Our new PM is terrific. Things are continuing to move forward on the exterior and our house is finally starting to take shape. Not much to report but will give what updates I can.
We've been officially locked out of the house for a few weeks and have kept our word to stay out - for the most part. If you didn't read previous posts, our first PM told us that the house would be locked-up to keep people from coming in and stealing the expensive trim and cabinets that are stockpiled in the garage. So locks were put on all the entry doors except for the garage. Just pull up from the bottom and you're in. Oh, not to mention all the windows are open and unlocked so there is no problem with someone climbing in!
On a positive note - updates!
- The brick was finished last week and it looks great.
- Exterior trim was fixed and ready for siding guys. (still need it cleaned before it can be painted.
- Framing guys came and corrected the framing for the bonus room attic access. (Finally someone did it correctly.)
- Drywall finishers completed their work on the first floor and are nearly complete on the second floor.
- Siding guys started on Tuesday and they've finished about a third of the work. Again, it looks great.
- There was a guy grading the front yard probably getting ready for driveway and sidewalk concrete.
Now the big question. I drove by the house this morning and our original PM was walking the front yard doing a little work. Is he back at work? Is he our PM again? What happened to Keith? All these questions are going through our mind. Hope to know more today.
Just one picture for now. Hope to have more this evening.
Onto the mundane. Saturday my wife and I went out to pick out a couch for our new home. With the open floor plan we need a sectional couch and had our selections narrowed to two styles at Macy's furniture. Our poor salesman must have thought we were nuts as we went back and forth between the two; sitting on one then coming back to the other. Our next decision was size as if we had chosen the larger then we would only have a 38" space to get from the great room to the kitchen. We went with the smaller of the couches and added an ottoman to fill some space. We went with the Ainsley sectional. My wife read reviews of the model and is concerned that the down fill will come out of the pillows and stab us when we sit. It's comfortable and came in the color we wanted so in the end it was an easy choice. Thanks to our Macy's salesman for his patience!
In our latest walkthrough we noticed one of the floor vents will need to be relocated in order to make this couch work. The vent in is a terrible location along a wall and not under a window. We don't blame Ryan for this as the floor framing for the fireplace did not allow for a good access to the location under the window. We'll likely need to hire an HVAC guy to move the vent and then do our best to repair the floor opening and carpet at the old vent location. Not a big deal but just one more thing to do after we close.
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