Our House is 90% Complete!

Today marks Day 100/ Week 15 of our process, and so much has happened since our last post. This past Saturday the bottom half of the driveway was poured. Sunday there was no change. We were disappointed and thought nothing would happen being that the following day was Veterans Day so we assumed not much would change.

Yesterday (Day 99), the tile guys were back adding grout to the back splash that morning. We didn't want to be in the way so we decided to come back later that evening. We were both shocked to come back and see lots of carpenters and painters cutting up trim for the interior and adding finishing touches to the exterior as well. We didn't get out due to all of the men still working but we did notice the other 1/2 of the driveway was present.YAY! When I got home I then became convinced that they mistakenly painted the shutters the wrong color and the trim was not dark enough. Let's just say I was "straight tripping".

Can you see the ugly colored shutters?

Day 100- First thing we noticed was our perfectly color coordinated house in all the colors we remember picking! I am so happy I didn't send an email to the PM last night about the color anxiety I was having. He definitely would have thought I was crazy.  Once we got to the front door we noticed the house had electricity and had the permanent lock. I take it we will have to start visiting during business hours only for the next 7 days. When we walked in all doors had handles and door stops on majority of the doors. Wall dings were taped to be corrected and a bob cat was outside getting ready to start the grading. All missing baseboards were added, and did I mention we had electricity? That was of course until I blew the fuse by trying to test the garbage disposal. I was positive I broke the house before we even owned it, but the PM ensured us that 2 of the breakers were acting wonky so the Electrician would be back out to repair it. He also informed us that evening they would be finishing grading on the property and tomorrow landscaping would be done. Hubby already had a conversation with the PM in regards to picking the location of the trees so we came back later this evening after grading was complete and hubby placed stakes in the yard.  On our way out we saw that whoever did the grading damaged and cracked the driveway on the edge. It has been pretty cold for Texas the past 2 days so the upper half of the driveway is not completely dry. It looks like the person drove on it or hit it while doing the grading or both.

Isn't she lovely?

 Pardon the screens do not belong in the kitchen, or the fact that the outlet covers have not been added  but it still looks gorgeous!

 Did you notice the missing cabinet is now installed?

 Me enjoying Standing on the back patio. Go Longhorns!!!

Our cracked driveway :(

 I think that our PM saw the cracked driveway, because the 'Do Not Park' block was added later that evening when we returned.

 Hubby and I made a pact that we will not go back in the house until our orientation, however we will drive by and see the landscaping progress tomorrow. :)

I can't believe that in 8 days, this home will be ours. Ahhhh!

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