Today Cari and I had the first walk-through with the builder to see what needed to go on the final punch list. Other than the basic painting retouches, the biggest concerns we have were:

1. No electricity. Yeah, that’s a big one. It sounds like Tampa Electric will be onsite tomorrow to install the meter. But the fact that the air conditioning wasn’t running during the walk through today was a really bummer. Very hot and sweaty.
2. No decorative stone. Around the entire front of the house is stonework that wasn’t in place yet. However, the truck arrived while we were doing the walk through, so that looks like it’ll be done in time.
3. No sod. The entire front yard is still without sod, and it looks crappy. But, it’s all supposed to be finished tomorrow too.

So, fingers are crossed that everything will be fine for the final walk-through on Thursday morning.

We’ll be closing on the house on October 6th. I just got notification that the mortgage is complete too. We’re almost there. Here are some photos from last Saturday (September 24):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was driving home yesterday through the remnants of Tropical Storm Colin, and there was a crash on the interstate. Waze literally routed me right past the new house, so I slipped into the development and checked the status of the house. Now, there’s been a ton of heavy rain the last several days, so I’m sure that’s why not much has been accomplished.

I didn’t get out of the car. From the street with the window rolled down, it seems like some internal first story walls have been roughed in. Also, the studs for the stairs are up.

We stopped by the house this past Saturday, and the first story exterior walls are up. Check it out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I met with the construction foreman for the house last Thursday (May 12) and we went over the drawings. We found several things that needed to be corrected, but nothing was too terrible. Tonight, on the way home from work, I decided to swing by and see if any progress had been made and it looks like they delivered some concrete and re-bar for the foundation. The in-slab plumbing looks complete, but I don’t see any electrical done yet, so I think that’ll need to be done before they pour.

We also decided on the exterior colors. We’re going with color scheme #3 (Poco w/Slate). Here’s a rendering of our actual model with the colors (or, as close as I could guest-imate):

It started raining a lot today, and it looks to be this way for a few more days, so I’ll probably not check back in on the house until next week.

We swung by the lot today and saw some of the early work. The basic framing where the slab will go is complete and they’ve run most of the plumbing.