We have walls

We went by the house not to long ago and noticed that there was a man walking on stilts and numerous other people inside. Come to find out they were installing our drywall. Hubby wanted to ensure that they added the extra deadwood in the master so we could mount or TV, but that space was already covered. We of course didn't want to slow them down or distract them so we left right back out and didn't get any pictures. I guess we will just have to go back tomorrow morning. Oh yeah today marks Day 69.

There was no progress yesterday (Day 68), and on Thursday (Day 67) all plumbing corrections to bath 2 were made.

I will do my best to update with pictures tomorrow after our visit. 

Until next time,

-The Alexander's

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

Week 7

So much has happened since the last time I've blogged. Our home looks like an actual home and has siding, an almost finished back patio, our back door, plumbing and A/C ducts.


Week 6 Day 41 (09.14.13)

Me hanging on the back patio

 

Standing in the entryway looking towards the living room

 

On the landing look up the stairs 

 

Standing in the middle of the master bedroom

 

Kitchen

 

Week 7 Day 44 (09.17.13)

 

Back of house with our covered patio and 5 feet un-covered for our grill

 

Our back patio with our awesome back door that I love

 

Day 46 (09.19.13)

 

We went to visit the house and all of the plumbing was complete and the A/C guys were working on installing the duct work. As we walked out the PM told us that the electrician should be coming in the following day if all works out to start with all the electrical stuff. We noticed that the garage and living room were full of drywall, so hopefully the insulation will be arriving soon and then drywall!

 

We also got the official notification that our house is ours. Yes that is right our application made it through the final stages of loan approval. They set our closing date for November 28th, but that is Thanksgiving so I am pretty sure that is going to change. We are pushing for them to close on November 25th so wish us luck on trying to make that happen.

 

 

Until next time,

 

-The Alexander's