Closing date set ... I think

Our house is coming along great and should be done the end of next week. The hold up now is the official closing. We keep getting a tentative date, then it gets changed, then changed again. The frustrating part is that  we haven't been getting much communication from the 'closing team'. The word we've been getting is from our homeowners insurance guy! Martin from Allstate has been great at keeping us in the loop, but we are still awaiting official word.

So tentatively - we close in 17 days!  Until then- here are a few pictures from the most recent walk-through!

3 weeks to go...

We are about 3 weeks away from Closing on our home! We are getting very excited and are certainly feeling the crunch of packing, prepping, moving etc.

It is looking like our Move-In marathon day will be March 23rd, so if you are in the area and free.... We'd love the help. Food/Beverage will be provided for all helpers!

A few of the recent pictures:

The Deck is in!

Light fixtures are up

Doors are on!

Ceiling fan is up!

A few
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Furniture!

We ordered our furniture tonight! I'm so glad to have another thing checked off our massive 'house' list!

Now if only the house would pack itself......


Master Bedroom Set (in black)

Breakfast Nook - Pedestal Table
 - this has a leaf in the middle that comes out and stores inside the table!

Living room - Modular Sectional Couch
 - we were able to customize the size since it's modular so that it fits perfectly in our great room! It's really neat! Check it out here!

The Fridge is ordered too!  (Thanks to my brother for helping us get a great price!)
 - This matches the rest of the kitchen appliances that came with our S&A Contract package.

Yet Another House Update!

We had another walk through of our house today! They textured the ceilings when we had paid for them to be flat so we had to walk through to decide if we wanted them to sand it down or leave it (and refund our money). They actually looked pretty nice so we decided to keep it, but in the mean time, we got a tour!

The first coat of paint is up, and the vinyl flooring was going in the two bathrooms, kitchen and foyer. The kitchen cabinets, counter tops and sink were in the garage so we got a quick peek (I can't believe I forgot to take a picture!) The gutters are up, and they are waiting on the second set of shutters (they had gotten broken in shipping the first time around) which are back ordered and should be in soon.

Here are a few pictures, but you can see the whole timeline here!

Adam's Man Cave

(the natural light down there is amazing for a basement room!)

Half wall from the great room into the Kitchen

(the nook in the back is an extra pantry space, and the opening is the hallway back to the other 2 bedrooms and 2nd bathroom)

Breakfast Nook

Window in the office!

Front Door / Foyer area

(the office is to the left, and master bedroom to the right)

Garage Door!

We have a garage door!

(Sorry, only one picture. It was rather dark and 12 degrees so I wasn't getting out to look in the windows!)

While that's a little thing to be excited about - look at what it was on Monday!

Drywall!

Drywall is being delivered today and going up over the next 2-3 weeks! EEK!

Plus- Check out the SIDING!!! (and one set of shutters!)

House Update!

We had our first official walk through of the house tonight!

We had to decide where we wanted cable in each room so we did a quick walk through with the Xpert Communications guy, and then walked with around with our fabulous contractor to officially see what they are doing in each room and we got to ask all our questions about the timeline and everything!

They are doing wiring, lighting, and duct work this week. Siding arrives Friday and will go up early next week. They'll have an inspection on the wiring etc, I believe Friday, then they will do insulation next week and have that inspected as well.

They are already ahead of schedule, so our closing date is going to push up at least 2 weeks. We are looking at the middle of March to close now instead of April 1st. I was shocked! I just kept saying "I need to get packing!"

Adam and I are starting to look at the what all we need do before the move etc. Picking a refrigerator  choosing paint colors, packing our current place, giving notice to our landlord, recruit helpers for the move, purchase furniture for quite a few rooms.... I'm sure this list will continue to grow quite a bit!

Here are some of the pictures I took while we had the chance to be inside!

The front door and front porch! This will have pillars at the corners when it's done.

Standing inside the front door, looking left at the double door opening that will go into our Master Bedroom

Looking into our Master Bathroom

Looking into our awesomely HUGE walk-in Closet in the Master Bedroom

Looking back from the Master Closet into the Master Bedroom. LOVE all the windows!

Back at the front door, if you turn Right, this is the office. Again - LOVE the windows!

From the Front door, standing in the Foyer. Looking into the Great Room.

Open Concept Kitchen!

Second Bath/Guest Bath

Not much to see, but second and third bedrooms.

Not Pictured: Basement "man cave" (Too dark down there for a picture), Laundry Room, Garage, Many closets. 

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