So we finally got our closing date, March 30th, Good Friday. Our original projected closing day was February 2nd, so we’re just about 2 months behind schedule. Some of the delays were due to weather but some most of it is just things fell behind because they are building so many houses at the same…
So progress on the house has sort of dragged along rather slowly this past month. After the framing was complete the rough in (wiring, HVAC, plumbing) was only supposed to take about 2 weeks. But alas, in typical construction style it’s been about a month and it’s still not marked as being 100% complete. They…
Progress is being made on our home. The builders have been working hard the past few weeks. They are nearing completion of the framing. They started on Wednesday and even worked on Thanksgiving and as of Friday morning the second floor was almost complete. They will probably be finished with the framing by Tuesday of…
Last week we had our Design Center meeting which means we selected all of the interior finishes for our new house. It was a 2.5 hour meeting (which is surprisingly shorter than I was expecting). We selected everything from flooring to door knobs to bathroom tile to the fireplace mantle. Since we are building in…
The past few days we have been super busy. Between the in-laws and friends visiting from out of town, to school events, parent-teacher conferences and new house meetings we’ve been non-stop. On Monday afternoon we met with the builder to finalize all of our structural/plumbing and electrical details so they can submit the plans for…
Before we could sign the contract we had to make a few big decisions like structural changes to our plan and our exterior house colors. The neighborhood has a monotony rule which means your house can’t be the same color as any 4 houses either direction from your lot including across the street. Since a…
