No visit this week

We didn't visit the house this week since there wasn't anyone in the sales office to let us in. Instead we ordered some sample paint colors and picked up a few samples of some tile for the kitchen floor. Apparently Sundays are not good days to look for tile because most of the stores are closed! While we are not getting the premium travertine I love (it's just not practical with kids and dogs), we did find some nice porcelains. A couple of weeks ago, we got a tile saw too. It will cut a 18" diagonal, but not we might do an offset pattern like the premium travertine was laid out.

Matt visits the house

This week Dave's brother was in town so he saw the house for the first time. It didn't look any different than last time. We still don't have a master tub or toilets in many of the bathrooms. They did repaint the interior and some of the exterior though because we saw wet paint signs.

Today was a hard day though. After seeing the house, Dave and I went and bought our refrigerator and washer and dryer. It was a lot of money -- too much money. I feel robbed!

Countdown begins

We are less than 30 days out from the close! Right now I am working on securing a mortgage rate. Next, we need to order a fridge and pick paint colors.

We did buy a tile saw and have selected a couple of tiles for the kitchen. However we haven't finalized it yet. We found out the tile we love (see pictures we posted), is a PREMIUM travertine that costs $10/sqft. That's as much as hardwood so we decided we would either consider hardwood or do a porcelain. With a dog and a toddler, it's probably smart to go with the porcelain.

A stove, a stove at last!

Dave's Grandma came with us today to check out the house. Not much has changed, but we did have a stove! The kitchen looks complete now. However the knobs on the stove are going to be a magnet for one little boy's hands I'm sure. We're going to have to do a lot of childproofing!

Electricity and Flooring

We have electricity and flooring! We went with standard flooring knowing that Gigantor would likely ruin anything we put in. However we do plan to rip out the linoleum in the kitchen and tile the floor ourselves. Still no stove installed in the kitchen. Also we are missing hardware on the cabinets and fixtures in the bath tubs. Other than cleanup, I'm not sure what they are going to be doing for the next month! They uncovered the stairs and everything looks great!
The frameless shower...which is oddly framed at the top. huh?

Insta-Lawn

It was disappointing that there weren't ANY changes inside the house. The stove was still sitting on the floor, not installed. However they did add the insta-lawn and the house looks so much more complete now. We even have a tree in the front yard.

Delayed!!

We found out over the weekend that the house is going to be 3 weeks late!! Bohoo. All you neigh sayers were right.