We went out there Sunday to take pictures to put on our Christmas card (yes, I'll share them, but not until we've mailed the cards!), and found lots of goodies. They've been hard at work, because our entire house is now floored! As of yesterday we still needed grout in the bathroom tiles, but everything else is in. The hardwood is covered up, and the light was atrocious, and the carpet is beige, so I didn't bother to take pictures. The power does not seem to be on yet, though we didn't have any light switches installed so I couldn't actually test that. All our light fixtures are in (see earlier comment about atrocious light and lack of pictures...I'll take some after the power is on!) but the switches etc didn't start going in until this morning. The boys and I stopped by again around noon since we were in the neighborhood for a playdate, and in that time they got our porch columns installed and our kitchen island mounted out. Today's visit was limited to the main floor because someone was working upstairs...everyone else was apparently out for lunch. But the country music was cranked up loud!
The most shocking thing about our visit yesterday was that our decks were installed! Yes, all three of them. What, you didn't know we were getting three? Neither did we!
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| Our deck-in-a-garage |
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Some perspective on how tall our garage is (from door to house). If only we could make it
WIDER instead of tall. I don't think we're getting two cars in here. ;( |
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| My non-standard single island oven! I wasn't expecting the drawer cabinet, but I think I like it. |
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| Deck from the morning room |
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| Underneath our AT-AT (aka super tall main deck) |
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| Our deck-under-a-deck (from a basement window, because it was muddy out there!) |
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| Back view (there's lots of leaves outside our lot...no mud!) |
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View from our super tall deck. There will eventually be houses at the top of that ridge,
but they haven't even started clearing a road yet so we'll enjoy this while we have it! |
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View of Jessica's house from our deck (should make for some good pictures!).
There will be another house between us, but that lot hasn't sold yet. |
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| Spot 1 - Sunday |
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| Columns! From spot 1 - Monday |
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| They're much nicer than I thought they'd be. Also we don't seem to be getting railings. |
I feel like I'm forgetting something, but then I'm pretty frazzled right now so I'm ALWAYS forgetting something. Sigh.
Oh, and Nadase...we don't get sprinklers. They're not required in our area. I'm not too broken up about it. :)
Your home is coming along beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Can't wait to see what's new tomorrow. :)
DeleteWow! Go Amanda! Go Amanda! You are rocking with three decks!!
ReplyDeleteIt is weird I have that same triangle opening on our island. I don't get it! I love our ROMEs!!
Btw--i love the walkway too. okay and no sprinklers! It's so different from state to state.
It's easy to leave a quick post but blogging can be a huge distraction, so I plan to resolve my picture problem this weekend.
From the pictures I have of the model, it looks like it just gets covered with a panel. If the counter support isn't directly on it, we might be able to do something with that space... :D
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ReplyDeleteThe house looks great!
ReplyDeleteI love your back deck and the walk out!! cant wait to see it all done !!!
ReplyDeleteIt's so open! I was expecting it to be darker and more oppressive feeling, but it's not at all.
DeleteEverything looks great! We noticed the same waste of space in our kitchen island for the Vic Falls.....
ReplyDeletePoor planning on someone's part! We should have a talk with those designer/architect people. ;)
DeleteMy garage is going to have high ceilings also. This is a result, I think, of lot grading, a basement, keeping the house above the buried sewer line, and perhaps other factors. My PM spoke of this when discussing the need for a platform in the garage since there will be more than 4 or 5 steps to the door. Took a bit of adjustment when I actually saw it pan out. Maybe there will be room to hang a suspended loft for storage, something my folks have.
ReplyDeleteUnlike some homes, I am glad I am not hiking up 20 steps to get into the house. 4 or 5 isn't bad I think.
Wow, I wouldn't have thought of all those. I just figured it had to do with the lot grading, but the sewer line probably had more to do with it in our case. We just weren't expecting the stairs to take up so much room in the garage...and our laundry tub is going to be right at the bottom of the steps, so it's going to be awkward. We shall see!
DeleteI grew up in a house with 23 steps from street to front door. You get used to it. Makes for good sledding when it snows! ;)
Are you still closing on December 19? That's just 9 days away.
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DeleteI mean 7 days!
So far so good! We just got our "Estimated Settlement Statement" from NVR this afternoon. I haven't perused it yet, though.
DeleteIt's a good thing most of the house got packed when we put it on the market, way back those long 8 months ago. I'm not making much progress on what's left! :D
Wow, love the decks! It's so strange to see that much left unfinished with 7 days to closing. At 7 days to closing, our house was done and the cleaners were coming in to spiffy everything up. Since we close in the next few days, we're wishing you great weather on moving day. Enjoy your new home!
ReplyDeleteThey're trucking right along, though! I was pretty nervous, but every time I go now I see big jumps in progress. Good luck with your close! :)
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