Monday, October 13, 2014

Week 10 Schedule

Here's our weekly update from our PM -

The final trades are still working to get all their fixtures and other parts installed. I am working hard and calling Virginia Power twice daily for updates on power. The final trades are taking care of loose ends while we wait for power. I am waiting for power to install flooring and begin your final 3 coats of drywall and paint. I am still confident about our delivery date but Virginia Power is slowing things down a little. As for the exterior of your home we moved the concrete apron to your home to give you a better turn into your driveway, installed the driveway and started grading your yard. Your irrigation system will be installed late this week. Hopefully (pending power) your sod will be installed early next week. I am still waiting on a word for your stone to be installed but I am hoping for it to go in this week. 

We were excited to see lots of plumbing updates last night - faucets, toilets and the garage sink all installed! And they put the dishwasher in place!

So, everything is moving along.  We were hoping power would be on in our section of the development at the end of last week, but fingers crossed it will be this week. The other houses on our street that are in sync with us all have stone now, even one that has a delivery date of 2 weeks after us.  The only difference is that our stone is round and the others are stacked.  It would be nice to see the finished exterior!

We are only 22 days away from closing!  I need to start working on to do lists and scheduling moving stuff, so many things!!!

Anyone else working on your pre-moving to-do lists? 

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  1. Things are looking good! I think power companies are always a pain for builders. We got power pretty early (along with a few other houses on the same day) and our PM was REALLY excited about it. I think they caused him a ton of headache with the houses he built before ours. Hopefully they get there butts out there soon!

    We have about 14392849032890 things to do before we move and we have been seriously slacking! It's going to be a busy two weeks!

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    1. You're lucky to have gotten power so early. They have been upfront the while time that power could cause a problem, but since they had been out to run the lines tot house we had hoped it wouldn't be a problem to get it turned on. Now fingers crossed that it gets turned on this week!

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  2. Power, or the lack thereof. We were warned about the same thing! The last phase of homes on our street had an 8 week delay (yes, EIGHT WEEKS) in closing because the power company had failed to get their butts in gear. I know those poor people were beyond aggravated! They had finished homes and could not move in. My husband and I noticed these homes standing empty and complete for a while and questioned it. During my pre-drywall meeting my PM said that a delay could be a possibility in our closing because of this same issue. Our house is a new "hook-up" for the block (lots of utility "stuff" in our yard because we are "that lot"), so when ours gets it, then everyone else on the block, or row, gets it too. We asked about this yesterday and they said everything looked good as far as keeping our closing date. Fingers crossed for you!

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    1. 8 weeks? I think I would go bananas!!! Oh that better not happen to us - hopefully not!

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  3. LuLu, that's looking great. You're so lucky you guys can still get inside and check things out. We've been in the look through the window phase for a while now.
    We are still waiting on our gas meter, but electric has been in. We're getting close to the finish line as well, so yes the to do list seems to be growing.
    Can't wait for it to be all over and just move in.

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    1. I'm really surprised they've left the house open this long. The doors are always unlocked.

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    2. And I am so ready to move!!! we are so close!

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    4. You guys do know that the sales office, if it is on-site, has the keys to your home. That's how I get into my house almost every time! :-)

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