Construction is Complete!

Construction is complete on my townhouse! For the next two weeks there will be a series of cleaning, inspections, and touch-ups. Aunt Linda and Uncle Dave are walking thru with me tomorrow morning to check for any defects that I should point out during my official orientation walk-thru on Tuesday afternoon.

Since Wednesday, they added the porch railings:










































Something else that was missing on Wednesday, which I didn't notice was lacking, was all of the wooden blinds in the windows. They look great!




















I am wondering if there is anything else major that I didn't actually notice as it was being added...



















The remaining trim was painted under the kitchen counter, and I think that completes all of the jobs I was watching for.



















It won't be long now! My closing date is on September 2nd.

That Looks Like a House.

It is not 100% finished, but for the most part it looks like it is! They still need to put railings on the balcony, paint some woodwork, clean, do inspections and touch-ups, all of that stuff. But things are looking good! We have a beautiful refrigerator:

























A stove (still in its blue protective wrapping)....
























Carpeting everywhere.....



















Running water....



















A washer and dryer.....




















And landscaping.

























It will be finished this week :)

Getting Very Close...

Today as I was driving by the property on my way to Home Depot, I noticed something on my front sidewalk, so I stopped to take a picture...























As I was photographing the refrigerator, a worker came around the corner with the kitchen stove on a dolly. I didn't take a picture because he did not look like he would have enjoyed being in my blog. But I did take a picture of the washer and dryer in my driveway!

























And the rolls of brand new carpeting ready to be installed:





















Inside, padding had been installed on all the floors:

























And on both of the staircases. This was about 11am, so I am sure that tomorrow I will have a very complete-looking house to show you!

Electricity!

The cabinets in the new kitchen don't come with knobs and pulls---they look very nice, but won't stay that way for long with our fingerprints all over them. Aunt Linda found a great deal on stainless steel knobs for the cabinets, and I found a great deal on matching pulls for the drawers, so I swung by the property today to make sure I knew exactly how many I needed to buy. As I was entering the garage, I noticed this:
























We have electricity! It was great to enter the house and find it nice and cool inside with everything lit up and the air conditioners on.


















I am probably replacing the chandelier in the great room with a different fixture that I bought for my current house. I also need to buy four ceiling fans with light fixtures--so if you see a good sale on them, let me know.
























I also took time to check out the views from all of the windows. I photographed all of them, but I'll just share two here. This is the master bedroom on the first floor:




















The view from the master bedroom on the third floor, which is mine, is not as nice in my opinion, but I have a very nice view of the trees from my office window:

























Anyway, I got the proper count--24 knobs and eight pulls--and bought them today.



















Here's what they look like against the cabinets:

Almost Done!

I went away for a week, and came back to find that the townhouse is almost done! I am very glad to report that the weird blue color on the shutters was indeed primer--look how beautiful the real color is!



















And of course you can't miss all of the landscaping. They did a great job.
























Here is the view down our sidewalk--I am amazed how quickly is has come to look like the artists' renderings!
























The front door is painted:

























The chandelier is in place in the dining room--obviously it will look less awkward when it isn't tied up like that.




















My bathroom is pretty much done:
























The guest bathroom is done, and so are the other two full baths.























You've seen this view before, but now the tile is revealed!
























I can't tell you how excited I am! :)