Monday, December 29, 2008
It is happening...
After much debate and anticipation we will close on the house tomorrow, Tuesday, December 30th! We have been busy packing and getting everything set-up in an effort to have a fairly seamless move-in. Stay tuned for exciting pictures of cardboard boxes and burly moving men!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Landscaping....
Can you believe these pics? The port'o'potty is outta there and we have grass, mulch and plants!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Driveway ...round 2
Here is a better picture of the driveway and the completion of the outside of the house.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Appliances....
So with the driveway means we got APPLIANCES! Note: there is a protective film covering the appliances so they do not get scratched. All if them are stainless in color.
Driveway ....
These pics were taken in the dark ...sorry! I will try to take some more this weekend in the day light.
Front door...
Our front door deserves a blog all in of itself. It has been one thing after another getting this door in. The plans called for a round door, but the showroom had never heard of a round door and insisted that we go with a square door. John, being in the door business, held firm on the fact that we should get what is called for in the plans. A couple of weeks later, the showroom now carries round doors and is ready for us to select one. Coincidence? Then we get into the actual building of the house and the builders frame out a square front door. Weeks go by and we tell them that a round door is coming and they ignore us. So this week, the actual door arrived and they were a bit stumped. Out came the door frame for a square door as did the brick that was installed around it and we now have our front door installed correctly. This pictures show the inside view with the first coat of stain and the patching from the square framing. The outside view of the door is much prettier ... we promise!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
A driveway!
The framing for the driveway and part of our side walk has been installed. We learned this week appliances can not be delivered or installed until a house has a driveway. Who would have thought those two things would be related!?
Electricity....
An apology to our loyal blog readers on the lack of posts these days. We, too, have been frustrated because it appeared for about two weeks that work stopped on the house. When our superintendent returned from vacation he, in fact, validated that suspicion. After a long talk about when, honestly, this house will be done we are starting to see a few things get done. Here is a picture of our lights on. Yes - we have power!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Security Alarm ...
Last night we went over to the house (armed with flashlights, of course) to check on the progress of the house. Much to our dismay, all of the doors were locked. John, ever persistent, found a window that was open and somehow managed to get is 6' 6" body through it. Once we were inside we discovered that our alarm system has been installed. Good thing it is not active!
Water!
Our water has been turned on, however as you can tell from the picture by the big "STOP" tag, it is not yet drinkable.
A/C Units...
The weather in Austin today is a cool 52 degrees (which is pretty cold for us Southerns!), however these A/C units will be working most days of the year so we were excited that we got two or 1 and a half of one.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ceiling fans ...
In texas we have to have these in every room! Notice the energy saver lightbulbs :)
Light fixtures....
I ran by the house very quickly last night on my way home from work to try and get there before the sun went down and snapped these pics of new light fixtures. I am not sure what they really look like in the room as it was pretty dark when I was walking around.
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