Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Four hours and counting...

We will be closing on the house in 4 hours.  I have to say this experience of building a house is sort of like giving birth...painful during labor (in this case the build process) and joy when you see the baby (the finished house and finish line).  I am so happy with the house that when I saw our PM yesterday for last minute stuff I had feelings of fondness for him, much like how Ted felt when he was about to break it off with Zoe in "How I Met Your Mother", unlike the feelings of irritation for him (the PM) during the build process.  

We had an independent inspection done last Saturday.  Our inspector was surprised by the quality of the build RH had done and he only found mostly cosmetic issues.    But it was during this inspection, when we found out that our PM did not put in the drop-down stairs to the attic in the laundry room.  He did provide us with an access but no stairs.  During the building, there was a set of drop-down stairs stored in our garage so I thought that was it, apparently the stairs was not ours but belonged to another house being built.  If this had happened weeks ago, I would have been breathing fire about that but since it was almost near the finish line, I was surprisingly calm about it.  Our PM had promised to finish out the installation at the latest Thursday since we do plan to move in on Saturday.  Oh well.

I have to say that I am so in love with my professional style dual-fuel range and hood!  I think the set just made the house a whole lot classier.  The hardwood flooring is gorgeous.  Our PM mentioned that the inspectors thought the floors were awesome and that it was their first time to inspect a house with so much hardwood.  

 I'll end this post with pictures of the house.  Anybody who is used to blogger would know that they would randomly post the pics.  Our days will become busier after today.  I'll try to update this blog with changes we've made to the house.  Congratulations to those who had recently closed and good luck to those still building.

Typical upper bedroom


My awesome kitchen

Laundry room

MBR



Bonus room

Double welled basement door

Stairs to basement


Extra finished basement space



Another pic of the kitchen

Kids in family room







7 comments:

  1. The house looks great!! I hope closing goes smoothly! Can't wait to see pictures once you all settle in.

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  2. OMG, Carly!! YOUR KITCHEN IS JUST ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! YOU MADE A FABULOUS CHOICE WITH YOUR HOOD AND RANGE!

    CONGRATUATIONS ON YOUR CLOSING!!

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    1. Carly, I was looking through your blog and don't see a picture of the outside of your home! Please share a picture--can't wait--love your home!

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  3. Nice pic/options. I haven't seen any ryan with a double welled exit. Would love to see outside pics of you welled exit plz & thanks

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