The insullation was being hung at the time we were doing our pre-drywall meeting, which concerned us a little because we didn't feel that the home inspector would be able to see all of the details. However, the home inspector didn't seem to be worried about it and said he could work around it. There were so many details for us to look at and we mainly focused on the ones that we were confortable with, such as # of outlets and the custom requests and we left the inspection of the structure up to the home inspector. The next day, we received a report via email. The report stated, "...framing, as well as the electrical, plumbing and hvac rough in have been complete in a workman like maner." and "the master bathroom rough in for custom work appear to be in line with fixtures to be installed." It went onto say, "It is recommended that the insulation can now be applied and finish to the drywall completed. No concerns were noted that would not permit the next stage of construction." For peace of mind, we are glad that we spent the money and had an outside home inspector look over the structure. We plan to use the same home inspector at the final walk-thru.
Additional information from pre-construction meeting:
Garage - floor has been poured, garage doors installed, and additional insullation hung (exterior walls)
***Funny story - after the pre-drywall meeting, we left the site and returned a few hours later to take a few pictures. When we got out of the car, the PM met us out front of the house to inform us not to be alarmed; however, when he went to close the main garage door the track fell and he was waiting for the contractor to come back to determine if there is any damage. A few hours later, we received a text with a picture of the garage door back on the tracks; however, the PM said he may need to replace a few panels. ***
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| garage door fell down view from outside |
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| garage door fell down view from inside garage |
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| garage door all fixed text from PM |
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| claw foot tub rough-in We will install the tub after closing. |
Master bathroom - spa shower system rough-in is complete. Since we decided to remove the custom tub, but we kept the shower seat; the PM made a suggestion that we shorten the shower seat about 4" to avoid it sticking out into the bathroom. We agreed with the suggestion and feel that it will make it easier to maneuver around the tub.
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| custom spa shower system rough-in install is complete |
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| spa shower valve system located in master bedroom closet |
Jack/Jill bathroom (for bedroom #3 and #4) - RH installed rough-in for double sinks; however, we only wanted one bowl. The PM will fix and ensured that the vanity will have one bowl.
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| double bowl sinks rough-in PM will cap and fix to accomidate a vanity with one bowl |
Study - removed the main hallway closet and added the space to the Study. This called for a "happy dance" right in the middle of our meeting. We are sooooo very grateful and happy that RH was able to accomidate this request. We really think that the extra space in the Study will be put to good use.
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| removed main hallway closet adds additional space to the Study |
Main stairs installed - per the PM, since we decided not to cover the steps with a runner; there are 2 pieces on the steps that are currently plywood, but before they stain the stairs the plywood will be replaced with oak.
Solarium - HVAC exterior unit - the PM stated that the contractor ran the wires to accomidate the HVAC exterior unitl outside of the solarium on the side wall; however, he suggested that we move it to the back wall...and we agree. We plan to plant rose bushes on the side wall and we do not want the HVAC unit to be the 1st thing that people see as they drive up to the house. Another GREAT suggestion from our PM.
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| will move the wiring for HVAC system on back wall to solarium |
Brick has arrived...RH will begin to lay brick on Monday and will finish by 07/22
Drywall will begin to be hung on Friday and should be complete by 07/22 and sanding/painting may begin on 07/22
Trim is scheduled to arrive around 07/19
Vinyl siding is schedule to arrive around 07/25
Finally, we discussed the best time for the final walk-thru and closing. If all goes well, our PM will be finished on-time, Tuesday, 08/29/2011 (Whooooo Hoooooo....way to go PM!!!!). However, due to accommodating our schedule, the final walk-thru will be on Thursday, 09/01/2011 and the closing will be Tuesday, 09/06/2011 (even louder Whooooo Hoooooo!!!!)
Well there you have it folks, it seems so official now. And there is soooooo much to do. Next week, we meet with 5 moving companies for estimates and then let the packing begin.
7 comments:
YAY!!! Congrats!! =)
That garage door thing looked a bit scary. Glad it got fixed. If it was gonna fall, better to do it now before a car was in there!
Everything else looks great! Glad the dry-wall meeting went well! =)
Congrats on a closing date! Out of curiosity, can I ask why you chose to close at the beginning of the month? The reason I ask is because the closer you close to the end of the month, the lower your closing costs are.
I am very excited for you! Your home is beautiful already! Before you know it, it will be time for closing!
I cant wait to see a pic of your finished master bath with the claw foot tub
Congrats on the pre-drywall meeting going smoothly. It is funny how many similar conversations we are having with our PM. Since we have 3 zones we will have 3 outside ac units. We wanted them all tucked behind the solarium too, but there isn't room, unless we went with a single width walkout and we weren't going to change that, so our PM is going to try his best to get 2 out of 3 behind the solarium and we will just have to hide the 3rd with some shrubs. We were a little disappointed, especially since we are running the brick all the way up the side of the solarium, but it is what it is and our PM would make it happen if he could.
@BD - Actually, only 1 unit will be behind the solarium. The other 2 units are outside of the garage in between the fireplace and service door. It is not the most ideal place for them; however, we didn't want them off of the solarium side wall.
btw...thanks for the picture of the valve..somehow I have missed a bunch of your posts...was wondering why you weren't posting, but you were and I wasn't seeing them...hmmmm..dang computers!!!!
@BD - Some of my posts don't post right away. Some times it takes a full day before they show up. We can't figure out why for some and not others. We didn't know if it had to do with the content or pictures...maybe it is being reviewed before the post is released. It is a very strange thing. We have went as far as re-writing and posting posts just to get them to post.
Our sales rep said we could have moved a couple of the AC units to the other side of the house if we wanted, but that didn't make sense for 2 reasons...1) we are on a corner lot and it would have been on the side facing the other street and 2) the utility area is on the solarium side of the house and that would have meant running the plumbing across the entire width of the house and that can be efficient, so we will do our best to hide them.
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