More of Week 12

Day 79- All of the painting began on the walls, doors, baseboards, and shelves.

Day 80- During today's visit hubby saw the painters inside, and asked them if they do any side jobs for extra cash on their off days. Much to our surprise they said all the time and said they would do our job fora little less than $700. I was ready to go ahead and just cancel the following estimate, but hubby suggested we still follow through with the final estimate. As we were leaving we ran into our PM, and he informed us that the tile work on our tubs should be happening this Friday,  someone would be coming out to do some preliminary cleaning, and that the missing cabinet was on back order- but should be in soon.


Day 81- We went by to get our final paint estimate and the painters were in there adding glossy paint to all of the "wet" areas and baseboards. Of course hubby mentioned something about the back fence that I didn't see while we were there, so I just had to go back to see it later that evening. When we got there that evening, we immediately noticed that they set up plastic over the exterior to all windows and the back door. To me that means they are getting ready to paint all of the siding. Woohoo!!! The back fence did go up and they added some dirt in the back to level out the land some more.

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Yesterday (Day 78) morning I drove by the house to see if the cabinets and framing arrived since it was not there as of Sunday evening. As I drove down the street I immediately noticed lots of movement in the garage. Our cabinets, doors, and all  the framing were there! I wanted to go check it out, but I would've definitely gotten knocked over or just been in the way. Hubby decided later that evening that he would go back and take more pictures for us, and had them ready for me when I walked in the door last night. He's the best! He's pretty laid back and doesn't get excited about things in advance, but he did tell me now that he can see the cabinets, it is becoming more real and exciting to him.

This Saturday we had someone come out for an estimate to have our 1st floor painted, and we both almost died when they said $2200. We have another estimate this Thursday, but if they come in just as high as the other people did hubby said he will handle it himself. 

Clove kitchen cabinets. We're missing a cabinet to the left of that window, I guess we will wait to see if it appears by the end of this week otherwise I will send an e-mail.  

More beautifully dusty cabinets

I am so happy with our Santa Fe doors that we have throughout the house.  This is the coat closet

Our double doors to the master suite

Master bath cabinets

Our in wall medicine cabinet

Bath 2 with the single vanity that we elected for instead of  the knee space

Laundry room cabinets

Despite us closing on the 20th, we've decided that we're not going to move in until the 30th of November. That gives us time to get the house painted and get our furniture and appliances delivered. I currently am scheduled to work on the 30th, but will see if I can do some fa-dangling and trading with someone. We shall see.

Until Next Time,

-The Alexander's

Started from the bottom, Now we're here!

This Friday (Day 75), was a productive construction day at the house. Earlier this week there was lots of rain which caused a pause to construction within the community. The masons have been working on the house since Tuesday, and were able to finish up yesterday. The garage door was installed and all of the texture were added to the walls. An email from our SR informed us that were waiting for our cabinets and trim package to arrive what should be any day now. If it doesn't come today I don't think that it will not arrive until about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. 

Today, we have a consultation with some painters for us to obtain a quote. Wish us luck! 

Just about 2.5 months ago this was our lot!

 And now look where we are!

Our garage door installed. We can't close it to get a better picture being that they have a temporary support beam for the bricks.

Our textured walls!

Until next time,

- The Alexander's 

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10/14/13 Day 71 

Stopped by the house and saw all of the guys working hard to finish out all of the drywall. One of the guys informed me that's. Different crew would be by to do the mudding on the drywall.  It must have been close to 10:30am and they were all in the garage finishing up. 

Day 72

We made an agreement that we would not visit the house until Thursday, since we assumed that it wouldn't change much between now and then. Well 8 hours into my 12 hour workday I had a change of heart. I called up hubby and asked if he could stop by and see if anything has changed on his way home. Being the awesome man that he is- he agreed! An hour later I received an email titled" Time for the Brick". Despite the title, nothing could have prepared me for this:

He didn't go in since the guys were still working, but if you look close enough you can see that the mudding in the garage has been done.

For the past 2 weeks we've received numerous e-mails from our loan officer with different interest rates. After much thought, we decided to lock in our interest rate. Unfortunately it is not as great as rates were when we first started this process, but hey what can you do?

Day 73

Initially, we made an agreement to not go back to visit the house, but yeah I broke down and did it after attempting to get an oil change. It was so rainy and muddy, but I was determined once again to get an up close view of our brick as well as see the inside.  I really love how the brick is coming together, but feel like it's a shade darker then what we initially thought it would be. 

I have no clue what the trailer is there for, because they definitely were not at our house.

My in the car photos weren't cutting it, so I got out to get a better view of the brick. 

After seeing the brick, I woke up with a little anxiety and felt the need to start scheduling estimates for painters, measurements for blinds, and quotes for movers. We went out to Home Depot and scheduled for them to come out and measure the morning of October 30th.We have 2 estimates scheduled- one this Saturday and the other October 24th. I haven't gotten an estimate for any movers just yet, but trust and believe that is on my to do list for before I go back to work on Friday. 

 I am going to try to put together a post of our house buys so far, if not this week maybe next week.

Until next time,

-The Alexander's