Clear to close!

Got some good news! We are officially clear to close! This mortgage experience has been painless, just 2 more weeks and its ours! Lots of progress inside the house, things really are feeling like home! Here are some updated pictures in no particular order.

 Love our floors

Sigh of relief

Today did a lot to settle down the nerves that were creeping up on me. My project manager addressed some questions about issues I found on Friday first thing this morning so that was nice. Next was unexpected, I had hoped to hear from my loan rep tomorrow as she was coming back from vacation about where everything stood. Well, to my surprise I get an email from another NVR rep with my appraisal and request for final documents. They did the final hard pull on my credit today and just need this weeks paystub and hopefully I can get the clear to close confirmed. Appraisal ended up being just over purchase price, this is fine by me, gets me the loan and doesn't jack up taxes.

Getting sooo close now!

What a week! As per the usual trend, the words concrete work sparked mother nature to launch a few days of rain. The good news is most of the work was completed, only the rear steps and remaining stone work was pushed off to next week. Next week the goal will actually be a almost completed house, only cleaning and touch ups should remain if things follow the plan. Onto some pictures!

 Nicer than expected shower fixtures

 Driveway and steps getting worked on

 Was interesting to watch them work

 All done!

 Upgraded pet protect padding

 Just a peek of whats hiding

 Basement carpet

 Master bedroom

 Master closet

Floors are well protected

Future climate control for the new place

Let there be LIGHT!

Went to the house today to let family see the progress. We were met with the lovely glow of electricity! All electrical work has basically been completed at this point and plumber was getting ready to start when we left this afternoon. Not much to capture in pictures at this point, but next Friday that wont be the case.
  My project manager has lofty goals for the short holiday week. He expects the exterior of the house to be done, including driveway, steps up front and in back and finish the remaining stone work. On top of this, he expects all flooring to be completed and possibly even appliances! We shall see if he can meet this goal or not
   As we are getting closer to moving in we have started to really get down to business with packing up the apartment, we have been getting great boxes from PetSmart and Wegmans. We also are pulling the trigger on a washer and dryer. Home Depot has a banging deal on some front loader LG units that we are taking advantage of. I also grabbed a good deal on a nest thermostat from Kohls. Stay tuned for next week because it should get interesting!

Getting stoned...and I love it

What a week! They have banged out a ton of progress around the house. The absolute best part is the stone work! Worth every penny. We do have a few issues with it though. First issue was caught before it will require any additional work, the windows are supposed to stone window sills,they were prepared to install PVC. The. The next issue will take a small amount of rework. Over the first floor window the plans call for stone "feature"

Well, after my initial delight of seeing the stone, closer examination revealed our "feature" fell well short of expectations.

It looks like a bunch of stones stuck the wrong direction, not a designed accent.  We met with our Project manager today and asked what the deal was. He said that the design is limited to the stone they are provided, since they didn't get any of the different sizes this was the best they could do. It was quickly decided between my wife and I that no feature would look better than this attempt at one. Our project manager agreed to remove and match the rest of the wall.
   With the exterior addressed it was time to scope out the interior. All the trim has been installed and awaiting finish work and paint, that happens tomorrow. Kitchen is installed and bathroom vanities. Doors are in place, though they installed the laundry room door in wrong spot, easy enough fix.  We getting so close now!

 Basement

 Basement

 Basement

 Basement

 Basement stairs

 Next week they build the stairs

 Gutters and downspouts installed

 Ac all mounted up

 Yay its a kitchen

Living room

 Living room into dining room

 Hmm, might squeeze a 70" tv in there lol

 Sons room, still awaiting door and door trim

 Sons room

 Looking out from sons room

 Daughters room

 She likes her closet

 Look out from daughters room

 Her closet

 Lots of light to scope out her clothes

Kids bathroom

 Our master bedroom

 Master bathroom

 Master closet

 From bathroom into master bedroom

 Bathroom rough in

 Our tiny pantry

 Another shot of rough in

 Money shot!