sure if another coat is going on or not. I am ok with not. The siding if about 90% finished. I do believe the vinyl and ceramic flooring are being installed tomorrow. The molding and finishing pieces are Friday. So I know these pictures are super boring. White walls in a house. Hopefully soon I will posting pictures of painted rooms with furniture in them!!

study

Dining room

Family Room

Kitchen--look at all of those electrical outlets!

Morning Room

Loft

Natalie's bedroom

Master Bedroom

Basement

Media area in basement

Starting fresh--zeroed out!

Drywall almost finished and siding started

As of Saturday the drywall is up and two or three coats of mud have been put up. The ceiling hasbeen finished. It looks like it is ready for prime and paint. According to our project manager it will finished and painted this week then the vinyl and ceramic flooring will be installed. Finishing trim will be hung on Friday. I am incredibly pleased. We are on schedule to have our presettlement meeting on September 8th. Good-because that is when I scheduled my vacation from work. Here are some more progress pictures of the siding and dry wall.

Family Room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Bedroom 2 (Nat's room)

Bedroom 3

Loft

Bedroom 4

Basement

Dry wall, dry wall, and a little more dry wall

As of today all of the drywall is hung. The scaffolding is up for the siding. My brick is washed and looks sooo much more like what we picked out. We should hear this week when our closing date is. Woo hoo! Here are some of the dry wall pictures. Sorry they are pretty boring...I do have to say that it is looking much more like a house.

Dining room

Kitchen

Family room

Morning room

Natalie's room

Loft

Bedroom 4

Master Bedroom

Master bathroom

Front of the house August 11, 2010

I am going to brag for just a second...

I locked in our APR today at 4.5%! Just sayin...

Do you know what the pre-drywall meeting means?!

...that we are 30 days from living in our new home!! We met with our project manager yesterday. We walked the house and he pointed out everything we've been watching over the last few weeks. There were a few things he pointed out I didnt know about already. While we were there the framers were there fixing things Brent had noted and wanted fixed. Insulation was put in today, inspection on Monday, and then drywall gets started! Woo hoo! I had a list that I wanted to talk to him about.

Here is my list and what Brent had to say:
1. The edge of the bathtub broken- Answer: no biggie it is covered by drywall. (exactly what we thought)
2. No gas line in laundry- Answer: already taken care of
3. Shingles look like CRAP! They had this white color on them and varied in color. I said something to Brent and Answer: he already noticed, brought the shingle rep to our house, put in a complaint already and he is getting our shingles replaced!!! What a guy.
4. I asked about access for a utility tub in the unfinished portion of the basement. Answer: there is hot/cold water access and a drain so yes-we can put one in down the road.

Other things he pointed out: Our rep who sold us the house is fighting to get more of our back yard excavated and seeded. Our laundry (dryer) and range is not only fit for gas but the electrician has it set up for electric too.

Also, while we were there the masonry workers were there and putting our brick up! I would expect our siding would be put soon as well! For now, here are some closer pictures of the brick. The insulation truck was in the the way for a full front picture.

Update!

So, during our visit tonight it seems as though HVAC, plumber, and electrician are finished! Lots of plugs and overhead lights--makes me happy! The security/home theater wiring will be finished tomorrow. From what I was told inspections tomorrow and then we meet with the project manager on Friday for our pre-drywall meeting! YEHAW!!!

My dad came over last night and we walked the house. We noticed little black marker notes around the house. It seems as though our project manager has been making notes:) Good to know! We did catch that there wasnt a gas line in our laundry room but one phone call later-fixed! I also had a little note that I thought our shingles looked like crap and while we were there last night our cute little workers had returned and the shingles look MUCH nicer today. Totally impressed so far. It is paying off visiting every day.

No new pictures for now. I will post more at the end of the week. I need a vacation by the way! Whew! This apt living is for the birds!

Totally off the subject--
Natalie is such a big girl!! 14 months and she can recognize and complete tasks given to her. For instance, she got my phone for me the other day when it was just laying on the floor no where near her and I asked for it. She knows where her feet, hair, belly, and teeth are. She gets close for her nose (grandma has been working on that one since she was 6 months old). She is walking/running EVERYWHERE and is really independent. She has two front bottom teeth and a back molar and about 8 teeth coming in...ouch!! She eats table food and loves chicken and rice. She is so laid back and easy going. I must have been good to deserve such a sweet child. I am blessed with a wonderful husband and family.

Wow-they work on the weekend! The mechanics are almost finished!

Friday night we saw the majority of the heating and air ducts in. During Saturday's visit we saw our front and back sliding glass door had been installed, the HVAC close to being finished, and plumbing almost done as well! These two walk throughs were our first visits into the house as well! It was really neat to see the rooms roughed out and I can really see it coming along. Here are some pictures of the inside and outside as of Saturday.



7/30/10


7/31/10 door in and porch started




Study


dining room


family room


HVAC


basement window


upstairs bathtub


Bedroom 4-guest bedroom


Bedroom 1 -Natalie's bedroom


Loft


Bedroom 2