Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Weeks 8 & 9

So much has happened in the past week and a half. We currently have all of our plumbing (some of it in the wrong spot) all of our electrical works (missing a few outlets here and there) and the beginning of guardian's wiring has been completed. 

 Remember the knee space that we fought to not have in Bath 2? Well upon one of our many visits we noticed that the plumbing was placed in the wrong spot as if it was still being mapped out for the single sink with vanity counter. Our PM, Travis is awesome and as soon as we expressed our concern, he was right on it. He did confirm that the crew placed the plumbing in the wrong spot and made notes on the wall for it to be corrected. Travis states that even with the necessary changes he expects to be ready for drywall by the end of this week. He wound up having to leave out of town for the remainder of the week so he scheduled our pre-drywall for Monday morning!!! We were initially told that once we hit drywall stage we are 4 weeks out from closing. So lets hope that is true! If so we should be closing early November, but on Monday we will have our closing date. 


Week 8 
              Day 50 (09/23/13) We noticed that our garden tub in the master bedroom  had arrived as well as our bricks!


           Day 51 (09/24/13) All air conditioning and duct work was completed.
           
           Day 52 (09/25/13) Both tubs were installed 
 
               Plumbing in Bath 2 in the wrong location

Day 53- All electric work was started


Day 55- PM marked up corrections to be made to Bath 2

We also noticed that the windowsill in the master bedroom had been all scratched up. Possibly from bringing something in through the windows.
Week 9
                     Day 56 (09/29/13)- Me being the genius that I am, thought it would be a great idea to step in the darker mud. Yes I knew it rained the day before, but I just knew that mud was no where as soft as stepping into the lighter mud. Uhm, yeah I was wrong. It was like stepping into wet quick sand.

Luckily I had on my cheap Old Navy flip flops. As you see my feet had a mud bath. I guess that's why they are super soft now. Our neighbor 2 houses down who moved in about 3 weeks ago was super sweet and offered us her hose so that I could get it off. Thanks again V!
Despite the little mud-hap  nothing was standing in between me getting in that house. Hubby found some wood pieces and made a little walkway for us to get in. Mud-1 Alexander's- 1! Once we got in we noticed that the electricians forgot to add an outlet at 5.5 feet for when Guardian adds the other goods to the wall. We also think that we will need a horizontal stud or another 7.5 feet one to allow us to properly mount the TV on the wall. We decided to bring it up in the pre-drywall meeting.

Day 57- Guardian has been by to add all of their goodies in the house. Below is the conduit that we added to the family room and Master bedroom walls. 

Until next time,
- The Alexander's




4 comments:

  1. Wow things have really come together quickly your home will be ready in no time! Congrats on the progress even if the plumbing is in the wrong spot its still fabulous!

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    1. Thanks! We are really excited about all of the progress and the idea that this time next month we will be preparing to move in.

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  2. Hi Alexanders, Just found your blog! Congratulations on your new home! You picked out a really nice home. lol I had plenty of muddy days too. I purchased two pair of cheap water shoes that I kept in my trunk for muddy days.

    We built a Rome with RH in Maryland. I would love follow your journey. Feel free to follow instructions on my blog and look for the followers button. ricknadase.blogspot.com
    Don't forget to turn off the word verification button too. It makes us bloggers decipher a weird word pattern before leaving comments. Ugghhh

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    1. Thanks for subscribing to our blog Rick and Nadase! We are so anxious and ready to see this finished project and be in our home. Going from a home and then to an apartment is not fun. Luckily it's only temporary. The water shoes is a great idea. I think I may have mine from our cruise in August.

      Consider it done! Now I have something to read while at work. I turned off the word verification thing as well. I didn't realize that was on. I hate seeing those on websites they are so annoying.

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