Table

For Rich and anyone else interested in the table I am building, here are some more pics.

I am going to start another blog for all my projects I have planned. I will post a link once it is up.

The notches below hold the company boards (like a leaf extension except on the end of the table instead middle.)....

And for fun, this is how you throw together a temp table for Thanksgiving using: old table, card table, scrap wood, piece of plywood, and 2 queen bed sheets:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

: )

Updated Pics

Heres a pic of our house at Christmas....

Heres the table I am building for our dining room. I still need to finish with stain and paint....

This is an accident we had in the garage.....

Just kidding!!! Just a pic I found online when searching for "garage organization"...imagine that.

Oven/Range Question

Does anyone elses oven smell like strong heat or burning plastic the first few uses. Ours smells and we cant figure out if something is wrong or just b/c it's new. We have had new appliances before but never oven/range.

Ours is the the smooth top version (not that that specifically has anything to do with the oven.)

Thanks for any feedback.

Pre-Settlement Meeting

Our pre-settlement meeting went great. I typed a checklist with the help of my construction-background dad. I wish I saved it and I would have post it...sorry.
Our PM went through everything and don't worry, the book you get is so big and detailed that you don't have to write much down (except for any punch list, ie- things to fix.)

Closing went good which it helped having a mortgage background and we had the HUD-1 (Settlement Statement) 2 days in advance for review.

There were a couple big questions we had that others were also curious on:

1- Wire sticking out of side of house (one blue, one black):
These are connections for your phone and cable. A box is attached to your house which will conceal the holes the wire come out at and buried cable through your yard (like most of you are probably used to.)

2- Drywall sticking out between flashing and siding: This will be fixed soon and I trust our PM to do it especially based on peoples feedback from their 30 day follow up meetings.

3- River in our backyard:
This was fixed before pre-settlement and now drains very well.

I'll likely disappear for at least several days as we start moving tomorrow (actually got a small head start tonight.)

Closing Countdown: 14 hrs, 16 min, 8 sec

Sorry, couldn't resist : )

Putting together my checklist now for pre-settlement (in 9 hrs, 16 min, 8 sec)

MORE PICS

This is the river in our backyard. There is a high point in a ditch not allowing positive draining. PM is getting it fixed...

Living room from kitchen...

Foyer from kitchen...

Downstairs halfbath/powder room. Planning on adding beadboard in here...

Dining room...

Foyer again...

From study, through dining room...

From study, through dining, into kitchen...

Stairs from top...

Second/Kids bath...

Master tub and shower...

Master bedroom...

Loft with our newest addition...

Upstairs hall, taken from loft...

Hall again with laundry door (left) and bedroom 4 door (right)...

Close ups on granite. We took these for use when shopping for bar stools...

Not sure what these wires are for...

This is a piece of drywall stuck between our siding and flashing. The flashing looks like it was hammered on to get it to fit. I guess they thought it would go overlooked. Will address with PM...

Happy building and happy moving!

...4, 3.....

#4 Common Area Fence!!!

This was the most surprising addition. We were not counting on this when we settled for our lot due to the limited lot options. We then found out they were going to add a fence along the berm to block the street. We know this is because RH was having a hard time selling those lots. I think they lost some deals because of it and the developer refused to release more lots until those sold.

The ETA was to be done before the end of the year..

BUT ITS BEING INSTALLED NOW.....

Before:

 After:

#3 PM and Punchman Tag Team!

Our PM is awesome and we have now learned how great our Punchman is too! The Punchman is like the PM's righthand man and does a lot of the fixes/finishing. On Thursday or Friday, I sent our PM a list of 5-6 minor concerns and 1 major concern (river in our backyard.) When we went to the house yesterday (Saturday) our punchman was there working on a few things. He went over our list with us and how each item would be fixed if not already done. What was impressive? He did this off the top of his head! This is a guy that handles 3 neighborhoods and he knew exactly what our concerns were and addressed each one of them with us.


Now, just pictures.....

Well, theres a lot more pics but they are not uploading at the moment. Will post more later.