Long Yard, Short Windows

Every day is a new adventure when you are a few weeks from closing. This week we had a few surprises. They cleared 25 more feet in the back than we expected. We don't know how much of the cleared lot they plan to sod, though. Then end of our lot used to be even with the neighbors'.

In other news, they discovered that they put the windows in our bedroom and the game room in too low. It would take two extra weeks for them to go back and fix the windows. Brad told the builder that if they sod the entire lot, then we'll live with the low windows. I guess it is good that we are short people.



You can see the gap that happened when they originally installed the windows. We pointed this out when it happened, but they told us that it was to make the outside look right. The thought of them tearing up the outside of the house is worrisome to say the least. When they put in the sprinkler system this week, they tore up the electric wires that power the air conditioners.

They've painted our front door. The color surprised us because we thought it would be a deep, dark burgandy instead of this copper color, but when we checked our plans, this is indeed the color we chose. I'm looking forward to seeing the house surrounded by green grass and plants rather than dirt. Hopefully, I'll like the color more then. It is annoying that the door has white lines and the rest of the windows have dark lines.



The hardwood floors are in, as is the carpet. Unfortunately, the floors are covered in brown paper. One week from tomorrow (Monday) we are scheduled for our walk-through. Finally, we will get to see everything cleaned up and shiny. Then a week later we go to closing. If we stay on schedule, we'll move in the first weekend of March. I need to go pack something right now.

We bought a new fridge to match the other stainless appliances this weekend. It will be delivered the weekend after we move in. We also got a new washer and dryer set- front loading, stackable- for upstairs. This will give us some extra room in the laundry room. We're keeping our old washer, dryer and fridge. They'll all go in the garage. That's right: two washer and dryers. Now they'll never be any excuse for having dirty clothes.