Category Archives: New House

So the other day, I hear Karen call me from the bedroom to please come here a second. I foolishly and unsuspectingly go into the bedroom to see what she wants. Another monstrous wolf spider is nonchalantly hanging out on … Continue reading →

There is a screen panel on the back porch that needs replacing and still a few items in the garage that need to go over to the new house, but it’s in good enough shape to get on the market.  … Continue reading →

We have a lot of boxes in the garage. I’ve been going out to the garage, grabbing a box and bringing it inside the house to open and unpack. There were two stacks of boxes next to each other and … Continue reading →

We have closed on the house and are now working on getting moved in.  There are a few outstanding issues, Cappritta appliances lost my grill and is having to order another one so no cooking on the grill until we … Continue reading →

So we won’t be closing this week after all.  The first appraisal came in at the purchase price so we thought all was good, but the loan underwriter was not impressed and the appraiser caved and dropped his appraised value … Continue reading →

We are tentatively planned to close the 20th of January.  I dropped off a 60 point punch list with the super Monday, it’s going to be close. We got the landscaping done a few weeks ago and last night it … Continue reading →

Most of the activity is going on inside the house now as the tile and cabinets are going in. The painters are around and they just finished the first coat on the outside.  The columns are tan in this picture … Continue reading →

All the drywall is up and textured so we are working on colors.  We have just over 10 colors and the painter put some of them up on the walls for us to look at.  Most of them worked, but … Continue reading →

A lot has happened since the last update.  The roof is done and shingled, the walls are in place and getting drywall. The first challenge we had to deal with was the tub in the master bath.  It turns out … Continue reading →