Cabinets and doors!

Sorry for the slow update, but the pictures were taken with our "good camera" instead of the cell phone, so I had to actually get the pictures off the camera to upload instead of having it happen instantly! How spoiled I am by technology.

Anyway, we visited the house last weekend and even though I think it was supposed to be locked, it wasn't! The sheetrock is almost done, they just have a little work to do in the basement. Otherwise, they've painted the walls (apparently with a spray gun that got everywhere), installed interior doors, and we now have cabinets! Also, the tile guy was working on a Saturday to tile the tubs and showers upstairs. So without further delay, here are the pictures.

Backyard deck and patio, there will be stairs

Basement Rec Room and the bar

Basement Rec Room and entrance into media room

Bar cabinets

More Bar Cabinets

Media Room (still needs sheetrock)

Wall between media room and utility room

Back wall of media room and entrance into rec room

Utility Room

Kitchen Cabinets (they were all wrapped up, this was the best we could do

Bonus Room

Bonus Room

Master Bath, tile in progress!

Upstairs hall and railing overlooking foyer

Laundry room upstairs

guest bath upstairs

Kitchen cabinets again, they are a little dusty

living room

kitchen

kitchen

Driveway, sidewalk, porch, and columns are in

We have little hope that we will be able to get in this weekend because they've gotten far enough along to start locking it, but if we can get in we will post pictures. Happy Thanksgiving!

Update and closing date information

Sorry for the delay in updating, we went by the house last weekend, but they were still working on the insulation and we didn't want to go inside and distract anyone.

They were working again this weekend, but we visited anyway because I was having withdrawals!

So without further ado, here are the newest pictures:

The front of the house with garage doors, siding, and brick in place!

Take 2

The deck, there are supposed to be stairs, but it's a start!

Rear view

We aren't sure how they plan to fill in these holes since they've already drywalled

Another hole next to the bar in the basement.

The basement bar

The basement is drywalled!

More basement drywall

Living room

The kitchen

The arched opening into the living room

The door from dining room into kitchen

Fireplace

Kitchen/breakfast area

Other side of arch and some snazzy stilts!

We didn't go upstairs because they were still working on the drywall and sounded like they were on a roll. We are excited they've started working weekends. We also got a confirmation on the final walk through date and closing. It looks like we will walk through on December 13th and close on December 17th. 

There are a few things we're still waiting on from the PM that didn't look quite right when we were visiting, but overall we are happy to see all the progress! 

Until next time!

Quick Update (Guardian and pre-drywall walkthroughs)

Sorry for the delay, but I was hoping to have pictures before posting again. Unfortunately (or fortunately) people have been working on the house every time we've been by lately, so no good pictures this time.

Anyway, last week on Tuesday we met Brian from Guardian to do the walk through. We met him after work around 5 PM, so it got dark quickly! Basically we just walked through all the rooms with him and pointed out where we wanted the cable and data ports to be placed. There was some confusion about our sound and speaker set up in the basement, but we finally got it sorted out. We have been back by since then and all the wiring for Guardian and the other electrical work has been properly installed! Side note: the windows and exterior doors were also installed when we went!

Monday of this week we did the pre-drywall walk through with our PM. Basically, we just walked through the house, asked questions, and let our PM point out things. So far, all the duct work, electrical and plumbing stuff has been run and the bathtubs are installed. We only noticed one error, they forgot to delete one of the master closet doors, but our PM said that would be a quick and easy fix.

So, on Monday our PM said the plan was to get 3 inspections on Tuesday, do insulation on Wednesday, inspect insulation on Thursday, and start drywall Friday or Saturday. The most recent update today said that they are still waiting on 2 of the 3 inspections they had planned on Tuesday with hopes of accomplishing them today. At this point he thinks the drywall will begin on Monday.

We asked our PM if we're still on track for a December 5th final walk through. He said "we're cutting it close" and he won't be able to really put a firm date on anything until the drywall is done. We are hoping to close by December 12th since as of December 19th we will be homeless when our current house closes!

We will try for pictures this weekend so you can see the windows and hopefully some insulation!

Until next week:

So much progress!

We visited the site today and holy jeez have they made some progress! Everyone told us the framing would go fast, but given our previous experience we expected to see maybe the first floor to be framed, but definitely nothing more. We were super excited to be wrong! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. 

Master bedroom and future awesome bathtub!

Master bedroom (right), master closet & bathroom (left)

Master closet (the spray painted wall will be removed and the doorway in front will be closed in)

Master bathroom - bathtub (left), water closet (right)

Bonus Room

Upstairs hallway, guestrooms on both sides in rear, center area is open to foyer

Guest Room

Another Guest Room

living room with fireplace

fireplace, I think it will be moved into the room somewhat due to a skinny lot

Kitchen (garage door is to the right)

Inside kitchen overlooking living room

door (with arch) out of kitchen into hallway, stairs (left)

study

dining room, kitchen in background on right

media room (it's so dark! Movies will be awesome!)

Exterior

Rear of house from basement level

Right side of house, that black stuff is waterproofing, the fireplace will probably be pushed into the house some

Stairs down from 2nd floor

laundry room on 2nd floor

upstairs guest bathroom

living room

living room

living room and stairs to 2nd floor and basement

Stairs, foyer, kitchen, dining room in rear right

Kitchen again

door to garage

windows, doors, and shower stuff waiting to be installed

A shot from the corner of the street

Sorry they aren't in any logical order, but hopefully you see how awesome it is and how quickly it's coming along!

And finally, this expression of happiness: