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All moved in!

So, it's been a few months since we last posted anything. We've been busy getting ourselves moved in and settled. We moved on September 3rd. It took movers 4 hours to unload our storage unit and unload everything into the house. Amazing!

Both Betsy and I had forgotten how much work setting up a house from nothing is. I'm still trying to get my office where I want it to be! We'll have some new pictures of the interiors with our stuff in it as soon as we finish setting up the last few rooms (and that darn garage!)

Thanks for your patience! It will be rewarded.

Greg

8/22/09 - Done

It's done. We just completed the blue tape inspection yesterday. Our home inspector said that this house is the best quality new construction he's seen in his entire career (over 2000 home inspections.) Pretty cool. Makes me feel really good about living here for the next 30+ years.

You'll see lots of little blue tape pieces all over the place. These are small things that need fixing as per us, our inspector and our GC. We all went over the entire place with a fine tooth comb and looked for even the smallest imperfections that need to be fixed.

We close on the sale August 31st.

I'll post pictures of the house after the blue tape inspection tasks are complete using my professional digital SLR camera and a nice wide angle lens.

8/20/09 - Update Lite

Okay, so it's been a week+ since the last update. My apologies. There's lots to share!

We're in the final throws of getting the financing done and the final punch list to the contractor. In a fortunate twist of fate, I've also picked up quite a bit of side work that's kept me busy most nights this past week. It's a bit hectic at the moment, so we'll post the final batch of construction photos no later than Saturday. PROMISE!

Yes, I said final batch of construction photos. The house is DONE. Salivating for more!? Stay tuned!

Greg

8/16/09 - We have a yard!

Our yard is in - grass and barkdust. It looks really good. As we suspected, they didn't completely understand what we wanted on the slope in front. Geoff assured me that he'll correct it.

8/14/09 - Landscaping prep

The landscapers have been busy, putting down fresh soil (I assume full of fertilizer) for the sod to be set on top of. We're a little concerned that they didn't quite understand what we wanted in terms of lawn in the front, as the dirt they put down doesn't cover the entire slope. We'll see what happens.

The door was painted back to red. It's a deeper red, which is much better than what it was before. Well done, painters!

A gate was installed on the east side of the house with a nice trellis over the top. The trellis is actually structural. I think it turned out nicely.

Cleaners have been through, too, for a first pass.

The stairs in the garage were built. They mimic the ones outside on the porch. WOW. I didn't expect this nice of stairs. Very impressed.

8/13/09 - More goodness!

It's getting so close to being done, I can almost taste it!

Okay - here's the rundown for today:

1. The Electrician has finished up his topping out (except the fireplace switch - which we just discovered was finished over! Hahah.)
   
2. Drywall guys came back to do the first pass on fixing issues - mostly spackling and caulking.
   
3. Greg is done with the deck! WOW - it's amazing. It really makes the house what it is on the outside.
4. The landscaper finished the ivy removal and planted the 3 flowering pear trees. These are going to be beautiful when they start blooming - white blooms.
5. The fence is built! It looks really nice. Apparently the neighbor (contractor building a spec house) requested that we build a more modern good-neighbor fence. It's okay, though I was a little disappointed that I wasn't consulted. Good thing it turned out nice.
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