Meetings Today

We are heading to the house after work today - I can't wait to see what was done over two days of time.  We're guessing that we either have a driveway and sidewalks, or all of our cabinets are installed.  We shall see!

We have a meeting with the patio guy first.  We are pretty sure we're going to go with a Flagstone patio off of the deck, but want him to actually see the property and talk about the actual dimensions.

Secondly we meet with the painter.  We received our first estimate last week.  It was higher than what we thought it would be, but then again, we've never used a professional painter, so maybe our expectations were just unrealistic.  We want him to actually see the house and what we'd need done and are hoping that the quote will come down as a result.

Of course, I'll be posting new pictures this evening!  Just think - three weeks from today we get our keys!

Lots of Updates!

I have really been slacking on the updates.  May I blame the stomach flu that I had this past weekend?

As of right now, all drywalling is completed, taped and mudded!

This week will be spent priming the entire house.  Next week, flooring is installed!  That just seems like such a huge step to me.  Carpet will not be installed yet, though ... so flooring just includes the hardwood and tile. 

Our PM called last week to share the news that he is being transferred, so we've been assigned a new PM.  He left us a voicemail yesterday and we returned his voicemail today.  I hope that we can set up a time to meet with him in this next week or so.

Last night we went to the house to meet with the contractor that we used for SO much stuff at the old house.  We are wanting to get things all set up for he and his team to come and build our deck and patio.  We'd like this to be done starting the day after we close so that within days of actually moving in, everything is 'done'. 

Here is the decking we've decided on, as well as the railing.  Also shown is a picture that we found of how we'd like the flagstone patio to look:

I am also contacting painters to get quotes on painting the house.  This is a amazingly generous housewarming gift from my parents and we're SO appreciative, as this will save us (by 'us' I mean Kevin ... ha!) so much time and energy.  I hope to have someone lined up by the end of the week.  The only thing is that Ryan Homes will not allow ANYONE (not even a professional painter) into the house to do any work of any sort until we've closed on the house. 

Lastly, Kevin and I have started our last minute shopping for things for the house such as ceiling fans, bathroom shower curtains, etc.  We've been putting it off, but now realizing we have exactly four weeks (FOUR weeks from today!!), we need to get a move on with things.