Pre-Drywall Pictures (Finally!)

I know I'm a bit late to post this, but before I can show you what the house looks like now (will post tomorrow!), I have to backtrack and show a few pre-drywall photos from February 4th. This pre-drywall meeting was intended to walk through the house and make sure all of the electrical outputs were in the right spot, recessed lighting was all in, the structure of the walls were in place and where they should be. We actually stumbled upon something in the laundry room that we were pleasantly surprised was there: a utility sink (more about that when I show pictures from this past weekend). 

A couple of things that needed fixing (and we hope that they actually were since we can't see through walls now): outlet boxes weren't properly affixed to the walls, a PVC pipe was broken in the HVAC room, a wall in the upstairs bathroom wasn't closed all the way because of some work they were doing on the pipes. But honestly, that was about it in terms of things they had to fix and/or move. All of our plugs were in the right spots (internet, cable and phone), our pre-wires for the TVs upstairs and downstairs were properly placed. 

Basement

Basement

Broken PVC Pipe

Kitchen View from Stairs

Great Room View from Stairs

View from Front Door
(Study to the right, Dining Room to the immediate left)

View of the front door

View of Study from Dining Room across the hall

(Upstairs)
"Dad's Room" - He's already claimed it!

Meet our Tenant! 

Upstairs bathroom

View of Back/side from Kitchen

View of Great Room/Sliding Door from Back

60 Days Notice Given!

I know, I'm way behind on posting about our pre-drywall meeting from a couple weeks ago. I will do that next week, but basically all went well. We're looking at an April 11 walk-through and we're hoping to close on April 17th or 18th.

Here's a tip:
If you can, try to close after the 15th of the month. That way, your first mortgage payment won't be due until the following month. Aka, our first mortgage won't be due until June, and that was a huge plus for us, knowing how much we'll be paying out of pocket for things. Namely, our early termination fee at our apartment. We gave the official letter of Notice of Vacancy for April 19th. So... fingers, toes, eyes crossed that all moves all smoothly until then!

We're also getting ready to lock in our mortgage rate today or tomorrow. So crazy it's all moving so fast! We Love it!

Pre-Drywall Meeting Postponed

We had a feeling this would happen considering temperatures have been below 20 degrees, if not below 10 degrees the past week. We had scheduled our meeting for this Friday morning, but were told that depending on the weather this week, it could change. And alas, I got the email last night saying that we were indeed going to need to reschedule for next week. They've been having trouble getting the sub contractors out to do their work. Understandably so, it's freezing! Of course we're a bit bummed out because next week we're already in the month of February, so I'm anxious to see what these delays are going to do for our final closing date. We haven't gotten any word on an actual date yet, seeing as it can change for any reason - aka snow and freezing cold weather. So... I guess we'll just keep playing the waiting game.

Just a short update today, but we're still planning on taking family out to the house on Saturday, so I'll have more pictures then! We're hoping to get into the house with our Project Manager, too. Fingers crossed!! 

Have a great Hump Day! 

House Update #4: Roofing is Installed!

This past Monday, Martin Luther King Day (1/21/14), we took a drive out to the house before heading to a family birthday party, and we were so thrilled and excited to see the progress, even from last Wednesday! The majority of the roofing has been done and who knows what else has been done under the roof that we can't see.

January 20, 2014

We were even happier to talk to our great sales manager who said we are still on track (prior to this snow, so who knows how that affected the work) for a middle to late March settlement. As I said last time, the next step is the pre-drywall meeting, and we were told that's still on track and should be scheduled for NEXT WEEK! Holy crap. We'll start to think about giving our 60 days notice sometime in the next few weeks, but we'll wait for further notification from our sales manager as to when he thinks a "concrete date" might be set. Hopefully we can get a good idea of how much we'll be behind after this snowfall here in DC later this week before we make our decision.

I have a couple in-laws coming into town next weekend and we can't wait to take them out to the house and see the progress two weeks from now! Plus, we will be able to actually step foot inside the house for the first time at the pre-drywall meeting, so that is going to bring up another whole basket of emotions. Can't wait to share the photos from that meeting!!

Stay tuned :)