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Comments (109)@cd7733 I can totally relate to decision fatigue. There are so many decisions to make. When I was buying lights I called Lighting New York with a price question. The lady who answered was so nice and ended up giving me a pretty substantial discount. @shead Congratulations! I remember when you posted the pictures of the damage. It must have been devastating, but now you can look forward to getting back on track. @Lou Myers Thanks! One good thing about our former builder was that he hired an excellent trim crew. I was going to wait until all of the floor is down to post a picture, but what the heck... Pardon the trash and dust. I'd estimate we are about 40% complete. Unfortunately even when the inside is complete in less than two weeks, we can't get a certificate of occupancy without the yard being graded and the landscape installed. The ground may not be dry enough for another month or two....See MoreMarch 2021 Building a Home Discussion
Comments (511)Thanks Karen. I’m not sure if this will be a double comment as I got an error when I posted and it all disappeared. It is Barocca and is 3 years old now. It scratches easily and I use a silicone mat when I do stuff on my island. Nowhere else though. Oiling or the wax will make the scratches disappear or less obvious. I have left mine and it is darkened naturally, more in the areas I use it. Am thinking of oiling it someday but haven’t yet....See MoreJUNE 2021 Building a Home
Comments (416)Tanya Shelly - I feel for you! So sorry that this is happening. There really is no excuse! We approached our builder yesterday about finish date. We were thinking the middle of September. I wanted to make sure that we were in by the end of September because I have a Disney trip planned with my daughter and grandchildren (their first trip) the middle of October. The builder said that we could push for the end of September, but it would most likely be the end of October. DH thinks if we let him say October, that it will be November! 😫 That means more rent, insurance for two places, utilities for two places, etc. Thankfully, we are not paying storage fees. Though our storage in the rental is getting tight. Can't wait to turn over our lighting to the electrician, but that's not happening anytime soon. We are still waiting on humidity levels to go down in the house before floors can be put down. The HVAC is running on 60 because the house is so tight, it was already cool, so was not cycling. That's good for future, but not when trying to get the H down. Cabinets are supposed to be delivered in 2 weeks. We cannot take delivery if the floors are not down (install is for the 26th.) The trimmers are stilled delayed and will now have to do the coffered ceilings after the cabinets are placed. The tiler cannot finish because the trim is not in the bathrooms, nor are the doors (which can't happen until the floors are down. It's a cycle!!! Driveways and porches were supposed to be poured two weeks ago. The back porch was pour yesterday (still needing finish work.) With the prediction of rain/thunderstorms today, and Monday being a holiday, they will not come back until next Tuesday to do the front porch. Driveways suppose to be next Wednesday. The silver linings, that I can see in this whole thing, are that it shouldn't be hot as Hades when we move. I cannot imagine trying to move in this heat! I can probably go to Disney easier before we move in, but afraid I will miss out on house decisions and catching mistakes. DH will stay behind and keep me informed. Thank goodness for Facetime!!! There are worse problems in the world so I hate to sound down over a newly built house. We are so fortunate!...See MoreFebruary 2022 Building a Home
Comments (519)@jkent9024 very cool shot. Our builder and my dh took shots of every wall in the framing phase to know where lines are etc. . They've just about finished with our exterior painting. Still have another coat to do on the trim and they are currently sanding and restaining our screened porch ceiling because somehow it didn't end up the color we had requested. @chispa Our pool contractor is on the ball and on schedule, and our pool has been filled. for almost a week. We should have been moving in in 30 days. Unfortunately the house now has 3 months to go. The first two weeks our pool contractor does a start up program but after that, we'll be taking care of a pool we can't use. There's always somebody working at the house each day, but nothing exciting happening. Some trim on the main level and as mentioned the exterior painting/staining finishing up. Painting inside should commence soon. Currenlty I'm focusing on our current home, getting it ready to list for sale on the 15th of this month. So much to do, so I haven't been online as much, but everybody's homes are looking great....See MoreRelated Professionals
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