Week 11 - Late, but good update!!

We received a midday Monday update from our project manager for work done last week.  They were about to complete a lot of time consuming tasks on the inside of the house, including drywall touchups, installation of the plumbing and electrical fixtures, and getting a second coat of paint on the walls.

I have a faucet in my kitchen!!

And the stair rail got stained.

The other update he gave us was why the work on the exterior of the house was stopped.  He explained that the mason who did our brick did a good job mostly, but there was one side of the brick wrap that our PM did not think was acceptable.  He ordered more brick and is having the mason come back this week to redo that wall!!  Once the brick is fixed on that wall, he will move forward with the siding and the stone.  

(Picture taken Tuesday, day after the update, showing brick removed.)

There are two things I truly appreciate about our PM and he prides himself on these things:

1. He has the customer in mind when he inspects the work on the house.  If he wouldn't want to live with a squeak in the floor, poorly done insulation, crooked framing, and flawed brick, he makes his contractors redo the work.  For that, I am thankful!
2. He holds his contractors accountable for the work they promise to do.  I'm sure he upsets a lot of people, but I appreciate his standards.

 At this point, there's no impact on our schedule and close date.  WE'RE GETTING CLOSE!!!!

 

 

 

Week 8 - Insulation and pre-drywall walk through

This week was super hectic for us with a busy few days at work, an 8 hour drive to Ohio after work on Wednesday and our pre-drywall walk through Thursday morning.

So there's not much to say about the insulation other than the fact that our PM told us he wasn't happy with their work and was making them come back to fix it.  Fine by me!!  

He also had framers in while we were doing the walk through to frame out the basement bathroom.  This is one thing I appreciate about our PM.  When we originally had decided to do the basement bathroom roughin, our SR told us that we would also have all the framing and drywall.  That seemed odd, but I was cool with that.  At our pre-construction meeting, we were told we would just get the roughed in plumbing, and that framing and drywall were not included.  I was not happy about it, but whatever, ok.  Our PM ended up calling me a few days later and said he was going to do the framing for us at no additional charge.  No drywall because it wouldn't pass inspection.  I was ecstatic!!  And sure enough, they framed it while we were there, including a door in the main basement wall that we will just need to cut the drywall to get to!!

Now, on to the pre-drywall walk through.  I was super excited to finally see everything in person.  It was cool to see our backyard and how the house sits in the street.  It's one thing to see the Milan in pictures from every one else's blog.  It's another thing altogether when those pictures are your house and your land and your neighborhood!  

Ok, onto the pictures finally!!

Upstairs bathroom with a view into the master bath

Bedroom 3 (and you can see into the laundry room on the left)

The loft, as seen from the windows 

View out the front of the house

Looking into bedroom 2

Looking from the Windows of bedroom 2 toward the door

Looking at the loft and stairs from bedroom 2

View of back yard

Master bedroom, looking from the northeast corner into the room

Master bedroom, looking toward the bathroom

Shower and soaking tub in the master bath

Looking down to the first floor

Study

Foyer looking down to the living room

Dining room

Family room

Looking toward kitchen and morning room (and hubby, our two PMs and my brother)

My husband (l) and our PM (r) goofing off in the kitchen.  The new PM is afraid of what he just got into!

Morning room

Powder room

Garage

Garage service door