New House update

The outside with most of the front landscaping done. Just waiting for some "astroturf" for the yard.


The niche in the front of the house. Any suggestions for decorating this? It is fairly deep about 10-12 inches I think although I haven't measured it.


Sorry for the glare here. This is looking through the back window at the carpeted stairs.

Ever wonder what is under astroturf? This is it. I don't know what it is but it looks like kitty litter to me.

It's been a while since I updated on the house. We haven't been able to get into the house for some time now; so all of our info is from looking at the outside and through the windows. I have no idea what the upstairs looks like right now. We have our final walkthrough scheduled for May 23. (any advice for what to look for/do is appreciated!) and we will get the keys on May 25 so it looks like we will be spending Memorial Day moving. Of course both of us are working that weekend too. Movers will be here on the Tuesday after to move us. We are hiring movers through Catholic Charities. The price is right and they do the screening.





As far as changes to the house this is what is going on: The front landscaping is pretty much done. The back landscaping is left for us to do--shouldn't be a big deal since the backyard is so small. LOL The outside doors have all been painted. The wrought iron embellishments are up. The wall is built and the gate is on. As far as the inside, the floors are tiled and the carpet is installed. We have only seen the carpet on the stairs from looking through the windows. So for all we know the upstairs is still bare floor. LOL The appliances are scheduled to be delivered and installed on May 21. We are still waiting for the window coverings to be installed. Then I think it is all done! Looks like things are right on target for us to get the keys; we have already signed all of the paperwork. We did learn that real estate transactions are handled very differently here than they are in Texas. The bridge that we were waiting for is open, we have used the bridge to walk over to look at the house since it is open.





Since I'm new to blogging I didn't realize that there were some comments--sorry I didn't answer them before but here are the answers: Here is a definition of a Demarc(I spelled it wrong before) courtesy of Scott:
A demarc (an abbreviation for demarcation point) marks the point where communications facilities owned by one organization interface with that of another organization. In telephone terminology, this is the interface between customer-premises equipment and network service provider equipment.
A synonym is network terminating interface (NTI).


I don't know who made the cabinets.

Lots of changes inside!

There have been lots of changes in our new house. I put these pictures in backward. Starting with what I wanted first and of course that is last. Sorry about that. Things are moving right along!



Scott's pride and joy--The D-mark in the master bedroom closet!

Lots of changes inside

Stairs, showing the two light fixtures.

Built in cabinet at the top of the stairs. There is an outlet and a network drop (for the computers and cable tv)

Cabinets in the laundry area above the washer and dryer.

Vanity in the master bathroom. The faucets are brushed nickel.

Garden tub in the master bathroom.

One of the things that needs to be completed is a bridge that connects the current part of the plan we are in to the newer construction. According to Derrek the bridge is ready for black top and should be done by May 1. He thinks our house will be done by May 9 or 10. He tentatively gave an anticipated walk through date of May 17. I like Derrek's dates!

The outside of the house.

Front.

Side. This is the side by the stairs. Those are the windows going up the stairs.
The back. The window is in the living room area.

The tour moves upstairs

At the top of the stairs. This is looking into the Master bedroom. The Laundry "closet" is on the right. To the left you can see the doorways of bedroom #4 and the hall bath.
Master bath. Tub and shower area. The shower will be enclosed with glass. I love the windows around the tub. They are textured glass. I think a few plants on the tub ledge will look lovely with all the light.
This is bedroom #4 it will be my stamping room. Also the room where the birds will sleep.
Hall bath.
This is also bedroom #2. It faces the front of the house. This bedroom will be the den/office.

This is the second floor of our house. I don't have any good pictures of the master bedroom or bedroom #3.

A tour of our house

Kitchen from the back door. The stove will be between the two small windows. The door from the garage is to the left. The pantry is to the left also. The counter will be a bar.
The dining area.

Living room/great room

The stairs. I love the windows along the stairs. There are 3 of them and at the top is a larger window of the same shape. You can see the front door and the small window by the entry.
The top of the stairs.

We had a "dusty walkthrough" so I thought it would be good to give a cyber tour of our house so far. This is what it looked like April 1--about 3 weeks after we committed to this house and first saw it framed.

Finishing the drywall

By the end of March they were starting to patch the seams and nail holes in the dry wall. We did notice that the workers were often there later in the evenings. We typically go over around 6 or 6:30 and its not unusual to see the he first pic is one of the workers mixing the compound to patch the drywall.

And of course, Daisy waiting patiently in the van while we looked around.

More changes on the inside

The rest of the dry wall went up. A paper on the window shows that the framing was inspected and ready for drywall.

We went and selected the flooring. Ceramic tile for the downstairs and the upstairs bathrooms. Carpet on the stairs, the bedrooms and upstairs hallway. Vinyl flooring in the laundry area--I figured that all that is seen is about 4 inches around the washer and dryer so what does it matter. LOL. The carpeting we picked is called spicecake.

Dry wall goes up

The drywall started going up. These pictures are 13 days after we first saw the house. This was the first time we took Daisy into the new house.

We are getting a new house

thought this would be the easiest way to share pictures of our new house. In March we decided it was time to buy a house here. I'm so glad--I'm tired of renting! We are buying a brand new house and have been visiting the site daily to observe the progress. The first couple of posts are going to be catch up with some of the early visits. This is our first look at the model and lot that we chose.